.NET Framework Source Code

The Microsoft .NET team will be releasing the source code for the .NET Framework libraries starting with v3.5 and VS 2008. Being able to step through and review the source should provide much better insight into how the .NET Framework libraries are implemented, and in turn enable developers to…

Simple Authentication for the Web

Automated email-based password reestablishment (EBPR) is an efficient, cost-effective means to deal with forgotten passwords. Simple Authentication for the Web (SAW) [pdf] improves upon this basic approach to user authentication to create an alternative to password-based logins.…

Orcas baby!

Microsoft will release Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 (codename Orcas) tomorrow (26th July). Keep an eye on the downloads page, which also includes the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1.…

Five Ajax anti-patterns

A counter-argument to doing too little on the server is doing too much on the server. Ajax is often a balancing act. A special coverage by IBM on five Ajax anti-patterns. There’s also an article on five Ajax design patterns.…

Developer Cheat Sheets

Databases: MySQL Cheat Sheet MySQL Reference List SQL Server Cheat Sheet SQL Server 2005 Commands Programming: ASP/VBScript Cheat Sheet C# Language Reference C# Programmer’s Reference Sheet .NET Cheat Sheets PHP Cheat Sheet PHP Developer Cheat Sheet Ruby Cheat Sheet (PDF) VB.NET Cheat Sheet (PDF) Web Dev: CSS…