(Kyle McClellan) I’ve been excited about this CTP for quite a while now and it’s great to finally have a chance to play with it. Way back in early RIA days we had a number of conversations with the TPL (Task Parallel Library) folks to see if we could use Task with RIA. We were never quite able to

(Simon Cooper) Next in my ‘Subterranean IL’ series, I’ll be looking at method calls, and in particular, the difference between reference and value types. To help, I’ll be using the following types (definitions given in C# for brevity)1:

(Vipul Patel) Some data elements usually go in a group. In classical programming languages like C++ programming, you would use structs. However structs were limited to containing value types only. The other choice was to create a tuple for every specific set you would like to create, otherwise you c

(rgubarenko) This article introduces a brand-new web dev pattern and provides a framework based on it. It is a long-waited dev approach providing a unique and elegant solution to all Forms and MVC fundamental problems and bringing Web 2.0 site development task to a new level of flexibility and trans

(Ben Nadel) One of the features that I absolutely love about ColdFusion is its ability to invoke methods using both named and ordered arguments. And, after yesterday’s deep exploration of the argumentCollection behavior in named-argument invocation in ColdFusion, I wanted to see if this kind of dual

The first part of the LINQ to Objects tutorial describes the language-integrated query (LINQ) features that were introduced in version 3.5 of the .NET framework. LINQ provides a standardised means to query information from many different data sources.

(Alejandro Gervasio) In this first part of a series, you’ll get an overview of what the Object Value pattern is and how to implement it in PHP. Specifically, in this part you’ll learn how to define a basic URL class that can be used to easily create immutable value objects.

(Malcolm Sheridan) A great feature in ASP.NET MVC is the AntiForgeryToken. This Generates a hidden form field (anti-forgery token) that is validated when the form is submitted. The anti-forgery token can be used to help protect your application against cross-site request forgery. To use this feature

(Patrick Finnigan) The Ribbon RTM release was built against .NET 3.5, but our October 2010 release of Ribbon includes both .NET 3.5 and .NET 4.0 Ribbon DLLs. With the v4.0 Ribbon, we have enabled ClearType on all of the Ribbon controls using RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint. WPF applications using Ribb

(Sheo Narayan) This article describes how to specify an external AppSetting file from within web.config file and specify the settings value inside external file. It also describes related benefits and limitation of the external AppSetting file.