Eric Nelson explains what are ORM, EDM, and ESQL, what is the difference between LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities, which one is going to be further developed by Microsoft in the future, accompanied…
Presentation:ORM, EDM, ESQL, Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities - Confused?
Metrics for Ruby With Caliper
Caliper calculates various metrics – for example code duplication and complexity – for your Ruby code; all you need is a public Git repository. By Mirko Stocker
Simple names are not so simple, Part Two, plus, volcanoes and fried foods
I’ve returned from a brief vacation, visiting friends on the island of Maui. I’d never been to that part of the world before. Turns out, it’s a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean,…
Dealing with Memory Leaks in .NET
Fabrice Marguerie, a software architect and consultant, wrote the article How to detect and avoid memory and resources leaks in .NET applications, published on MSDN. The article explains how memory…
What’s new in WPF 4.0?
WPF 4.0 will be adding new controls, Pixel Shader 3.0, and a completely rewritten text rendering pipeline. These and other features will find their way into Visual Studio 2010, expected early next…
Writing New .NET Languages with Irony
Irony is a framework created by Roman Ivantsov and used to write internal DSLs or entire new languages that run on .NET, the grammar being written in C#. By Abel Avram
Simple names are not so simple
C# has many rules that are designed to prevent some common sources of bugs and encourage good programming practices. So many, in fact, that it is often quite confusing to sort out exactly which…
Use SOAP to Remotely Manage Windows Machines
Windows Remote Management, part of the larger Windows Management Framework, offers a standards-based way to remotely manage computers running Windows XP or later. Also known as WinRM, is based on…
Microsoft Closes Down Silverlight Streaming
Microsoft has closed its two-year-old hosting service, Silverlight Streaming. Existing videos can still be retrieved for the time being, but new ones can no longer be uploaded. They have also…
I have a Fit, but a lack of Focus.
Here’s a statement I read the other day about making comparisons between objects of reference type in C#:
Object.ReferenceEquals(x,y) returns true if and only if x and y refer to the same…
