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12 April 2010 - What’s new in Visual Studio 2010 part 2: .NET 4.0 and CLR 4.0 improvements
The improvements that matter to you, focused on the .NET Framework in general and the CLR or CLI especially. Read about parallel computing and concurrency support that’s now available to everybody developing for .NET — read article
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12 April 2010 - What’s new in Visual Studio 2010 part 1: quick overview of the key improvements
A quick overview of the new features of Visual Studio 2010 from the point of view of a professional programmer and to help you decide whether or not to upgrade yet — read article
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12 April 2010 - Visual Studio 2010 Launch today: what’s new and really improves the developer’s experience?
Today Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2010 worldwide with several special conferences around the globe. In a series of articles I emphasize the changes and new features that you should look out for as a professional programmer or developer — read article
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03 March 2010 - Tip: In ASP.NET a MasterPage is not a Page but a Control
MasterPages are not Pages, but Controls. If you didn’t know so already, read on, because it’s imperative to understand this difference between master pages and normal pages. Ever wondered why certain Page events are not available in a MasterPage? Here’s why. read article
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19 October 2009 - Visual Studio 2010 roadmap: final release dates now known
Visual Studio 2010 is yet to become full beta 2, but employees already saw the preview and the final release date is announced. In a few days, it’ll finally hit the market. Be ready to download this cool new version packed with new features. A little article on an estimated roadmap until the final release date — read article
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05 October 2009 - Beginners guide: install and configure Pinax on Windows
Let’s try something new, let’s try Pinax! That’s one of the very few rather mature CMS’s around that have been developed completely in Python, with the Django framework as its basis. This article talks the non-Pythoneer through the installation process step by step. It only takes a few minutes! — read article
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21 September 2009 - All Syntax Highlighter 2.0 brushes collected, described and downloadable
Complete overview of all known available brushes for Alex Gorbatchev’s SyntaxHighlighter (aka Google’s Code Highlighter), including syntaxes / brushes found anywhere on the internet, added here for ease of use and direct downloading of each and every brush. Includes brushes-wishlist and is regularly updated — read article
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19 September 2009 - Understanding CDATA in XML
CDATA sections in XML are often misunderstood. Programmers get the wrong advice, or they hear that strings should go in CDATA sections because they contain Unicode or non-ASCII characters. All nonsense, CDATA is only a convenience in writing and everything written in CDATA can be written without CDATA — read article