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.Net Coding Conventions
A friend asked me some time ago whether I have any good document regarding coding conventions and guidlines for C# and overall .Net programming. I didn't have an answer then so I handed them the document I compiled from…
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My Bookshelf
Books I want//Book of the month : .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library, 1/e Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET Writing Secure Code,…
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What's On My Bookshelf
I always like to see what other people are reading so I'll share my own list. I'm probably missing a few, but I'll update as needed. I'll also put this on my "about" zone as a story. .Net Advanced .Net Remoting ASP.NET…
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Enlightenment
If your blog doesn't have a page piews counter yet, I suggest getting one.At least until we get page view statistics from Scott(hopefully, RSS feed statistics as well). It's a masochistic an addictively enlightening…
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Windows Server 2003 for Developers
A little slow to catch up, but here's a must-read for any .Net developer: Windows Server 2003 for Developers By Early & Adoper
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Production Debugging for .NET Framework Applications
If you'd like to know the "why" as well as the"how" to fix debugging VS.NET debugging problems this MSDN Patterns & Practices book chapter makes for an interesting read: Production Debugging for .NET Framework…
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The (Almost) Official .Net Tools List Gets An Upgrade
If you haven't checked it out yet, Fabrice's list of .Net companion tools is starting to achive its status as the "Download.Com" of .Net developers. Now you can get updates on it via these RSS feeds . Way to go!
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Welcome Philip , Interviews, "as" Vs. Casting
Philip Rieck has joined our ranks. Welcome,Philip! I don't know him personally, but his first post here pointed to his previous blog, in which I've found a nice post . It talks about interviewing programmers, and has a…
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Something to keep your mind busy on the weekend
Frans posts an interesting observation on the current problems with relational database, and possible futuristic ways of dealing with them. A tough read, but insightful. Some of the things I've always taken for granted…
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The Unofficial "Mort" Logo Is Available
OK. It might be ugly, but here is my logo for being a "Mort": . I've put it in my "News" category. If you think you can do better at the graphics side, send it to me and I'll change it. It is linked to a story that…
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Mort: Definition
" Mort " is the nickname that C++,C# and MC++ developers at Microsoft gave to Visual Basic 6.0 developers who intend to move into .Net development using VB.NET. See this , and that . Some more info will be posted as…
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A Better RegEdit
Here's a cool freeware that made my life easier: Registry Explorer If the link doeasn't work for ya, Here's the D/L link at download.com Just install it and voila! you get a "registry" root inside windows explorer and…
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System Tweaks & Tricks
Some cool system tweaks and tricks can be found here . Here's the list: (I've highlighted the ones I liked) Unschedule a chkdsk Open Registry Explorer with a folder tree by default Customize shell icons Disable all…
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.NetWebLogs Forums
Scott Posted that we now have Forums here on .NetWeblogs. That is so cool. This place is really starting to feel like a real community. I personally feel much more "a part of something" and am happy to interact with the…
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Dr. GUI Has A Blog (E-I-E-I-O)
Dr. GUI (From MSDN) now has a Blog . Should be quite a treat. Gotta love a blogger that talks about himself in Third Person... ;) Thanks For the info, Chris.
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More About Using Undocumented API's
Jimski Replied to my Post which discourages the use of undocumented API's. Among other things he mentions that if you test it thoroughly enough , You can get away with it and it will be just like you use regular API's.…
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Serious Hotmail Vulnerability: Easily Reset Anyone's Password
If you havn't heard yet, A 'bug' was discovered in Microsoft's Hotmail service which would basically allow you, using a simple typing of a URL to your explorer bar, to reset the password of any HotMail User you'd like.…
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TechEd Israel Report
Yosi Taguri Was one of the speakers in TechEd Israel that just closed these days. He posted a report about all 3 days of the conference, including an 'intersting' take on the what it takes to calm down before a…
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Geeky .NET Desktop Wallpapers
Let everyone know what a geek you are. http://www.irritatedvowel.com/Wallpaper/Thumbnails.aspx?Category=57ff92e3-b57d-438a-b3ba-1d9d2fe5ec66 [via James Avery ]
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Dan Appleman Has A New EBook (With A Warning)
" Hijacking .NET Vol 1: Role Based Security by Dan Appleman Hijacking .NET is today's equivalent of using undocumented Windows API functions. Except that not only are the functions under discussion undocumented, they…
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3D Cynicism
"(Not that databases aren't interesting of course. Nothing beats violating a FK-constraint at 9:00 AM)" [ Frans Bouma 's post about C# and OpenGL]
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How Access 2003 Helped Me Out
Kudos to MSFT for the latest installation of Office. Overall, Office 2003 beta is one great product. Outlook , being the main attraction for me for office use, is much more usable then it was before, with numerous…
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Another Free Book
Microsoft offers a free book here : Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services . [Thanks to Samer Ibrahim for the link] Unfortunately, Only US addresses are allowed, so me being in Israel is…
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A Solid Text Editor
After playing with it myself a bit, this text editor seems to have everything I ever wanted in a text editor (And some stuff I didn't think I needed, but did!) including all the keyboard junkie options I dig. Everything…
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UI Threading *Might* Suck
This article clearly explains the troubles needed to go through in order to interact with a Winforms UI from a background thread. I found it when I started stumbling around with my own UI, having long operations…
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Chris Pirillo Sells His Mind
Chris Pirillo annonced he will now charge you for his tech expertise in answering tech support questions . Since Chris is quite the Tech guru on such a vast number of subjects I can definitely see that happening, but…
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KlipFolio
This has a high 'cool' potential Even more so when you consider it has its own RSS/RDF Feed plugin available. (Thanks Scoble )
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Hacking My Blog
I just realized that I can put pure HTML inside my link names and story names, meaning I can now decorate my blog with some small icons and IMG stuff. Check it out and tell me what you think
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Regular Expression Library
This looks like a very good regular expression repository Update: Darren Neimke Says: " Check out the new CheatSheet that Steve added last night --> get to it via the CheatSheet link on the side menu. " I agree. It's…
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Free Book: Software Testing and Internationalization
"Dear colleague, LISA, in collaboration with Lemoine International has made "Software Testing and Internationalization" by Galileo Computing freely available for download. This book will transform how you view testing…