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Daily Bits – January 3, 2008

Rethrowing Exceptions and Preserving the Full Call Stack Trace (via DotNetSlackers)

The Bottom of the Cup (via Arjan’s World)

IronRuby vs. Ruby.NET?

Foundations of Programming – Part 6 – NHibernate

Does C# 3.0 Beat Dynamic Languages at Their Own Game? (via DotNetKicks)

C# vNext: Take 2

Visual Studio 2008 Launch Event in LA, Feb. 27th

Reporting Code Analysis Defect Counts

SQL Server Virtual Event (via DotNetSlackers)

WPF-Based Music CD Ripper (via Christopher Steen)

Software + Services Overview (PDF or XPS download)

Extending Live Writer for Blog Posting

Foundations of Programming – PDF Download

MS Quiet on ‘Ultimate’ Xbox 360 (via WinBeta)

FILESTREAM Data in SQL Server 2008

 

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Daily Bits – January 2, 2008

Happy New Year to all. I hope your 2008 is a great one!

MSBuildContrib Updates (via Christopher Steen)

Zotero – The Next-Generation Research Tool (Firefox plugin) (via Sam Buchanan)

303 Insanely Interesting Links From 2007 (via Trumpi)

Moving ASP.NET MVC Posts to ASP Alliance (via DotNetSlackers)

ADO.NET Data Services with ASP.NET AJAX Support (video)

Three Unexpected Weapons in the Battle Against “Blogger’s Block” (via Trumpi)

In C#, When to use String vs. string (via DotNetSlackers)

Using Managed Code to Determine What .NET Framework Versions and Service Packs Are Installed (via Mike Gunderloy’s final installment of The Daily Grind)

SQL Server – Remove Duplicate Characters from a String (via DotNetSlackers)

Software Development Predictions for 2008

Best of Codesqueeze 2007

Microsoft to Build an ‘Emacs.Net’ Text Editor (via WinBeta)

Spell Checker Update 2.1 – A Few Bug Fixes and a Couple of New Features

Questions Every .NET Developer Should Be Able to Answer

Tips for Conference Bloggers (via Cool Tools)

Apply the New Vista APIs to Sidebar Gadgets, Part 1

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 6: Joins (via DotNetSlackers)

Some Free MSPress eBook Chapters (via DotNetKicks)

Ensure the Quality of the Code That Will Be Developed This Year

Just Added Mole to My .NET Toolbox

 

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Daily Bits – December 28, 2007

A Number of Annoying Visual Studio 2008 ASP.NET Related Bugs

A Brilliant Way to Quote

Creating a Data Access Layer for Paging in SQL Server 2005 (Part 2)

ReSharper 3.1 Released (via Mike Gunderloy)

Design Principles To Live By: Encapsulate What Varies (via Arjan’s World)

Test Everything! – Test Your Website with Over 100 Tools (via DownloadSquad)

ASP.NET MVC and Accessing Server Controls in CodeBehind

Are You a Problem Solver or a Developer?

Web Hosts Offering ASP.NET 3.5

Microsoft Needs You to Build Emacs.Net (via Chris Sells)

MemAnalysis – A Native Memory Leak Analysis Tool (via Steve Pietrek)

Google Safe Browsing Library for .NET Beta 2 (via DotNetSlackers)

Spicebird: Mozilla-Based Outlook Clone with Collaboration Features (via DownloadSquad)

Foundations of Programming Part 7 (sorta) – ActiveRecord

MS Popfly Named on of PC World’s 25 Most Innovative Products of 2007 (via Adam Nathan)

 

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