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Sometimes XML configuration can be really cumbersome, you need a ton of .config files and .xml files to even get a small application running. It seems as if the xml fetish has come to a point that people start to get annoyed and start looking for alternatives. Use of configuration files in practice Before I start talking about how I think ...

Please don't start e-mailing me that I am wrong here, for the most part .NET is a great framework and it contains a lot of useful components. Except for the GridTablesFactory class. I have no idea what it does and appearantly Microsoft isn't so sure either.

Somehow I couldn't install the Composite Application Block from Microsoft, so I compiled it from source. While this solved the first part, it didn't provide me with the helpfile. The helpfile is an HXS file which you need to register with the document explorer and I didn't. Google proved to be useful here, I found Helpexplorer 3.0, ...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Microsoft DevDays. It was fun and most of the sessions were really interesting to hear and see. One of the most interesting sessions was the ADO.NET entity framework sesssion. Gert Drapers showed some interesting stuff about how the entity framework works and how you can apply it in your ...