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Ordina at the Microsoft Developer Days 2006

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If you live in the Netherlands, don’t forget to subscribe for the Microsoft Developer Days that will happen in Amsterdam on the 7th and 8th of March. Ordina is one of main sponsors and will have a dedicated location on the show. As far as it looks now, I’m going to give a short demonstration of O...

February 23, 2006

Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgraders Guide

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I’ve recently completed reading Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgraders Guide. It’s a fairly recent book that deals with the new features of ASP.NET 2.0 and targets an audience that has quite some experience with ASP.NET 1.0. As an experienced .NET developer I was looking for a book that would bring me up...

February 23, 2006

Resharper 2.0 Early Access Program

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If you have never heard of Resharper, then you should come out of your little cave right now! I have been using Resharper 1.5 for a long long while now, and it’s incredible I have managed to work professionally without it. It’s the best add-in I ever ran into (Visual Assist was my prior favorite)...

February 15, 2006

Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0

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Lost month, Microsoft released an updated version of the Enterprise Library. I haven’t tried it yet, but from the documentation it does not seem te bring a lot of new features, other than compatibility with the 2.0 Framework. We have been using the May 2005 release for a long while now, and I can...

February 15, 2006

Technology Breakthroughs in 2006

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Completely unrelated to .NET, but still interesting, this site brings you an overview of the 15 most important technological and scientific concepts that will appear in 2006. It is noticable that the automotive industry is really trying to move further.

January 15, 2006

WinForms Tips & Tricks

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While I was looking for a solution for the disappearing image of a XP styled button, I ran into this small site. Mick Dohertys provides some nice tips and workaround for common Windows Forms (.NET 1.1) bugs.

January 5, 2006