Category Archives: Development

iTunes to Zune playlist converter app for Windows Phone 7

I moved from an iPhone to a WP7 device recently, and one of niggles in the move was getting my iTunes playlists imported into Zune.  Doesn’t seem like there’s a simple way to accomplish this, so I created a small … Continue reading

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Avoiding memory leaks with easier disposal

One of the biggest causes of memory leaks in .NET applications (or any application), are event handlers remaining active beyond the lifetime of the parent object.  Your object goes out of scope, but continues to listen for events on other … Continue reading

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Dynamic Linq with Expression Trees

I recently came across a project requirement for the client to create custom validation rules for retrieving data from the SQL database. The rules needed be applied against any number of member applications, and can be altered by the client … Continue reading

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ReSharper 5 – and I thought 4 was good

Reading this preliminary list of the upcoming features of ReSharper 5, it makes me wonder how any .NET developer could ever be without a tool like this.  Among the favorites would have to be Project Refactorings, and Call/Value Tracking.  Genius. … Continue reading

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Creating a custom Silverlight 3 Smooth Streaming player

When it comes to video delivery, I come from a Flash background.  I’ve worked on numerous streaming video projects over the years, all of which were created with Flash & Actionscript on the client side. Having been through the process … Continue reading

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