Contents tagged with .NET
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Using StackExchange to produce Ask SQL Server Central
StackExchange has recently gone to beta, allowing people to set up sites using the same platform that runs StackOverflow. As my team maintains SQL Server Central, we decided to take advantage of this and set up Ask SQL Server Central. We’re not sure where we’re going to go with it yet, as it takes quite a different model to the rest of the site, which mainly features articles and traditional forums, but we felt that some people might find it a useful way of finding information, and it was pretty straightforward to do, so we dived in.
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C# 4.0 Duck Typing and mocking extension methods
Seeing some of the early blog posts from people who are at PDC, I have thus far been paying most attention to the information starting to come out about C# 4.0. In particular, this focus will look at Dynamic Lookup and the dynamic type. In particular, this should be able to be used to solve a problem with mocking objects where you are using extension methods.
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ANTS Profiler 4 Links
ANTS Profiler 4 has been out a short while now, and there's already some traffic cropping up relating to it. I thought I'd just drop in a quick couple of links to interesting blog articles about it:
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Red Gate to continue development of .NET Reflector
Exciting times here at Red Gate. Red Gate has taken on Lutz Roeder's .NET reflector and will continue development on this in the future. It will continue to be free for the community. You can read more details about the ins and outs of the deal here: http://www.simple-talk.com/reflector/interview.htm
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ANTS Profiler 4 Beta Released
Exciting news from within the bowels of Red Gate - ANTS Profiler version 4 has reached the public beta version. The team are really over the moon about it, and the feedback that has already been received suggests that it's going to be a big hit. I'd encourage anyone that hasn't yet had a go with it to download it and give it a try - it's a massive step on from version 3 and certainly worth a look. For an in depth discussion of what's made it into this version, you'll need to go and read Bart's Blog. If you want to just get in there and give it a go, here's where you need to go to get the new version of ANTS: