An interesting question in last night's talk triggered lost links I had about an interesting subject: What are the main differences between CLR Generics and C++ Templates? Here are some good links: http://blogs.msdn.com/branbray/archive/2003/11/19/51023.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05...

Omer Van Kloeten adds some predefined CodeDOM implementations for common .NET usage patterns . Very cool and pretty darn useful for anyone doing some development with the Microsoft .NET Code DOM to generate source code on the fly. I've known Omer for a while now, and if there's one thing this guys knows...

John posts a macro how to automate creating connection strings in visual studio .NET, and demonstrates a few key points (which have nothing to do with him probably being a great guy, good blogger etc..) 1. The blog space keep reinventing things, meaning that if I write something two years ago, it may...

Oren Eini is trying to cheat Reflection , that is, create his own, "strongly typed" version of reflection, and what he's done so far seems like a very cool and nice workaround: " I don't like strings and Reflection. In fact, you could say that I hate them with a passion. I hate them because they hide...

I have no idea why this is not actually an editor option built in, but still, nice to know it's *possible*. I got this nice tip from a guy named Herfried K. Wagner (MVP) "Once upon a time I asked if it was possible to display a vertical rule after 80 characters in the IDE's text editor. Today I read...

Some technical news from the wild wild middle east: My ex-colleague, Shahar Nechmad, has finally opened a blog of his own dealing with Windows Vista, Indigo and various .NET things. He's the friend I was asking about a little while ago. Go check it out. If you live in Israel most chances are you've seen...

I've met some very nice people while I was at Ireland, some of them MVPs and quite brilliant (and good drinkers!) Take for example, Eamon O'Tuathail , who created a small Domain Specific Language for some of the most common Gang-Of-Four design patterns out there, fully downloadable with source and all...

Welcome to .Math, the Open Source expression compiler for the .NET platform written entirely in C#. Offering speed through compilation of expressions, the library allows for variable handling, an entire function library and the ability to add your own functions. link here via Green Dragon's Lair

"Original counters (in V1.0 and V1.1) reported wrong numbers in almost all scenarios." http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.1to2.0/default.aspx#00000123 "We’ve created a new set of Performance Counters in V2.0 that are specific to each provider. We're obsoleting all the counters under...

Joel Pobar (master of all things dynamic) wrote a great piece on reflection in this month’s MSDN Mag.. Reflection: Dodge Common Performance Pitfalls to Craft Speedy Applications [via Brad Abrams ] Just skimming this article I can tell you that it is enlightening. I've been doing a lot of work with reflection...