Book Review: C# In Depth

Hi all. I would like to share some thoughts about this book from Manning. About the Book To start, the book is divided into three parts.  Part 1 will provide a foundation regarding some history of C# and a few elements from C#1. Part 2 is about C#2 and how it solves some problems faced in the […]

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SQL Server 2008 Liberado!!!

El día de hoy fue liberado la versión final (RTM) del tan esperado SQL Server 2008. La noticia completa la pueden encontrar aquí (en inglés). Todos los suscriptores de MSDN y TechNet pueden descargarlo inmediatamente. Estas son las ediciones disponibles de SQL Server 2008 son: • SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. Con soporte de escalabilidad de clase […]

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Book Review: ASP.NET Ajax In Action

Hi all. I’ve been reading this book for a few weeks now and thought of writting a few lines about it. About the Book Well, to start just to point out that the book is from Manning Publications (very good book publishing company) and it’s not that big (576 pages). Also, it has been aroud for […]

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Book Review: NHibernate In Action

  Hi all. A few weeks ago got the opportunity to read this book from Manning Publications. It’s still with status of Early Access so I got an e-book. I was very enthusiastic about it. I’ve had some very good comments about NHibernate so I decided to give it a try. About the book ORMs […]

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Videos de Silverlight 2.0

Hola fanáticos de Silverlight Mike Taulty ha lanzado una impresionante colección de 44 screencasts sobre Silverlight 2.0. Cubre temas como el funcionamiento general de Silverlight, controles, manejo de archivos, redes, diseño de interfaces, acceso a datos, interacción con páginas de HTML y mucho mas. Este es un valiosísimo recurso que pueden aprovechar para aprender (o […]

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Official Note: Version 1.0 RTM of the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is live!

It’s official. You can now download version 1.0 RTM of the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP from the MSDN download site.  The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge. The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows for […]

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Noticia Oficial: La Versión 1.0 RTM Del Driver de SQL Server 2005 Para PHP Ha Sido Liberada

La versión 1.0 del Driver de SQL Server 2005 para PHP está disponible en el sitio de descargas de MSDN. Ahora si, no hay excusas. Esta, es una extensión de PHP 5 que permite la lectura y escritura de datos almacenados en SQL Server 2005 desde scripts de PHP. La extensión provee de una interface procedural para el […]

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Having RadioButtons on a Repeater or DataList

Repeaters are very powerful controls that allows us to present formated information from a datasource. Recently I needed to include some RadioButtons inside a Repeater so I could select one of the items from the repeater, but to my surprise, and old bug resurfaced. Reference to the bug can be found here but I will […]

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Ensure Proper Closure & Disposal Of A DataReader

Most of the time, we create programs that use DataReaders (weather they are on ASP.NET or Winforms). They’re fast, easy to use but sometimes, they fill out our connections pool and withour proper care, they can cause problems to our users. There are some blog posts around this issue and many questions in the forums, […]

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Ya Disponible: Preview 1 de ASP.NET AJAX 4.0

Ya es oficial!! El Primer Preview de ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 acaba de salir a la luz. Pueden ver el Roadmap para mas información sobre el contenido de este preview y si pueden, por favor envíen un poco de feedback. Este preview contiene (entre otros) las siguientes implementaciones: Client-side template rendering Declarative instantiation of behaviors and controls DataView control Markup […]

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