While it is possible to have developers agree on many things, a discussion on coding style is likely to produce seriously contentious debate. Visual Studio provides static code analysis capabilities to ensure that the IL, contained within assemblies,...

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CodePlex.Snippets is a collection of code snippets for C# developers that enhances the core code snippets developers use today to ensure that they conform, where appropriate, to static code analysis and StyleCop rules. CodePlex.Snippets also provides...

Windows Phone 7 is without a doubt the most exciting mobile platform for developers and if you are a .net developer, especially if you’re a Silverlight developer, then you should download the beta of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools today. Windows...

Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference is coming to Redmond, WA on October 28 + 29 this year is the first time in the history of the PDC that it will be held at the Microsoft Redmond campus. Steve Ballmer will keynote at the PDC this year and so...

Since SQL Server 2005 we have had the ability to write User Defined Types (UDT's) and User Defined Aggregates (UDA's) etc. that are then executed by the .net framework within the SQL Server process. Given that the .net framework 4.0 introduced a new version...

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While on vacation in Florida with my family I attended the NASA Astronaut Training Experience with my dad and was able to do two things that I have wanted to do since watching the movie Space Camp in 1986, ride the multi-axis trainer and fly a full size...