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A C# tutorial on using WMI queries to find COM ports by their friendly names, useful for identifying virtual ports assigned by USB adapters.
A guide to creating a custom Configuration Manager for Windows Azure apps to handle dynamic settings like connection strings.
A look at integrating multitouch capabilities into VTK-based scientific visualization software like MedINRIA and Mayavi.
A quick review of ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1, highlighting new features like the Razor view engine and dynamic ViewData support.
A developer's initial exploration of Apache Cassandra, covering installation, data models, and connecting to it from a .NET application using C#.
Guide to uploading files to SharePoint 2010 document libraries using the Client Object Model with C# code example.
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Explains memory leaks from .NET events and presents a custom WeakEvent pattern implementation using WeakDelegate to avoid strong references.
A developer shares their experience creating a Python interface for the open-vcdiff library using Cython, focusing on C++ integration challenges.
Explains the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) using a shed-building analogy, focusing on its core concepts: export, import, and compose.
Explains how to use C# LINQ expressions to automatically generate null-safe property access, eliminating repetitive null-check code.
Performance comparison of three methods for sorting in-memory DataTables in C#/.NET, with LINQ to DataSet emerging as the fastest.
A C# and SQL Server developer explains his motivation for starting a technical blog to share coding challenges and solutions.
A developer investigates why their C++ game executable file was unexpectedly large, discovering that debug flags and lack of optimization were the culprits.
Tutorial on programmatically working with External Lists using SharePoint 2010 BCS and the SharePoint object model.
Explains a Rhino Mocks unit testing exception and solution for methods requiring a return value.
Explains how to handle multiple submit buttons in an ASP.NET MVC form using an ActionNameSelectorAttribute, without requiring JavaScript.
A software developer contrasts the theoretical CS concepts learned in college with practical skills gained through professional and open-source work.
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A guide to creating custom dynamic objects in C# 4.0 by inheriting from the DynamicObject class and overriding key methods.
Explains how to chain multiple IControllerFactory implementations in ASP.NET MVC to allow flexible controller creation.
A developer's postmortem on creating their first game, 'Balls', in 7 days, detailing challenges, lessons learned, and the final result.
