Blog Posts
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Silverlight 3 Breaking Changes
Silverlight 3 has a list of breaking changes from both the Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 Beta versions that can be found on MSDN. It is important to check this list if what you are reading does not make sense.
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What is a "turd" configuration file?
A Microsoft Connect response suggested storing settings on a per-project basis or keeping a small "turd" configuration file next to the .sln as a workaround.
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WSCF.blue Beta Released: Are you doing contract-first?
WSCF.blue is a Visual Studio Add-in designed to bring the benefits of contract-first web service development to those working with WCF (Windows Communication Foundation). It is the latest version of an earlier tool called WSCF and was created by a team of talented developers. The contract-first approach makes web services more interoperable, and the Beta version of WSCF.blue can be downloaded and tested.
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Using REST in NAnt with a custom HTTP Task
This article describes how to make HTTP requests to a REST web service from a NAnt script using a custom task. The HttpClient class from the WCF REST Starter Kit is used, and the source code is available on GitHub. The assembly has been merged with the Microsoft.Http.dll dependency making deployment easier.
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Velocity DataCache Extension Methods
This post provides code samples to demonstrate extension methods for working with the Velocity DataCache. This includes a method called IsLocalCache, a Get method that uses generics and a Func delegate to create objects if they are not found in the cache, and a CreateKey method to create keys for cache entries.