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We are approaching an asymptote for processor speeds using current technology. To overcome this, computer power is increasing by scaling the number of processors used within a system. This increase in multithreading capabilities, however, complicates development considerably. In this…

This is a DevNugget video from Brian Hitney: In parts 1 and 2, we looked at setting breakpoints, and talked about setting up advanced breakpoints using hit counts and some simple conditions.  In part 3, we’ll dive a little deeper into some conditions by writing methods to help debug our…

SQL Server Profiler is a tool every developer should have in their repertoire. With the use of frameworks and abstractions, we often lose sight of what is actually hitting the database, and there’s no better way to get that information than SQL Server Profiler. It has a few knobs and dials that…

This is a DevNugget video from Brian Hitney: Part 1 was a pretty basic introduction to setting breakpoints.  Now it’s time to have a bit more fun!  In part 2, I’ll look at using breakpoint modifiers – specifically, using the hit count modifier, and then the condition modifier.  The…

Jim O’Neil, Developer Evangelist, continues his five-part series on what developers should know about SQL Server. In this third segment, he takes a look at the components of a SQL Server error as well as some of their nuances and suggests techniques for handling errors on both the server-side in…

In this second of a series on what developers should know about SQL Server, Jim takes a brief look at SQL Injection attacks, how they occur and what types of things you can do (as well as things you shouldn’t do!) to eliminate your susceptibility to them. Also mentioned are a number of third-party…

This is a DevNugget video from Brian Hitney. Recently, I’ve been doing a number of talks on tips and tricks with the Visual Studio debugger.  I thought it would be a good idea to start putting together a series of DevNuggets on these tips – so here is the first!   Part 1 is…

In this first episode of Community Talk, Microsoft Developer Evangelist Danilo Diaz interviews Bill Wolff. Bill is an MVP and is President of the Philly .Net users group. According to Dani, Bill has been involved in community longer than Dani has been coding. Bill's passion for…

In this episode of geekSpeak, we'll hear about some of the exciting new features of Microsoft Silverlight 3 from Microsoft MVP Shawn Wildermuth. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and G. Andrew Duthie. The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a…

It’s rare that a developer doesn’t need some familiarity with the database his or her applications are targeting, so this session (divided in to five parts) provides a bit of insight into features of SQL Server 2008 (and 2005) that they should be aware of when building .NET applications. The…