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An Early Look At IE9 for Developers

We're just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9.  At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance and interoperable
IEBlog
 
ieblog
tags: ie announcements
Nov 20 2009 11:23 AM
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Critical Mistakes Freelancers Make

  Seeing as we are all human (well, presumably whoever is reading this post anyway), we should recognize that mistakes happen. They even have that saying, "To err is human.," which goes to show that it is not only commonplace for us to err once
Smashing Magazine
 
Robert Bowen
tags: freelancing
Nov 29 2009 03:52 AM
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Service Pack 1 for Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC released

We have just released the first service pack for Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. Here are the most important changes: The Grid<T>(T item) method has been removed (for good). This means you can no longer use the following syntax:
Atanas Korchev's blog
 
Dec 11 2009 04:27 PM
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Better CSS for everybody [SASS]

Today I ran into an innovation called SASS. This is a technology that puts CSS on steroids and takes it beyond the designers to programmers. SASS is CSS scripting to allow programmers to write CSS in a more elegant and organized manner. You've got
CRILISM
 
Cyril Gupta
tags: latest technology websites css sass website designing
Oct 31 2009 11:20 PM
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Challenge: Robust enumeration over external code

Here is an interesting little problem: public class Program { private static void Main() { foreach (int i in RobustEnumerating(Enumerable.Range(0, 10), FaultyFunc)) { Console.WriteLine(i); } } public static IEnumerable<T>
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: c#
Mar 04 2010 07:35 AM
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Airtel's Unlimited Internet Plan is a LIE!

When you get an unlimited internet connection from Airtel don't forget to read the fine print. The plan is not actually unlimited the way you expect it to. Airtel has introduced a 'Fair Usage Policy' which is very unfair to its customers. Under this
CRILISM
 
Cyril Gupta
tags: internet latest
Oct 31 2009 11:20 PM
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Make apps for Android or iPhone

Smartphones are the big boom in the US and the next big boom in India. With the arrival of 3G there will be compelling reason for mobile users to upgrade to a smartphone. There is a good scope for small players to make little fortunes developing and
CRILISM
 
Cyril Gupta
tags: business android apple iphone
Oct 31 2009 11:20 PM
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Can you hack this out?

I recently had to take a really deep look into how to cheat the CLR, that brought about some interesting discoveries, including the fact that it is, surprisingly, possible to do so. Let us say that you have this code in some 3rd party assembly that you
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
Nov 19 2009 04:06 PM
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Microsoft Joins W3C SVG Working Group

As a part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to interoperability and standards support, yesterday we submitted our request to join the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We’re excited to take part in
IEBlog
 
ieblog
tags: w3c
Jan 06 2010 03:52 AM
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Silverlight 4 Beta – A guide to the new features

At the Microsoft Professional Developer (PDC) conference, Scott Guthrie announced the availability of Silverlight 4 Beta. WHAT?! That's right, we've released an early beta of the next version of Silverlight. It's really amazing to think what the team is
Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer
 
Tim Heuer
tags: developer expression pdc ria silverlight
Nov 19 2009 10:40 PM
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Stories of anticipating dead computers: Windows Home Server

Like most geeks, I have a bit of history with dead computers. In the past, I used the "wait until it breaks, and then panic" model, but recently I've begun being a bit more anticipatory, like replacing an old laptop before it actually expires.
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: other dead computers
Nov 10 2009 12:17 AM
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Suggestions for a new laptop?

Okay, the previous time I asked this question, I decided that buying a big desktop machine would be preferable, but I am currently traveling and I am pained at the speed of my current laptop. Therefore, I am going to need a new one. I am the happy owner
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: miscellaneous
Feb 13 2010 05:34 AM
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Hey, is there somebody around to accept this award?

Back in the late 1990s, some large Internet association conducted a survey in order to bestow awards in categories like Best Web server and Best Web browser, and one of the categories was Best Web authoring tool. We didn't find out about this until the
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: history
Nov 03 2009 09:45 PM
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Little-known command line utility: clip

Windows Vista includes a tiny command line utility called clip. All it does is paste its stdin onto the clipboard. dir | clip echo hey | clip For the opposite direction, I use a little perl script: use Win32::Clipboard; print Win32::Clipboard::GetText();
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: tips/support
Oct 11 2009 09:34 PM
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Documenting Standards in IE

This post discusses some of the work we’re doing on the IE team to fulfill our commitment to document our support of web standards. A good starting point is Microsoft’s interoperability principles, something we’ve written about here on this blog before,
IEBlog
 
ieblog
tags: ie announcements w3c
Feb 25 2010 04:33 AM
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When computer programmers dabble in making change

My colleague who dabbled in economics when deciding how many lunch vouchers to buy had a number of other money-related quirks. One of the ones that I remember is that when paying for a purchase, my colleague would double the balance and give the cashier
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: other
Nov 25 2009 01:04 AM
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In which hints become facts: XNA Game Studio 4.0

Today we announced what I've been hinting at this past few weeks: XNA Game Studio 4.0 is coming soon* to a phone near you! Quick summary: New platform Windows Phone 7 Series New features Integrates with Visual Studio 2010 Dynamic audio output Microphone
Shawn Hargreaves Blog
 
ShawnHargreaves
Mar 10 2010 05:32 AM
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Unobtrusive Ajax Guestbook

Unobtrusive AJAX Guestbook.XML is easy to use ajax and php guestbook application. Guestbook.XML is crossbrower, skinnable guestbook and web 2.0 script. Guestbook.XML features Skinnable script Easy to use admin panel Uses flat file for storing guest
Ajax Updates
 
alyaspk
tags: ajax scripts ajax book ajax guestbook ajax script guest books guestbook
Nov 02 2009 02:59 PM
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Introducing MooTools ScrollSidebar

How many times are you putting together a HTML navigation block or utility block of elements that you wish could be seen everywhere on a page? I’ve created a solution that will seamlessly allow you to do so: ScrollSidebar. ScrollSidebar allows you
David Walsh :: PHP, CSS, MooTools, jQuery, and Everything Else
 
David Walsh
tags: xml / xhtml
Nov 30 2009 08:05 PM
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How would you learn a new platform?

Here is an interesting problem that I am facing. I have a pretty good working knowledge of computing, and while I can usually manage to get the gist of a new technology in a short amount of time, that is only useful for talking about it, not actually
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: development
Nov 23 2009 04:00 PM
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Reading Frenzy

I don't usually read non fiction books, I read some tech books, but that is work, more than anything else. I do read a lot, and I thought that I might post what I like, in hope to get recommendations for more stuff. The following list is mixed between
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: books
Dec 05 2009 12:04 AM
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NHibernate vs. Entity Framework 4.0

This is a question that I get very frequently, and I always tried to dodged the bullet, but I get it so much that I feel that I have to provide an answer. Obviously, I am (not so) slightly biased toward NHibernate, so while you read it, please keep it in
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: o/r mappers
Jan 05 2010 05:43 PM
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What can EF 4.0 do that NHibernate can’t?

I am trying to formulate my formal response to "NH vs. EF" question, and while I have a pretty solid draft ready, I found out that my response is pretty biased. I am not happy with that, so I wanted to pose this as a real question. So far, I came up
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: o/r mappers
Dec 24 2009 01:04 PM
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Only an idiot would have parameter validation, and only an idiot would not have it

The great thing about parameter validation is that there are people who say that only idiots would have it, and other people who say that only idiots wouldn't. Back in the old days, Windows didn't do parameter validation. If you called a function with an
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: other
Nov 10 2009 11:11 PM
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How do I determine the processor's cache line size?

When doing high-performance computing, you need to worry about the CPU cache line size in order to avoid issues like false sharing. But how can you determine the processor's cache size? The GetLogicalProcessorInformation function will give you
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: code
Dec 08 2009 09:53 PM
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Why did the word Start disappear from the Start button?

Commenter Mike Dunn would like to know why the word Start disappeared from the Start button in Windows Vista. After all, adding the word Start helped new users figure out what they should click first. I don't know but I can guess. To emphasize that these
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: other
Dec 15 2009 01:06 AM
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Responding to how EF is better NH commentary…

My last post caused quite a bit of furor, and I decided that I wanted to respond to all the comments in a single place. EF has a designer, NHibernate does not. This is actually false, NHibernate has multiple designers available for it. Active Writer
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: o/r mappers
Dec 25 2009 07:22 PM
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Html.RenderAction and Html.Action

One of the upcoming new features being added to ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta is a little helper method called Html.RenderAction and its counterpart, Html.Action. This has been a part of our ASP.NET MVC Futures library for a while, but is now being added to the
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Haacked
tags: asp.net asp.net mvc software development
Nov 19 2009 12:13 AM
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta Released

Today at PDC09 (the keynote was streaming live), Bob Muglia announced the release of ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta. Feel free to download it right away! While you do that I want to present this public service message. The Beta release includes tooling for Visual
you've been HAACKED
 
Haacked
tags: asp.net asp.net mvc software development
Nov 17 2009 11:58 PM
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You are listen to Radio Free Bob, a pirate radio station broadcasting on the Microsoft corporate network

Back in the late 1980's, when NETBIOS ruled the land at Microsoft, one of my colleagues ran a pirate radio station on the Microsoft corporate network. Let's call this colleague Bob, my generic name for a Microsoft employee. Bob had converted a bunch of
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: history
Dec 15 2009 09:57 PM
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What should I work on next?

As we near completion with EF Prof, I am starting to think about what the next project* would be. I got some ideas, but I would like to see what you think. Note that I won't necessarily follow this, but it would be a good indication about where to
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: miscellaneous
Dec 10 2009 11:11 PM
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Get those pixels working for you

I just can't say enough about multiple monitors. I've had two monitors since 2003 and three since later that same year and have been hooked ever since. If you're working on a computer I'm convinced you need to fill your field of vision with the work at
Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen
 
Scott Hanselman
tags: reviews tools
Dec 04 2009 02:49 AM
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I'm sorry, Brian/Bryan Gregory, that confirming the spelling of your name is too much for you to handle

At 10am on November 30, I received a telephone call at work with "Anonymous" as the caller ID. Strange. But maybe it's the same person who called my office phone from New York at 1am on the day after Thanksgiving and didn't leave a message, and they're
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: non-computer
Dec 08 2009 01:06 AM
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IE8 SmartScreen in action

Last week at PDC, as we were about to start talking to people about IE9, I saw the following notification from my Facebook account: From: Facebook [mailto:notification+mwm5axbx@facebookmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:05 AM Dina posted
IEBlog
 
ieblog
tags: browsing the web security
Nov 24 2009 06:53 AM
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Custom Validation

This is the third post in my series ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta and its new features. ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta Released (Release Announcement) Html.RenderAction and Html.Action ASP.NET MVC 2 Custom Validation In this post I will cover validation. No, not that kind of
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Haacked
Nov 20 2009 12:24 PM
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Effectus: Building UI based on conventions

I waited for a while after my article was posted, to see if anyone caught on to some of the things that I did in the sample code that weren't related to NHibernate usage. It seems that no one caught on to that, so I'll try pointing them out explicitly.
Ayende @ Rahien
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: wpf
Dec 19 2009 03:50 PM
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Trying to avoid double-destruction and inadvertently triggering it

We saw some time ago the importance of artificially bumping an object's reference count during destruction to avoid double-destruction. However, one person's attempt to avoid this problem ended up triggering it. ULONG MyObject::Release() { LONG cRef =
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: code
Oct 12 2009 11:16 PM
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What are those little overlay icons: Windows 7 edition

Some time ago, I summarized the overlay icons that come with Windows. There have been some changes in Windows 7, so I figured it'd be worth coming up with a new list. A small arrow. This is still the shortcut overlay. A padlock. This means that you
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: tips/support
Dec 09 2009 10:21 PM
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Localizing ASP.NET MVC Validation

This is the fourth post in my series on ASP.NET MVC 2 and its new features. ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta Released (Release Announcement) Html.RenderAction and Html.Action ASP.NET MVC 2 Custom Validation Localizing ASP.NET MVC Validation In my recent post on custom
you've been HAACKED
 
Haacked
tags: asp.net asp.net mvc software development
Dec 08 2009 11:47 AM
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Learning how to cheat at Candy Land

My young niece received the game Candy Land and wants to play it several times a day. Naturally, I am frequently drafted as an opponent. I discovered that my niece cheats rampantly. Sometimes, she will advance three green squares instead of two. Or if a
The Old New Thing
 
oldnewthing
tags: non-computer
Jan 08 2010 01:35 AM