ILSpy – Development of a free replacement for Reflector now that it is becoming paid software are underway, and the ILSpy project are well underway with releasing their latest binary, and already its looking like a good replacement in your free toolbox.
ReSharper 6 Bundles Decompiler, Free Standalone Tool to Follow – JetBrains also enter the market with a replacement for Reflector, initially as a feature which will be included in ReSharper 6, with a standalone (and free) edition coming in the near future
Introducing the February 2011 Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit – Jeff Wilcox highlights the February 2011 release of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit, available on CodePlex now. This library contains a collection of controls for use in your applications including a new Tilt Effect and PerformanceProgressBar, along with performance improvements and more general improvements across the library.
Looking inside a double – Eric Lippert shares some code which uses the Rational class from the Microsoft Solver Foundation to split out the individual bits which represent a double precision floating point number
Monads in C#-8. Video of my DDD9 Monad talk – Mike Hadlow continues his series on Monads in C# with a video interlude, sharing the video of his session on Monads in C# delivered at DeveloperDeveloperDevelop 9 in Reading last month.
What IE9 Changes Could Impact Your Site – Jon Box discusses some of the changes in Internet Explorer 9 which may break your sites, and highlights the Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility Cookbook, a guidance document from Microsoft which looks at some key areas of concern.
A Guide to Deploying RIA Services Solutions – Brad Severtson discusses the deployment of WCF Rich Internet Applications Services projects offering guidance on this much requested area, sharing a part of the documentation of the forthcoming RIA Services SP1 documentation.
Designing for the future – Dennis Vroegop discusses the evolution of the User Interfaces, taking a look at how things have changed in the Windows Space since Windows 95, iTunes, and other more general design principles.