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DEEP DIVE: The Future of .NET on the Server

Scott Hanselman joins developer David Fowler for this Part 2 Deep Dive into what’s coming in Microsoft ASP.NET. We explore what a decoupled stack looks like, how modules plug together, what this means for performance, and more.

INTRODUCING: The Future of .NET on the Server

Join the Lesser Scotts, Hunter and Hanselman, as they introduce you to new thinking around ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. What does ASP.NET look like in 2014 and beyond? In a world of NuGets and modular frameworks, of lightweight VMs, how could ASP.

The greatest bug I never fixed

Bugs ain't fun. Except when they are. This is the story of the greatest bug I never fixed. In an earlier life I wrote addons for World of Warcraft.

How we built interactive heatmaps using Solr and Heatmap.js

One of the things we obsess over at Shutterstock is the customer experience.  We’re always aiming to better understand how customers interact with our site in their day to day work.

Swiss Army Knife Syndrome · Random ramblings about code, programming and technology

I apologize beforehand if this article is more of a rant than usual. The inspiration for the "Swiss Army Knife Syndrome" came from my frustration in dealing with project managers, clients, and even other developers, that think in too much of a narrow, particular way.

RIP GAC

On May 13th, 2014, family and friends of the Microsoft .NET Global Assembly Cache announced that it is losing its long battle with runaway bloat, and has gone into a coma from which it is unlikely to recover. After nearly one and a half decades of faithful service, the G.A.C.

C++ benchmarks: vector vs list vs deque

This post shows the results of several benchmarks I wrote to verify the performance of 3 C++ STL containers: vector, list and deque. The operations tested are insertion at the end of the container, insertion at random positions and removal of elements from random positions.

3T Software Labs Blog — MongoDB Query and Updating Corner Cases

First coming as a developer from a traditional RDBMS to a NoSQL database like MongoDB can be a truly liberating experience. For example, not being forced into a fixed schema and being able to dynamically add fields along the way as and where you need them is just fantastic.

Why HATEOAS

9,075 views A simple case study around HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the engine of application state), an essential constraint of the REST architecture style A simple case study around HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the engine of application state), an essential constraint of the REST architecture style

Treat Your API Like A Product

Last week, we were at API Days Berlin. The event was a great success: sold out with about 250 developers attending. I was a speaker with Mehdi, our co-Founder. Here are my slides. If you are interested, you can also check my article on Programmableweb, about why APIs need Product Managers.

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