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.NET Reflector, by Lutz Roeder, must be one of the most useful tools I have when developing .NET code. Usually it is the first thing I install right after Visual Studio not even waiting until I need it because I know I will. So the big news is that Red...
It is available from the subscriptions download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx Get it while it is hot Enjoy!
Afgelopen jaar hebben we het eerste CodeCamp in Nederland georganiseerd en dat was een groot succes. De meeste deelnemers vroegen om meer, sommige zelfs om een CodeCamp per kwartaal of een heel weekend lang. Nou hebben we dat laatste nog niet gedaan maar...
One of the nice new features in Visual Basic 9 are lambda expressions. They where actually added as one of the underlying pieces for LINQ. But besides enabling LINQ you can use them in all sorts of places. One of the places they really help me is in places...
The current version of SQL Server Compact has no support for 64 bits computing. While this may seem a problem if you want to deploy you application on a 64 bits version of Windows it really isn't most of the time. In fact if you change your assembly...
VS2008 SP1 Beta is quite a package. By default the installation downloads the packages as needed and when needed. Now that is just fine if you only need to install a single machine. But when you need to install multiple, possibly virtual, machines like...
As I mentioned previously I was working in a Workflow Persistence Service using SQL Server Compact as the back end store. Now this might not be the best persistence store to use in every application but it has a number of advantages. One of the main advantages...
As I previously mentioned having the LINQ DataContext create the database if it doesn't exist yet is a cool feature but it isn't perfect. The problem I just ran into was while using the |DataDirectory| macro, something the SqlCeConnection understands...
The new ReceiveActivity and SendActivity that marry Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) are really cool . Getting started is easy because a new Sequential Workflow Service Library, found under WCF instead of Workflow...
The default behavior with LINQ to SQL is to use deferred loading and works just great most of the time. But sometimes you might just want to load all related data at the same time because you know you are going to need it anyway and it saves a number...
Looking for more information about VS2008 and .NET 3.5? I suspect you might just be as there is a ton of new functionality and with the pace of everything coming out it isn't likely that you know it all To help learn the new stuff Microsoft has put...
If you are expecting a link to the download I am sorry but you are going to be disappointed Why? Because it just isn't available yet! I can already hear you saying "But it must be coming any day now, right?" Wrong Yes, I just heard from...
Just a quick tip for when developing with SQL Server. When doing a lot of updates in SQL the transaction log might grow quite large clogging up the disk and slowing things down. An easy and quick way to cleanup is to use: backup log <<Database name>>...
Talking about conferences we pretty much finalized the session schedule for the SDC this year as well. And the session schedule is even more impressive as last year. We are holding back on publishing it for a bit longer until we have confirmation from...
The first Dutch Code Camp was held yesterday in Barneveld. With lots of people showing up there was a real nice vibe and all I can say is it was a smashing success. Lots of people wanted to know when we would organize the next one; someone even went so...
Het is al bijna zover, nog minder dan twee weken en het eerste Nederlandse Code Camp is een feit. Alles tot nu toe wijst erop dat het een groot succes gaat worden. Zo was er een fors overschot aan potentiele sprekers en hebben we een mooi en divers programma...
Beth Massi, a former VB MVP who has joined the form , just blogged about a serie of blog casts the VB team is putting together. These web casts are all about VB9 and Visual Studio Orcas with stuff like LINQ, Offline data and SOA. Some interesting stuff...
Sander Gerz just posted here that he has been re-awarded as an MVP for another year. Good to here because he is certainly part of the active crowed over here. In fact he is one of the people helping to organize the 1st Dutch .NET Code Camp, see here ...
One of the things I always disliked is that unit testing was only available in the enterprise VS2005 SKU, just like professional developers don't need or use unit testing. Yeah right, that is one of the hallmarks of a professional coder is you ask me...
So I have been a bit quite these last few weeks. Well a small side trip to Rome was part of the reason . This is a HDR picture taken at night in the Forum. The picture is actually created from three small JPEG's I will redo it with the original RAW images...
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