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Ran into a small problem today, where I had two classes referring to one another using EF 4.1 Code First. Let's say I had a class Item and another class ItemHistory.

In my recent analysis of the Windows 8 / WinRT options for building Metro style Apps, I mentioned the many choices Microsoft is offering for building these applications.

Last week at BUILD, Microsoft introduced their vision for the next generation of Windows devices with announcements and previews of Windows 8, Metro style applications, and WinRT.

I just published an article on ASPAlliance on Moving Beyond Enums, describing when and how to move from enums to classes in your code when you start demanding more from your enums than they were designed to give.

I'm using SimpleMembership, from WebMatrix's distribution(WebMatrix.WebData), with an ASP.NET MVC 3 application.

If you've worked with the System.Net.Mail API to send out messages,

Sometimes in Excel you may want to actually display a + character (or plus sign) in front of the cell value if the value is positive. For instance, if you’re showing the change in a value, like this (note these are …

Visual Studio includes support for distributed load testing through the use of Test Agents and Controllers.

I’ve been wanting to draw some simple circle-and-arrow directed graphs for a while, because of a few problem domains I’m working in. One example pertains to articles and related educational content, which …

Last night I gave a presentation at the [Cleveland.NET