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Free ebook download available

Geek of the Week – Ken Henderson

Getting Started With Setup Projects

Geek of the Week – Jim Kyle

.Net application profiling

Database Geek of the Week: Terri Morton

To SP or not to SP in SQL Server

Tracking tempdb growth

Is there coding life after 40?

Bjarne Strostrup, and Programmers With Class

Extending the save file dialog class in .NET

Return on investment

Win purchase decisions

Take emotion out of software purchasing decisions

Outsourcing: does it reward theft?

Understanding XML web services for testers

An automated solution for migrating database structures

Web Services Testing