pinvoke.net

By Ashutosh in .NET Web Dev on

pinvoke.net [http://pinvoke.net/], the interop wiki! [http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki], attempts to address the difficulty of calling Win32 or other unmanaged APIs in managed code (languages such as C# and VB .NET).…

World Spam

By Ashutosh in General on

World map [http://postini.com/stats/world-spam-2048.jpg] showing known sources of unwanted email. “The hotspots coincide with known major computer-whiz centers. ” [via QuiteATake [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1024785,00030007.htm]]…

SET vs SELECT

By Ashutosh in Databases on

Here’s a TSQL optimization tip: it seems like a single SELECT statement is faster than multiple SET statements. SET @foo1 = 0 SET @foo2 = 0 SET @foo3 = 0 ... is slower than one SELECT like: SELECT @foo1 = 0, @foo2 = 0, @foo3 = 0 [via Jason Lautzenheiser [http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/harpua/archive/…

.NET Quick Reference Card

By Ashutosh in .NET Web Dev on

.NET Quick Reference Card [http://www.reflectionit.nl/RefCard.aspx] by Fons Sonnemans, is a small quick reference card for Microsoft .NET with some hard to remember details.…

MSDN2

By Ashutosh in Linklog on

Tim Ewald, the architect of the MSDN2 web site [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/default.aspx] (still in alpha) talks about how and why it was built and points out some undocumented features [http://pluralsight.com/blogs/tewald/archive/2004/09/23/2368.aspx], particularly in the new URL by…

Framewerk PHP5

By Ashutosh in Linklog on

Framewerk [http://www.framewerk.org/] engine is an object-oriented PHP5 [http://www.php.net/] based website development platform.…