DevMavens

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n.  A person who has special knowledge or experience;
an expert.

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n.  An expert developer with great influence.

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Rob Conery | Rob Conery | 05 Dec 2023 20:47

🤖 Does Functional Programming Matter To You?Subscribe to Rob Conery

Rob Conery writes "....Learning Elixir changed me as a programmer, and learning functional concepts changed the way I think about writing software. How about you? Is functional proogramming a useful thing to learn?"
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 01 Dec 2023 00:29

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Rick Strahl writes "....3.2 in progress Install .NET 8.0 Runtime if Runtime Missing MM now installs the .NET 8.0 runtime if .NET 7.0 or 8.0 is not installed. We're still compiling with a 7.0 target but automatically roll forward to 8.0 if available. If no 7.0 runtime is..."
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 28 Nov 2023 08:42

Embedding a minimal ASP.NET Web Server into a Desktop ApplicationSubscribe to Rick Strahl's Web Log

Rick Strahl writes "....Have you ever wanted to embed a Web Server into another application like a Desktop app for example? It's not a common scenario but I've had a number of occasions where I've had a need for this: Markdown Monster Markdown Editor Provide an..."
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Embedding a minimal ASP.NET Web Server into a Desktop Application
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Rob Conery | Rob Conery | 14 Nov 2023 02:13

👻 Hacking Ghost for Fun and ProfitSubscribe to Rob Conery

Rob Conery writes "....I've been using Ghost for many years and recently I decided to see just how far I could push it."
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 03 Nov 2023 19:48

Save Files With Elevated Permissions on UnauthorizedAccessExceptionSubscribe to Rick Strahl's Web Log

Rick Strahl writes "....When building Desktop Applications that are document centric and that allow users to save files in any location - like an editor for example - you can run into a situation where on rare occasions a file needs to be saved in a location that doesn't..."
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Save Files With Elevated Permissions on UnauthorizedAccessException
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 31 Oct 2023 22:10

Caching your WebView Environment to manage multiple WebView2 ControlsSubscribe to Rick Strahl's Web Log

Rick Strahl writes "....I've been struggling with some WebView initialization issues that are showing up in my application logs from a deployed application. Personally I've never run into these issues myself, however my customers of Markdown Monster are running into..."
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Caching your WebView Environment to manage multiple WebView2 Controls
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Jesse Liberty | Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek | 29 Oct 2023 12:05

Protected: Private – Not for public distributionSubscribe to Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Jesse Liberty writes "....There is no excerpt because this is a protected post."
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Rob Conery | Rob Conery | 26 Oct 2023 20:18

All Courses Are Belong To YouSubscribe to Rob Conery

Rob Conery writes "....Lots happening here, so here’s an update."
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Rob Conery | Rob Conery | 23 Oct 2023 19:43

Surviving the Structured InterviewSubscribe to Rob Conery

Rob Conery writes "....The tech industry is slowly changing over to structured interviews, but most people don't know what they are and that they have a formula!..."
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Surviving the Structured Interview
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 19 Oct 2023 12:00

.NET Rocks: Data Sharding with Oren EiniSubscribe to Ayende @ Rahien

Oren Eini writes "....You can listen to me talk to Carl & Richard on RavenDB Sharding here.What is data sharding, and why do you need it? Carl and Richard talk to Oren Eini about his latest work on RavenDB, including the new data sharding feature. Oren talks about..."
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.NET Rocks: Data Sharding with Oren Eini
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Featured Maven

Jesse Liberty is a Senior Developer-Community Evangelist on the Windows Phone Team. Liberty hosts the popular Yet Another Podcast and his blog is required reading. He is the author of numerous best-selling books, including O’Reilly’s Programming C# and the forthcoming APress books Programming Reactive Extensions and LINQ and Migrating to Windows Phone. He was a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS and Vice President of Information Technology at Citibank. He can be followed on Twitter: @JesseLiberty.

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 4077 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. 4077 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. 4077 days ago from web


Jeff Atwood (codinghorror)

Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) @fmanjoo looks like "log in - Facebook" to me 4077 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 4077 days ago from Tweet Button


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) Ha! http://t.co/ofThpizS 4077 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. 4077 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" 4077 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. 4077 days ago from TweetDeck


Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy)

Bertrand Le Roy (bleroy) @wwahammy It's according to http://t.co/QAdf1k2y 4077 days ago from TweetDeck