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Monday, April 21, 2008 5:03 PM

ObjectSharp's DevLounge Goes Live

ObjectSharp has always been very community focused. Our consultants run user groups; we speak at user groups, code camps and conferences; we man the experts areas at big Microsoft events; and we run our own community events like Visual Studio 2008 at...
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Friday, November 02, 2007 1:10 AM

Using Custom Business Objects with Windows Communication Foundation on the Visual Basic Community Site

An article/walktrough I wrote on Using Custom Business Objects with Windows Communication Foundation has been posted to the Visual Basic Community Site . In my previous article, Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation , I described the basics...
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:24 AM

Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation on the Visual Basic Community Site

An article/walktrough I wrote on Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation has been posted to the Visual Basic Community Site . Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft’s next generation platform for building distributed systems...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:54 PM

Guest Blog Post on the Canadian Developers Site: Discoverability

I've got a post up on the Canadian Developer's blog talking about Discoverability and the .NET Framework . Hmm... since this material comes from the talk I'll be doing, I guess this is a good time to plug DevTeach . You still have time to...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:56 AM

Application Settings Made Easy with My and Visual Basic 2005

Most applications require some configuration settings that could change over time. Classic examples would be a connection string to a database, the URL to your company web site, or the path to a log file. These settings could be stored in the application...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:07 AM

Some Specifics on Generics

Generics are the most significant language addition to .NET 2.0. They allow for code re-use in ways not previously available and make it much easier to write type-safe, better performing code. That is, they help you turn runtime exceptions into compile...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:58 AM

Keep Client Applications Responsive with the BackgroundWorker

Many applications need to perform some kind of long-running task like downloading a file, performing a complex calculation, or retrieving data from a database. Executing these tasks can make your application become unresponsive and end up making your...
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