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C# Parallel Invoke

While working through some code, I noticed a method that I have never seen before. I knew that the .Net 4 Framework had introduced a Parallel Class that helped make parallel ForEach Loops easier, but ..........

Automatic Resource File Translation with the Microsoft Translator Service

On a recent project that I have been working on, we needed the application to be multi-lingual and localized for different countries. The best option for us on this project was to use resource files (..........

Measuring Web Page Performance with Selenium 2 and the Web Timings API

I have always been interested in measuring web performance, and especially in measuring the improvements in performance. A while ago I attended a Selenium Meetup in London and heard an interesting pre..........

Microsoft Translator API

As the web grows, more and more international businesses are turning to the web. The demand for a multi-lingual website has never been so great. There are currently a few pay services out there that ..........

Explicit Interface Usage in C#

Where possible, I try and program against interfaces as much as possible. I do this because I like Interface-based programming and because I like the characteristics that it brings to the table: reus..........

Asp.net MVC HTML5 Toolkit - Latest Updates

HTML5 has some fantastic features available to us, and I've tried to add as many of those features as I can to this toolkit. For more information on some of the features available to HTML5 form fields..........

Selenium 2 - Get Number of Rows in a Table

I was recently browsing through some of the questions on StackOverflow and came across this question. The question was around how you would count the number of rows in a table using Selenium 2 and Py..........

MVC 3 and Remote Validation

I must admit, I've been a bit of a slow starter when it comes to Asp.net MVC 3. I am an avid fan of MVC 2 and haven't really taken the time to look at MVC 3 until now. Wow - I am impressed though! The..........

ASP.net MVC HTML5 Toolkit is now available as a Nuget Package

Great news for those of you out there that use the MVC HTML5 Toolkit - it is now available to download as a Nuget package. If you haven't already had a look at the MVC HTML5 Toolkit, please read this ..........

A Simple Guide to using OAuth with C#

If you are a newbie to OAuth you might understand how confusing it can be at first! I started off looking at building a small application that consumed an OAuth service as a side project. I kinda just..........

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