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junij 2006 - Posts

LLBLGen 2.0 beta looks very promising

Check out one of the best ORMs out there going a step further. Frans posted steps to build a simple asp.net application that uses LLBLGen 2.0 beta. Pay attention to its query langueage that looks like Linq.
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Sirious Cybernetic Corporation at work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVZ9b0RgmY Douglas Adams foresaw the future.
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WinFS is dead, again

After a resurrection, WinFS is dead, again, according to betanews. Read more in this article .
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String.IsNullOrEmpty is great, right?

Do you know of String.IsNullOrEmpty and do you use it? You do? Think again after reading this blog post . Ooops, it might not work and even worse, it might not work only in release (optimized) configuration. Apparently JIT optimizer is to blame. What
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Developers risk lives every day apparently

It is a tough job being a developer or just use a laptop. According to this article it might be very dangerous, too. Are you still using laptop on your lap after reading the article?
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I am an INETA Country leader

I was just nominated for INETA Country UG Leader for Slovenia which means that I'll have "control" over INETA user groups here in Slovenia. SLODUG (which I am also the lead of) is the only one for the time being though. Interesting situation - that makes
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Robotics anybody?

Microsoft released Robotics Studio June 2006 CTP for creating robotics application easily. Ever wanted to play with robots but you didn't want to mess with different robot operating systems? You don't need to as Robotics SDK will take care of it. Now,
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.Net Framework 3.0 Community

Microsoft recently opened .Net Framework 3.0 Community site . Lot of useful and interesting stuff located in one place.
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CodeRush just got better

CodeRush made a major version jump to 2.0.1. Apparently the most of the improvements are template related which makes sense as templates are huge productivity booster. Check new training videos here: http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/CodeRush/Training.xml
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A bunch of (Slovene) articles dealing with XML, WCF and WF

Matevž Gačnik , a good friend of mine and a MVP+RD, posted an avalanche of articles dealing with XML, WCF and WF. A must read if you are into this stuff.
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DevExpress event-raising method naming

Sometimes you want to override certain method that fires an event. By design guidelines one would expect a protected virtual On[EventName] method. But for some reason Developer Express decided to go with their naming convention which looks like Raise[EventName]
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Internet fragility

I switched from cable TV to internet TV (Slovene SIOL provider - ADSL) a while ago. At the time it looked like a good move, but not everything is evident at beginning. Here is my list of pros and cons: Pros: plenty of channels switching to future standars
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