A SQL Server/.NET developer reflects on their first year of blogging, top technical posts, and community event participation in 2010.
A developer's initial exploration of Apache Cassandra, covering installation, data models, and connecting to it from a .NET application using C#.
A collection of session videos from QCon London 2010, covering topics like .NET, testing, scaling, and software craftsmanship.
A developer explains a case-sensitive ColumnMappings error in SqlBulkCopy and how to resolve it.
Exploring GCC-CLI, an experimental GCC branch with a .NET CIL backend and frontend for compiling between native and managed code.
Explains the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) using a shed-building analogy, focusing on its core concepts: export, import, and compose.
A technical guide comparing SqlBulkCopy vs. SqlDataAdapter for high-speed data loading into SQL Server, demonstrating significant performance gains.
A developer shares their anticipation and planned schedule for the QCon London 2010 conference, focusing on architecture, .NET, and scalability.
Announcing the first public release of PHPMEF, a PHP port of the .NET Managed Extensibility Framework for application composition.
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A guide to implementing WPF-like DragMove functionality for controls in Windows Forms, including extension methods and a designer component.
The new VISUG (Visual Studio User Group Belgium) website is now live, featuring an updated layout, RSS feed for events, and aggregated member blog content.
A tutorial on using Microsoft's Pex tool for automated white-box testing and code verification in .NET, including a practical example.
A tutorial on implementing Data Driven Testing for unit tests in Visual Studio 2008, using a database as a data source.
A tutorial on using Visual Studio 2008's built-in performance profiling tool to identify and analyze a memory issue in C# code.
A guide to enabling HTTP proxy with authentication for .NET SOAP web service clients by overriding the generated service class.
Overview of recent OpenXML developments, including Microsoft's SDK, PackageExplorer 3.0, Altova XML Spy support, and libraries for Java and PHP.
Explores two main approaches for data binding business objects in .NET: O/R mapping tools and typed DataSets.
Phalanger, an open-source tool, compiles PHP to .NET's MSIL, enabling PHP development in Visual Studio and integration with .NET libraries.
Archive of blog posts by Martin Costello covering .NET development, ASP.NET Core, AWS Lambda, GitHub tools, and software engineering practices.
