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If you’ve my last few posts around the new Windows Azure SDK for Node.js and you have not been following me on twitter, then you might be suspicious. Let me remove the suspicion, I’ve moved on from…

It’s been 10 days since we release our first preview of Windows Azure SDK for Node.js. So far the community reaction has been really good with 11000+ downloads to date. Feedback is starting to…

Node.js is an exciting platform that has been increasing in popularity for the past two years. It offers a server side JavaScript programming model ideal for building highly scalable…

I had a lot of fun talking with all of you on the benefits of dynamic languages on the previous post. Definitely getting a better picture of what working with a language like that is like listening…

You get 4 hours and a lunch (complimentary from PeopleWare) to come and talk about package management and how it can change the way you build software. It’s completely free, you just need to…

A curiosity hit me today.

What is the value of dynamically typed languages in larger projects?

Do they have unique benefits?

Do they have unique negatives?

Load up the comments.

-d

In the .NET Framework 4.0 version of WCF, managing multiple asynchronous operations, for example in the form of WCF and HTTP request/response operations, is currently very complex regardless of…

Telerik is a Friend of codebetter and they deserve some more attention. In this post I will explore some of my recent experiences with their components for asp.net. There are two suites of them. On…

TL;DR: In C# use [DebuggerDisplay(“”)] on your classes and follow better practices.

So lets say we have a class (C#) that looks like this:

public class Person
{ public string Name { get; set;...

&*%$ you and all of your @#*!% opinions! There, now that I’ve established my credibility, let’s get started.

I installed Ubuntu recently on a virtual machine. It was insanely easy. Pointed VMWare…