(Nick Wienholt) One of the most obvious uses of the The Transactional File System (TxF) is to write to a single file within the scope of a transaction, eliminating the possibility of the file becoming physically corrupt if the write operation does not complete successfully.

(Jani Jarvinen) When it comes to processes that can take manual labor out of development, build automation immediately springs into mind. In the world of Team Foundation Server, organizations using the product can use a wide set of functionality. This includes not only build automation, but also aut

(Ged Mead) Aggregate functions are used to get summary outputs from queries – things like the total count of elements, summed values, average values, minimum and maximum values. It also includes the All function that will return a Boolean true or false value depending on whether all elements in a c

(David Thielen) If you are having trouble connecting to a database using a program that uses an ADO.NET connector (which is pretty much every C# and .NET app), this program is a great way to test it step by step. There is no license for this code – do anything you want with it.

(Krishna Garad) In this article we will see how to check and uncheck all CheckBoxes present in an ASP.Net GridView control.

(Shivprasad koirala) Some times back I was discussing MVC with one of my Java friends. The talk ended up with a fight trying to prove how one technology is better than other in implementing MVC. For whatever reasons good or bad I was trying to prove that Microsoft technology is the best but…hmm,aa

(Malcolm Sheridan) One of the great features of ASP.NET Web Pages is the ability to create reusable code through Helpers. Helpers are written in either Razor syntax, or even by creating class libraries in C# or VB.NET. Helpers always return IHtmlString, which is HTML encoded string. Helpers can be c

(Jeffrey Juday) Physics and new microprocessor architectures is forcing .NET developers to tackle Parallel Programming and rethink how they build responsive applications.B New C# and VB.NET Async language features.

(Kirk Evans) This post shows how to create content types and page layouts with Visual Studio 2010. In Part 1, I introduced the concept of content types and page layouts using SharePoint Designer. In this post, I will show how to accomplish the same tasks with Visual Studio 2010, and will show how

(Steven Smith) Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused content management system built on the ASP.NET platform. It uses ASP.NET MVC 3, the Razor view engine, and is an Outercurve Foundation project. In this article, we’ll look at how to get started with Orchard 1.0 by installing it.