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Huboard – Github issues made awesome

Meet Huboard ! Huboard is a kanban style drag and drop task board built entirely on top of the github api. How to get started Its easy. Go to any of your github repositories and add issues as you normally … Continue reading →

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Our Ajax Conventions–Request Correlation

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I'm doing a write up of our AJAX conventions and how they're paying off for us. In this series of posts, I'm going to cover a few topics: The AjaxContinuation Clientside Continuations Request … Continue reading →

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Sample script for SolutionScripts

Question came up.. what sort of scripts do you use with SolutionScripts? Here's one that does the ASP.NET compile thing. � Stick it in your SolutionScripts directory and you can run aspcomp from the Nuget console.

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Article :: Interview with Andrei Alexandrescu (Part 3 of 3)

Eric Niebler and Andrei Alexandrescu conclude their conversation about the D programming language by discussing concurrency, the complications of sharing data, dynamic loading, specification and licensing, and the future of D.

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Article :: Getting Started with .NET Development Using C#

Bart De Smet shows you how to to install the .NET Framework and the necessary tools, namely Visual Studio 2010. Bart then explains how to write a simple C# application, highlights some of the important language elements, goes through the process of building it using various tools, and looks at how you can debug code.

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Article :: ASP.NET 4 Unleashed: An Interview with Kevin Hoffman and Nate Dudek

Eric Vogel interviews Kevin Hoffman and Nate Dudek, two of the co-authors of ASP.NET 4 Unleashed. Kevin and Nate talk about why you should upgrade to ASP.NET 4, their opinion on the Update Panel, and what HTML5 will bring to the table.

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Article :: Introduction to C# Applications

In this chapter you'll learn some C# basics, including how to write simple C# applications using code rather than visual programming, write input/output statements, declare and use data of various types, use arithmetic operators, use message dialogs to display messages, and more.

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Some Thoughts On Functional JavaScript

Just for fun I decided to put together a quick sample of some functional JavaScript – as in, functional programming done with JavaScript. I’m not really very familiar with functional languages other than playing with Haskell a bit and doing … Continue reading →

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Article :: Code Contracts in .NET 4.0

Code contracts in .NET 4 provide a language-agnostic way to describe the contract of a method or class using pre-conditions, post-conditions, and invariants. .NET expert Scott Dorman shows how code contracts, when used in combination with the code contracts tools, can be used to improve testing through runtime checking, perform static contract verification, and produce documentation based on expanded XML documentation comments.

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Article :: Introduction to Classes, Objects, Methods and Strings in Visual C# 2010

In this chapter, the authors begin by explaining the concept of classes using a real-world example. Then they present five complete working applications to demonstrate how to create and use your own classes.

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Article :: Interview with Andrei Alexandrescu (Part 1 of 3)

In part 1 of this three-part series, Eric Niebler talks with his pal and fellow InformIT contributor Andrei Alexandrescu about the D programming language and Andrei's new book about it: what makes D different from other languages, whether D's class libraries rival those of Java and .NET, and why Andrei claims not to be a guru.

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Article :: Domain-Specific Languages: An Introductory Example

In this excerpt from his book, Domain-Specific Languages, Martin Fowler offers a concrete example to demonstrate the different forms a DSL can take.

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Article :: Software Testing with Visual Studio 2010: Planning Your Testing

In this chapter from Software Testing with Visual Studio 2010, Jeff Levinson covers how to create a Test Plan with Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) and the various options that the Test Plan provides to you. More important, this chapter covers what to test and how to get involved as a tester early in the development process.

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Article :: Automate Tedious Debugging Tasks Using Debug Analyzer.NET

Today there are mechanisms to automate debugging tasks via custom native debugger scripts or even VB script. Unfortunately, these approaches force us to learn new technologies instead of leveraging what we already know. Mario Hewardt, author of Advanced .NET Debugging, shows you how Debug Analyzer.NET is the solution to that problem by providing a comprehensive set of Debugger .NET APIs as well as a harness with powerful debugger automation features.

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Article :: Get Started Using ASP.NET MVC for Your .NET Applications

Programming expert Jesse Smith shows you the easy way to get started with the popular ASP.NET MVC framework. Learn how to build a simple "Hello World" application with ASP.NET MVC in only a few steps.

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Article :: Events in XAML-Based Applications

Matteo Slaviero explores how events management in XAML-based applications changes due to Binding technology and the MVVM pattern. Learn how to work with the ICommand interface, RoutedUICommands, and Triggers.

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Article :: Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers: Object-Oriented Programming

This chapter covers some of the core concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and how they apply to both iPhone and Windows Phone 7 programming.

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Cleaning Out Git Remotes The Easy Way

I had a rather large number of remote repositories set up in my Backbone.ModelBinding repository on my box, due to the wonderful community of contributors. But it was time for me to clean out the remotes as I no longer … Continue reading →

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Article :: Introduction to Problem Solving and Control Statements in Visual Basic 2010

Before writing a program to solve a problem, you should have a thorough understanding of the problem and a carefully planned approach. In this chapter, you will learn the theory and principles of structured programming with control statements.

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