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While it's not January yet, MSDN magazine has posted one of their upcoming articles from the January issue -- Rob Howard 's 10 Tips for Writing High-Performance Web Applications . Definitely worth a read. Unless you like slow web apps.

You may recall a while back when some changes got announced around possible changes to the special directories for ASP.NET 2.0. Many, many people wrote in to comment on those changes. So, I'm now pleased to point to Brian Goldfarb's posting , and a page...

I'm covering my head. However, I know that expression is a bit hackney, but for us sad folk at MSDN, it seems like it has value. OK, maybe for just me, but it's seeming like our new hammer, RSS is becoming more and more of an important concern in our...

Where's Rob been? Busy starting a company and building a Community Server . However, he still cares about all of you enough to keep writing his column - read his latest, " Use Cache, Save Cash " about SQL cache invalidation in ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0.

Billie Jo over on "the TechNet side" has a great posting on Technet's Script Center that I have to be ashamed to admit was unknown to me up until a few weeks ago. The Script Center Repository is my personal favorite. (<-oh, look, I spelled it 'merican...

May be old news, but did you know there was an Issue Tracker Starter Kit for ASP.NET 1.x? The Issue Tracker enables project teams to keep track of outstanding issues, assigned owners, history and related issues through a Web-based interface.

Jen and Jeremy (and Jim) return with the latest Support Voice column. (no, it's not a requirement that all people in PSS have names starting with a 'J'). This month, Jeremy looks at tools to help you Troubleshoot ASP.NET. I'll definitely second the recommendation...

I'm not usually known for "pro patria mortis" feelings, but thank a veteran today. IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce...