In this article, we will write a simple multi-threaded example implementation of the Observer pattern, and show how to re-synchronise a past event to look current. Then we’ll demonstrate a technique to treat future events like they’re current, too.

A TraceListener For Tests

by Paulo Morgado

A TraceListener For Tests

Accessing TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2008

by ambilykk

How to access TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2008

Advanced Tracing

by Girish J Jain

This article shows how easy it is to get information from a .NET application at runtime and how you can store it in a destination of your choice, database in this case.

ASP.NET date picker control - Part 2

by Salmanzz

In this post, I will explain you how I have embedded JavaScript, images and stylesheet to my previous article.

ASP.NET Website Project – External Assembly References

by Mohit1110

In this blog, we would learn how an ASP.NET Website project keeps the references maintained as Website project does not have any Project file to maintain the same.

Code Snippets – List of C# snippets in VS2008

by Chris_Green

A list of C# snippets in VS2008.

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

by Minh Danh Nguyen (ToughDev)

How to compile WinQEMU v0.10.2 in VS2008 and VS2012

Connecting to TFS2010 with Visual Studio 2008

by Stacy Vicknair

Connecting to TFS2010 with Visual Studio 2008.

Creating a Data Access layer using Unity

by Martin Hinshelwood

I am always pulling out the Unity assemblies. Maybe it is just because I am lazy, but I really can’t be bothered rolling my own dependency injection and mapping framework!

Database Driven Unit Testing Using VSTS

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Database driven unit testing using VSTS

Deploying Windows applications using ClickOnce (Visual Studio 2008)

by Manjuke Fernando

How to deploy Windows applications using ClickOnce (Visual Studio 2008)

How can you add "Select All" behaviour for all TextBoxes in your WPF application?

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Add "Select All" behaviour for all TextBoxes in your WPF application

How can you implement the Silverlight 3 Out Of Browser feature?

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Here I will explain the feature & step by step process for implementing the Silverlight Out-Of-Browser functionality.

How to Choose between IDisposable, IComponent, Component, MarshalByValueComponent and Control while Implementing a Class

by atverma

Criteria behind choosing IDisposable, IComponent, Component, MarshalByValueComponent and base Control classes(System.Windows.Form.Control and System.Web.UI.Control) while implementing a Class

How to get the length (duration) of a media File in C# on Windows 7

by Williarob

If you have ever looked at a media file (audio or video) in explorer on a Windows 7 PC, you may have noticed that it displays additional information about that media file that previous versions of Windows didn't seem to have access to, for example the length/duration of a Quicktime Movie Clip.

How To Set Elements Of An Array Of A Private Type Using Visual Studio Shadows

by Paulo Morgado

How To Set Elements Of An Array Of A Private Type Using Visual Studio Shadows

Invoke Google from within VS 2008

by Ashish Sheth

Invoking Google from within VS 2008

Lambda Expression in C# 3.0

by Shakeel Iqbal

Lambda Expression is one of the best features of C# 3.0

Leverage the .NET framework classes from VBA

by Pragmateek

Introduction Following my previous article on a similar subject, Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.Net or C++/CLI, I’ve received an interesting feedback from a VBA developer who wanted to leverage the advanced support of the .Net framework for regular … Continue reading →

Leveraging Visual Studio JavaScript IntelliSense. Part 1

by Alexander Turlov

This article aims to provide with a quick reference the most useful features of the JavaScript IntelliSense to help make it an every-day tool for JavaScript developers.

Log Elmah errors in Team Foundation Server

by Martin Hinshelwood

I am not sure if this is a good idea, but I was bored one day and decided to add a TFS Error Log provider for Elmah. There are 2 ways you can do this.

Mobile Development: AutoHide Windows Mobile Device Center 2

by hjgode

Mobile Development: AutoHide Windows Mobile Device Center 2

Mobile Development: Watch the Power of Your Device, Think Green

by hjgode

This is a very simple application to show the values of GetSystemPowerStatusEx2 in live view.

Mock a Database Repository using Moq

by Williarob

How to mock a database repository using Moq

Round Up A Number to the Greatest 10s Place

by Tharaka MTR

How to round up a number to the greatest 10s place

Silverlight MEF: Custom ExportProvider for Attached XAML Exports

by Jeremy Likness

Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight

Stored Procedure Debugging in VS2008

by Md Nazmoon Noor

How to debug Stored Procedure in VS2008

T4 – Too Troublesome to Tackle?

by Ivan Krivyakov

T4 – Too Troublesome to Tackle?

Take Advantage of Reference Paths in Visual Studio and Debug Locally Referenced Libraries

by Sebastian Solnica

This article explains how to use the Reference Paths project property to debug open-source libraries referenced by the project.

The "Fancy Proxy" - Having fun with WCF - 6-DynamicDuplexProxy

by Diego Resnik

Using Dynamic Proxy & MSMQ Duplex to create a proxy that switches automatically between online & offline network state

Tip: Debugging a SharePoint 2010 Timed Job

by Christoph Keller

Debugging a SharePoint 2010 Timed Job

TIP: Improve Readability with Shorter String.Format Statements

by Martin Jarvis

How to improve readability with shorter String.Format statements

Update Progress with AJAX UpdatePanel

by Kelum W. Ganegoda

This post demonstrates how to create an update progress with the UpdatePanel, similar to the one we can see in GMail.

Updating the Command Line Parser

by Martin Hinshelwood

Staring from the original Command Line Parser v1.0 code, I wanted to be able to add multiple commands, or even nest commands. The result is a nice simple commanding architecture conducive to creating multiple commands.

Using Munq IOC with ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 2

by Matthew Dennis

In this article, I will walk through the modification of the default ASP.NET MVC 2 application to use the Munq IOC container.

Visual Studio JavaScript Intellisense Revisited

by Sky Sanders

Or: “What I hope is not just ‘Yet Another Visual Studio JavaScript Intellisense Walkthrough’”

Visual Studio: Use Conditional Compilation to Control Runtime Settings for Different Deployment Scenarios

by John Atten

Use conditional compilation to control runtime settings for different deployment scenarios.

VS Solution Explorer – Collapse All

by Chris_Green

VS Solution Explorer – Collapse All

WCF: Loose coupling of WCF Service and Data Contracts

by Sky Sanders

A strategy for implementing maintaining separation of concerns and implementation hiding.

XML Serialization Using Generics

by Rui Jarimba

Serialize/deserialize your objects using generics. Customize settings like indentation, encoding, namespaces and others