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Session Storage – App Fabric Cache
Introduction (From Microsoft’s Azure Documentation) - Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run…
Stress Testing Your Website – Using Microsoft’s Web Stress Test Tool
Some of the more popular tools out there include LoadRunner and Fiddler. Both of these have a bit of a learning curve. When you want to run a stress test,…
What businesses can learn from flash mobs
Some qualities of Flash Mob performers A Flash Mob consists of a group of dancers who come together (seemingly impromptu) and start performing. What do these people share (in addition…
WinForms and Advanced UI Programming in .NET, Anuj Varma
3rd Party UI Libraries: Advanced UI Controls including 3rd party datagrids, list controls, tabbed layouts etc. may be required to meet the needs of today's enterprise data. Syncfusion and Infragistics…
Superfast display (loading) of data into your UI (WinForms, MVC or ASP.NET)
While this post compares the WinForms datagridview with a 3rd party (syncfusion) Grid Control for windows, the same comparison also applies to grid controls in the MVC and webforms world.…
Windows DataGridView – Improving the Data Display (Refresh) Performance
The DataGridView is used everywhere – both in apps as well as WinForms apps. A quick google search will reveal the scale of users affected by the slow refresh…
VS Compilation Error -The item was specified more than once in the resources parameter
The Issue : Visual Studio throws the following compile time error on a project that includes UI controls (either WinForms or controls). The item was specified more than once…
Swapping without a temp variable
Everyone is familiar with the basic swap – using a temporary variable static void RegularSwapUsingTempVariable(ref int a, ref int b) { int temp = a; a = b; b =…
Web Hosting Providers to Avoid
Not all web hosts are created equal. To a business, the importance of a reliable web-hosting provider is as essential as having a reliable bank or a reliable lawyer. Getting…
TFS Error–Source File Could Not Be Opened (‘Unspecified error ‘)
Symptom File has already been deleted (from source control and from the filesystem). Yet – the file shows up in the Visual Studio solution (with a yellow warning icon next…