Implementing the Singleton Pattern in C# [http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/singleton.html] and Implementing Singleton in C# [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpatterns/html/ImpSingletonInCsharp.asp] , and many more Software Design Patterns at dofactory [http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx].…
NUnit – easy unit testing with “mocks” [http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/Programming%20musings/archive/2004/07/19/19717.aspx] . A nice overview by Marek Konopka on the new “mocks” feature of NUnit.…
Developing Automated Tests Using NUnit and VB.NET [http://www.byte-vision.com/NUnitAndVBPrint.aspx] – This article describes how to write unit tests in Visual Basic .NET using the market standard automated unit testing tool NUnit 2.0.…
Adding a zip filter to web services [http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WebServiceZipFilter.asp] (C# WebServices) – Passing large amount of data through web services can become a hugh bottle-neck in WAN application architecture … , this is one solution for downsizing the network costs. [via Scott Galloway [http://www.mostlylucid.co.uk/…
Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview [http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx]; highlighting the differences between the Express, Professional and Team System products.…
Miguel de Icaza, the founder of the Mono [http://www.mono-project.com] project talks [http://news.com.com/More+than+an+open-source+curiosity/2008-7344_3-5271084.html?tag=nefd.lede] about the path to porting the .NET framework (and its internal mechanics) to Unix. Miguel goes on to say “Today what’…
52% of application developers use .NET [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P1247] … Is .Net Stealing Java’s Thunder? [http://www.webservicespipeline.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=?articleId=23900832&printableArticle=true]…
Microsoft Responds to Sun’s Web Service Benchmarks [http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=27339]. MS released a whitepaper [http://www.middlewareresearch.com/whitepapers/Benchmark_response.pdf] comparing the .NET and J2EE Web Service performance.…