I’ve been interested in plug-in applications for ASP.NET for a while now. I think it can be a very powerful way to quickly add new functionality to an existing site without significant rework of the site being extended. The architecture that makes this possible is the HttpHandler and HttpModule...

Over 700 downloads in the past 7 days since the announcement . Over 250 Unit Tests that run in under 3 seconds together(not for the UI, but for all the logic) Next iteration release: August 10th. 1 major bug - reported using FogBugz on myFogbugz server. 1 major crash - Reported by {SmartAssembly}'s...

Over 700 downloads in the past 7 days since the announcement . Over 250 Unit Tests that run in under 3 seconds together(not for the UI, but for all the logic) Next iteration release: August 10th. 1 major bug - reported using FogBugz on myFogbugz server. 1 major crash - Reported by {SmartAssembly}'s...

If you haven’t seen them already, there are a bunch of sample applications available for SQL 2005 from Microsoft. These include: Internet Explorer Favorites Manager Skills Manager Survey Manager Help Desk Web Reports Windows Reports In addition, there are also a number of Starter Kit apps available...

Frans announced yesterday that LLBLGen 2.0 has been released! I’ve been using LLBLGen happily for several years now. It is a very solid ORM tool and I’m looking forward to using the new version going forward. You can read a list of new features and enhancements here. If you haven’t...

Ambrose posted about the ASP.NET Sandbox yesterday (which I saw in my daily DotNetSlackers new email), which prompted me to have another look at it. Read Ambrose’s post first – he gives a nice overview of what’s there. The list includes some projects that have had big press, like Web...

I love TechSmith - they have some extremely cool tools including my favorite, Camtasia, which is the de facto standard for creating screencasts and coding/presentation videos (like the Atlas videos now on ASPAlliance.com). I finally got a chance to meet up with TechSmith Chief Evangelist Betsy Weber...

" Another day, another hack . Here's a demo that controls Google Maps using ThinkPad Hard Drive Active Protection sensor. You tilt your ThinkPad and Google Maps roll over. Pretty cool." Oh, this is very very cool! Especially if you have a ThinkPad Tablet PC, like my friend Ariel does, who incidentally...

" Another day, another hack . Here's a demo that controls Google Maps using ThinkPad Hard Drive Active Protection sensor. You tilt your ThinkPad and Google Maps roll over. Pretty cool." Oh, this is very very cool! Especially if you have a ThinkPad Tablet PC, like my friend Ariel does, who incidentally...

Through Kim's blog , I've found out that CodeRush and Refactor 2.0 have finally been released. You can catch the scoop and the immediate download links on the CodeRush blog (as well as some installation notes here). But the most important thing Read More...