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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 21 Mar 2023 12:00

RavenDB 6.0 live instance is now up & running: Come test it out!Subscribe to Ayende @ Rahien

Oren Eini writes "....RavenDB has the public live test instance, and we have recently upgraded that to version 6.0.  That means that you can start playing around with RavenDB 6.0 directly, including giving us feedback on any issues that you find.Of particular..."
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RavenDB 6.0 live instance is now up & running: Come test it out!
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Jesse Liberty | Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek | 16 Mar 2023 19:46

.NET MAUI For C# DevelopersSubscribe to Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Jesse Liberty writes "....Due March 31, from Packt Very excited about this book. Feedback is very welcome at jesseliberty@gmail.com. Thanks!"
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Jesse Liberty | Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek | 16 Mar 2023 11:43

Yet Another Podcast – NDependSubscribe to Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Jesse Liberty writes "....Excited to have Patrick Smacchia of NDepend on to discuss this amazing tool for creating world-class .NET applications. https://www.ndepend.com/docs/ndepend-use-cases https://www.ndepend.com/docs/videos https://www.ndepend.com/download..."
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Yet Another Podcast – NDepend
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 16 Mar 2023 04:53

WkHtmlToPdf: Dealing with broken Url Encoded and Extended Character LinksSubscribe to Rick Strahl's Web Log

Rick Strahl writes "....WkHtmlToPdf is a command line utility based on an old version of the Chromium engine that can be used to create PDF output from HTML documents. It's an Open Source tool with source code on GitHub that's been around for a long time and is used by..."
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WkHtmlToPdf: Dealing with broken Url Encoded and Extended Character Links
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 13 Mar 2023 12:00

ExternalFinalizer: Adding a finalizer to 3rd party objectsSubscribe to Ayende @ Rahien

Oren Eini writes "....Let’s say that you have the following scenario, you have an object in your hands that is similar to this one: It holds some unmanaged resources, so you have to dispose it. However, this is used in the following manner: What is the..."
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ExternalFinalizer: Adding a finalizer to 3rd party objects
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Jesse Liberty | Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek | 12 Mar 2023 11:44

XAML vs C#Subscribe to Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Jesse Liberty writes "....My latest book: Learn .NET MAUI — An Essential Guide for C# Developers will be released mid-April 2023. Given the existence and likely enhancements to the .NET MAUI Community Markup Toolkit for C#, and that many people will come to … Continue..."
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XAML vs C#
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 10 Mar 2023 12:00

Next week: Kobo's Journey Into High Performance and Reliable Document Databases at InfoQSubscribe to Ayende @ Rahien

Oren Eini writes "....Trevor Hunter from Kobo Rakuten is going to be speaking about Kobo’s usage of RavenDB in a webinar on next Wednesday.When I started at Kobo, we needed to look beyond the relational and into document databases. Our initial technology choice didn't..."
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Next week: Kobo's Journey Into High Performance and Reliable Document Databases at InfoQ
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 02 Mar 2023 12:00

RavenDB Sharding ProgressSubscribe to Ayende @ Rahien

Oren Eini writes "....RavenDB Sharding is now running as a production replication in our backend systems and we are stepping up our testing in a real-world environment. We are now also publishing nightly builds of RavenDB 6.0, including Sharding support. There are some..."
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RavenDB Sharding Progress
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Bertrand Le Roy | Tales from the Evil Empire | 01 Mar 2023 00:55

A breaking change in .NET argument exception message formattingSubscribe to Tales from the Evil Empire

Bertrand Le Roy writes "....A quick reference post about an interesting change in the way .NET formats argument exception messages. This tripped me up when debugging a test that was failing on .NET Core / 6.0 whereas it had been passing forever and still passes on .NET..."
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A breaking change in .NET argument exception message formatting
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Jesse Liberty | Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek | 27 Feb 2023 13:42

.NET MAUI TriggersSubscribe to Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Jesse Liberty writes "....Triggers in .NET MAUI are not that different from triggers in Xamarin.Forms, but since this is not a frequently used feature, I thought I’d provide a quick deep-dive into their usage. Triggers allow you to declare, in your XAML, how …..."
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.NET MAUI Triggers
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Rick Strahl's Web Log provides a variety of .NET development topics with focus on ASP.NET and enterprise development. Topics are wide ranging from introductory articles to tips and tricks, observations in the process of software development and examination of new and upcoming technologies. Content is honest and sometimes outspoken and doesn't tote any particular party line - Rick says it as he sees it.

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror)

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) Sometimes people ask me why I'm not on Facebook or G+. I was already an AOL user once, why would I do that again? http://t.co/ncbuusrx 3815 days ago from web


Jeff Atwood (codinghorror)

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) @fmanjoo no child, even my own, is enough to get me on Facebook. I'll go to my grave without an account. I'm Just Not That Into Zuckerberg. 3815 days ago from web


Jeff Atwood (codinghorror)

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) @fmanjoo I don't have a Facebook account, no plans to start one. Or G+ for that matter. But, I do watch TV! Well, downloaded TV. Sort of. 3815 days ago from web


Jeff Atwood (codinghorror)

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) @fmanjoo looks like "log in - Facebook" to me 3815 days ago from web


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) Julia Gillard's Speech Over Opposition's Sexism, Misogyny: http://t.co/696ULgfy via @youtube 3815 days ago from Tweet Button


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) Ha! http://t.co/ofThpizS 3815 days ago from TweetDeck


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) @wwahammy This is as if Creative Commons was preventing you from using Photoshop. 3815 days ago from TweetDeck


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) @wwahammy http://t.co/9Sf85PXD "CAD files must be provided, it must use formats unencumbered by closed licenses" 3815 days ago from TweetDeck


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) @wwahammy It's the case with lots of things the FSF does. I appreciate some of what they do for freedom of speech but man they're extreme. 3815 days ago from TweetDeck


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) @wwahammy It's according to http://t.co/QAdf1k2y 3815 days ago from TweetDeck