
Using a hybrid XSLT solution to send an email
Edmond Woychowsky recounts how a hybrid XSLT solution that he used recently reminds him of his college days.
Code concepts: WCF Data Services
If you are a developer who writes a lot of web services to act as proxies to the database, you should check out .NET's WCF Data Services.
How using an XSL/C# hybrid may prevent an accounting snafu
Check out this hybrid of XSL and C# that Edmond Woychowsky used to resolve a floating point error in Microsoft's implementation of the XPath sum() function.
Code concepts: LINQ's expression trees
In this overview about LINQ's expression trees, we show how you might use expression objects in your projects.
Review of dotTrace 3.1 performance profiling tool
If you're looking for an alternative to the Visual Studio profiler, give the dotTrace 3.1 performance tool a look.
Hands-on programming: Create a function library from an external configuration
This article incorporates information from his T4 templates and lambda expressions columns into this tutorial on creating a function library.
Code concepts: Parallel extensions
The Parallel Extensions library from .NET (PFx) supports a range of parallel programming paradigms. Here's an overview of the three main concepts in PFx.
A developer's hands-on review of Delphi 2010
.NET and Visual C++ developers should check out Embarcadero's Delphi 2010 -- as long as they don't mind learning a new system, a new language and a new way of doing things.
Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components
The author recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents that he downloaded from the internet. Here's the code that he wrote to get the plain text from the document.
A GUI supporting .NET's BackgroundWorker for task progress and cancellation
In this hands-on programming tip, the author provides a sample project that you can modify when you're working with .NET's BackgroundWorker class.
Code concepts: Visual Studio's T4 templates
The T4 templating system is used to programmatically generate artefacts. Here's an overview about why the templates are useful and how to work with them.
Hands-on programming: Using Bing from .NET
Justin James shares his recent Bing experience and provides a code snippet that will put you well on your way to writing a Bing-enabled application.
Code concepts: .NET's lambdas
This article provides an overview of what lambdas in .NET are and explains how to use them.
Making the case for dynamic languages
This article presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. We also discuss how these languages trip up some developers.
OutSystems' Agile Platform: The IDE of my dreams
Get in-depth details about OutSystems' Agile Platform, including information about deployment, security, data binding, project management, and more.
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