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  • [New Article] Support Application Plugins 2 - Dynamic Plugin Search

    " Summery : This article is an extension to my previous article about plugins . The last article showed how one can create a plug-in architecture for the application. One of the comments I got on that article mentioned…

  • Add Plugins to Your App 2: Search dynamically for plugins without Config Files

    This article is an extension to my previous article about plugins . Update: I've made the downloads for both articles available from my server: For this article: http://files.osherove.com/Plugins_Dynamic_src.zip for the…

  • About "Personal" Blogging

    Scoble writes about repressing his writing urges in the face of corporate assimilation (How's that for a headline?). I must say that, although much differently then Scoble, I feel the same way about writing to my weblog…

  • Rent My ... What??

    What the hell..?? Am I mistaken or is that Chris Pirillo?? That's the most innovative money making scheme I've see so far (Although a blonde cheer leader could probably do even better..;)

  • 404 Hall of Fame

    Have you ever thought of giving your 404 (Page not Foud) page a different theme? browse the 404 hall of fame for some neat ideas.. I liked this one and this one :)

  • Improving Typed Datasets

    Shawn Wildermuth has an article over at OnDotNet which further illuminates some of the problems with Typed Datasets, and some of the solutions to those problems. It focuses mainly on several annotations in the XSD…

  • Scott Branches

    doh! How did I not notice this before? at the bottom of dotNetJunkies Blogs you'll see this litlle icon: Powered by: Wow Scott. When you said you were branching out, You could have mentioned this little tidbit :) (Again…

  • Donny Mack Reveals Hidden Developer Secrets

    " Posted By: Donny Mack on 5/29/2003 6:58:00 AM Ok, we just launched (finally) version 3.0 of dotnetjunkies. It is past 5am my time, and I've found lots of buts, but screw it - we're beta testing this baby live. Ok, off…

  • Congratulations ScottW

    Congratulations to ScottW for making this place what it is :). I wake up this morning (and of course, the first thing I do is iopen up the computer - GEEK) and see that .NetWeblogs moved to a different address!?! So,…

  • About Knowledge Blocks

    I don't know about you, but whenever I see a technology book lying in front of me, I feel, well, almost like butterflies are playing soccer in my stomach. Really! This may turn out the geekiest post I've written so far,…

  • About Blogging Etiquette and Inline Product Promotions

    Last night I got a comment on one of my posts . My post basically pointed to a rant by Joel on Software about prototyping habits, and also points out the book he recommends. Here is the comment I got: " Richard Posted @…

  • Lots of shell shortcuts

    Lots of Shell shortcuts (definitive guide?) can be found here: http://orbital.encapsule.com/resources/howto/windows-howto/cellitemwrapper0001.htm Keyboard junkie - yes I am.

  • Paper Prototyping

    Joel On Software rants about prototypes , and recommeds this book: Paper Prototyping

  • SP/Invoke -- Stored Procedure Invocation Code Generator for VB, C# and JScript.NET

    " SP/Invoke generates code to allow C#, VB or JScript.NET programmers to invoke SQL Server stored procedures as if they were static methods on CLR classes. Posted on the Code Project. Created by Simon Wilson." [via…

  • Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Application

    Just found out this book was recently published: Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Application I know my wife, Tal, could use it in her project....

  • Create More Readable Code By Interface Prefixes

    Here's something that might help write more readable code: When defining a class that implements an interface, instead of just declaring the interface overrides like so: public class MyCustomHandler :…

  • .Net Developer Journal May Issue PDF download

    The May Issue of .Net Developer Journal is here , and you can download the whole paper in PDF (5.x Megs) right here . (Free) Coolness... I don't know how it is in your company, but in mine we have almost no magazine…

  • About Dynamic Plug-in Discovery And AppDomains

    I've gotten several comments on my Plug-ins article which was published both here and on CodeProject . One of them mentions the obvious missing feature for a plugin architecture - Dynamically discovering plugins without…

  • PeopleWare

    I've been reading Demarco and Lister's PeopleWare again. It awes me every time I read it, the amount of insight in this book. Reading it 3 years ago totally changed my point of view on a lot of things, and I never…

  • New Article: Extend Your Application With Custom Plugins

    My latest article deals with the design and implementation of a simple architecture to allow creating applications that can be extended via custom plug-ins. Add run-time functionality to your application by providing a…

  • Add run-time functionality to your application by providing a plug-in mechanism

    · Download source files - 102 Kb · Download demo project - 10 Kb Issues covered: o Using the Activator Class o Using custom configuration sections by implementing IConfigurationSectionHandler o Designing a simple…

  • Good Stuff

    Good stuff over at Mike Woodring's .Net Samples Page . Here are just the headlines: Remoting and Sockets Reflection Threading and Synchronization Assemblies Security Configuration Context Miscellaneous

  • BlogWear

    [Russell Beattie]

  • LinkedIn

    I've discovered LinkedIn. Seems like a cool way to network. Since it's free Currently in Beta and thus - free, I recommend you join it. If you think I'm worthy, you can add me as a connection :) I've already sent a…

  • UML Tutorial

    A friend asked for a good UML tutorial for beginners, so I pointed him to this one .

  • .Net Debugging Resources

    I've put up a resource link to all things relating to .Net debugging: .Net Debugging Resources Eventually it should grow up to become something usable, but right now I only have a couple of links in there. Please…

  • .Net Debugging Resources

    Note: If you think something is missing don't hesitate and drop a comment. Articles: Debugging Articles on MSDN Debugging in Visual Basic .NET Ten Steps to Successful Debugging (in ASP.NET) How to debug script in Visual…

  • Envy

    Chris sells writes about his first month at Microsoft and makes me envious all over again.. Among other things, he talks about the role of program managers at MS. The culture there is amazing to me.

  • Dynamic Invocation with Reflection.Emit

    Reflection is just one of the areas I'd ilke to explore more of. This article is just one of the reasons I find this area cooler than most : Dynamic Invocation with Reflection.Emit . It shows you howe to create a method…

  • Microsoft Internet Controls Life Saver

    If you're going to be using the Microsoft Internet Controls (i.e. "ShwDocVw") in your application, this article is a life saver . Lots of hidden treasures that we absolutly needed . Cool. Gotta love Sample book chapters…