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Windows Azure – Case Studies

Case studies are frequently asked resources for anybody before investing into it. Here are few on...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 01/07/2010

Microsoft Azure – TCO and ROI Calculator

A much waited TCO and ROI calculator for Microsoft Azure is available at...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 01/07/2010

VB.NET 10 : Working with Array

Working with Array in VB.NET 2010 (VS 2010) is real fun. You can leave it to the compiler to decide....

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 12/15/2009

VB.NET 10 Podcast : Working with Array

Namoskar!!!

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 12/14/2009

What is Private Cloud - Watch it out Live!!!

Register today!...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 12/08/2009

Patterns for Parallel Programming

WOW!!! When I first saw it. Patterns for Parallel Programming: Understanding and Applying Parallel...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 11/10/2009

VB.NET 10 : Optional Nullable Parameter

If you want to assign Nothing to the optional parameter in VB.NET 10, it is just like to obvious...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 11/07/2009

VB.NET 10 : Multiline Lambdas

With implicit line continuation VB.NET 10 now allows you to write the multiline Lambdas. That means...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 11/07/2009

Parallel Computing: PLINQ

Visual Studio 2010 has new API for LINQ (Language Integrated Query). This helps us to implement the...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 11/02/2009

Parallel Computing: The new “Task” API

Visual Studio 2010 has new API called “Task”. This helps us to create small pieces of work and...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/30/2009

Seven Things to Know about Windows 7

  1. Simple to Use. The Snap feature arranges windows side-by-side by dragging programs. You can then...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/21/2009

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

I have installed the Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010. I love its splash screen Go get it and enjoy!!!...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/19/2009

VB.NET 10 : Array Literals

VB.NET has another exiting feature which helps us to declare and initialize an array without...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/13/2009

VB.NET 10 : Nullable Optional Parameter

You can create method with optional parameter and also make them Nullable. Optional with default...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/13/2009

VB.NET 10 : Collection Initializer

Another useful feature which was missing in VB.Net 9 is available in Visual Studio 2010. This...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 10/13/2009

Podcast : Parallel Computing in Visual Studio 2010 – “Task” API

Namoskar!!!

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/28/2009

Web Application Toolkits to the Web Announcement

  Today with the announcement of Microsoft WebsiteSpark, we are launching a number of Web...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/24/2009

Scott Hanselman's 2009 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Another super compilation...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/21/2009

What’s new in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio Beta 2?

List is quite big!!! Core Services Web.config File Minification Extensible Output Caching Auto-Start...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/18/2009

Parallel Computing: Leverage the better hardware tomorrow

It has quite a sometime we have been using .NET with System.Threading namespace. So what is new...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/18/2009

Podcast : C# 4.0 - Dynamic Object

I thought I will start the series of podcasting. This one is on Dynamic Object of C# 4.0...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 09/18/2009

Technology Presentations for us

Watch it out online at https://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/spotlight/ Namoskar!!!

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 08/30/2009

C# 4.0: Improved COM Interop

The question often arises what is so special in C# 4.0 about COM Interop. To me it is a lot. I will...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 08/28/2009

C# 4.0 and Parallel Programming Resources

C# 4.0 The Future of C# by Anders Hejlsberg at PDC 2008 https://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL16/...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 08/28/2009

C# 4.0 : Co-variance and Contra-variance

Here I am going to talk about the feature called Covariance and Contravariance. To show you the...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 07/31/2009

Welcome to Microsoft Web Platform

It is amazing to see so many Web Platform utilities are clubbed together in one single place. What...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 07/23/2009

Windows Azure : July 2009 CTP Update

New update for Azure Tools and SDK available for download here. I installed it and was not able to...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 07/20/2009

“Good Bye” Thriller - Mike Jackson in Silverlight

King of Pop is no more available as showman to us. We will miss his presence in every bit of our...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 07/07/2009

ASP.NET 4.0 : New HTML Snippet

In Visual Studio 2010 we have more than 200+ snippet to make your HTML life easier. It is not just...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/22/2009

Visual Basic 10 : Line Continuation Magic

There are some new enhancements in Visual Basic 2010 or Visual Basic 10 where you can really have...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/16/2009

NotifyIcon : Display Windows Form in System Tray

While talking to different people I get this question. And in Visual Studio it is very easy to do,...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/16/2009

Hello Azure in Talking Tech - Chennai 13 June 2009

"Hello Azure" at Chennai last week end was fun. I showed the demo and successfully...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/15/2009

Presenting Windows Azure in Talking Tech 2009

I am currently back from New Delhi where I have presented Windows Azure – Microsoft Cloud Computing....

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/11/2009

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - May Preview

Available at...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/03/2009

VB.NET 10 : Automatic Property

Now in VB.NET 10 we have automatic property, Public Property myName As String = "Test" Sub Main()...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/01/2009

Azure : Pricing & Licensing Overview

Should you have question, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx How will...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 06/01/2009

Visual Studio 2010 : Multi Targeting

Like Visual Studio 2008, in Visual Studio 2010 also we have multi-target. So ideally you can create...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/31/2009

ADO.NET Entity Framework v2 : ExecuteStoreQuery

There is now an option in ADO.Net Entity Framework v2 for us to execute store query,...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/29/2009

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 Walkthroughs

Watch out the videos on Visual Studio 2010 at...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/25/2009

LINQ to CSV : Getting data the way you want

Getting data from CSV is one of the mostly used business in applications/tools development. Here how...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/24/2009

Setup and Deployment : Custom Action to Capture User Input

Purpose Users are allowed to pass Product Key while installing in .msi. During that we want to...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/21/2009

LINQ to XML : Understanding Annotations

Annotations are used for private use. It does not directly associated and known as Black Box in XML...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/20/2009

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 Download Today!!!

Resources and excitements are available for you in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. Try this out from...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/20/2009

Free EBook on ASP.NET MVC

      ASP.NET MVC book that Scott Hanselman, Rob Conery, Phil Haack and Scott Gu is...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/19/2009

ASP.NET 4.0 : Avoid Round Trip, use Response.RedirectPermanent

When we use Response.Redirect to move from one page to another we ideally also call HTTP 302 Found....

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/19/2009

Immediate Window is missing in Visual Studio Menu

When you do not see “Immediate” window under Debug menu of Visual Studio you may get frustrated. But...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/13/2009

ASP.NET 3.5 Dynamic Data – First Look Video

ASP.Net 3.5 Dynamic Data is a cool thing. I really like the effectiveness of the data driven...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/13/2009

ADO.NET Entity Framework : Working with Stored Procedure – The Video

In my previous text based blog I had promised to share the recording. Here it is and I am using...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/07/2009

LINQ to SQL : Understanding Compiled Query

Understanding Compiled Query connects me to my experience in C# 3.0. Based on my personal...

Author: Wriju Ghosh Date: 05/05/2009

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