Discover how C# 3.0's LINQ, lambda expressions, and anonymous types dramatically simplify parsing WordprocessingML document sections compared to traditional C# 2.0 approaches.

Learn how to efficiently process large XML documents in LINQ to XML by combining XmlReader streaming with XElement.ReadFrom to avoid memory issues while maintaining ease of use.

Find the best resources for learning Office Open XML (OOXML) development, including documentation, SDKs, specifications, and community sites to accelerate your learning.

Get an overview of Mindscape's LightSpeed 1.1 ORM framework release, featuring new capabilities like default ordering for entities and child collections.

Download Utilities.NET 1.0, a comprehensive collection of 117 helper classes covering collections, reflection, threading, web development, and more from nearly 5 years of .NET development.

Update to Sitemaps.NET 1.1, the renamed GoogleSitemap.NET library that now supports the unified sitemap standard used by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.

Upgrade to Json.NET 1.3 featuring JsonPropertyAttribute for custom property names, a new MIT license for maximum flexibility, and a new CodePlex project home.

Reflect on a year of professional growth at Intergen, including working with new technologies, learning testable design practices, and embracing continuous integration.

Use UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite HttpModule to seamlessly redirect traffic when migrating a blog to a new domain location.

Organize your bookmarks with del.icio.us social bookmarking, using tags for easy filtering and Foxylicious Firefox extension for seamless browser integration.

Reflect on the highlights of TechEd 2007 including running hands-on labs, discovering Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals, and the value of attending unexpected sessions.

Get a preview of TechEd 2007 New Zealand featuring Intergen's hands-on labs team and sessions on ASP.NET, SharePoint, and Office development.

Read about winning an iPod from Mindscape's LightSpeed beta feedback competition and the experience of contributing to the ORM's development.

Build TrafficWarden, a Silverlight application for monitoring router traffic with real-time usage graphs, using Netflow data capture, LightSpeed ORM, and JSON web services.

Learn how Json.NET powers the JSON backend for Mono's System.Web.Extensions implementation used by ASP.NET AJAX.

Compare Enterprise Library Logging and log4net, weighing factors like extensibility and tooling against performance, buffering support, and platform compatibility.

Upgrade to Community Server 2007 and take advantage of override config files, improved skinning with fewer files, blog file storage, and FeedBurner integration.

Learn how the Castle MonoRail web framework adopted Json.NET for its JSON support, demonstrating the library's production readiness.

Learn about the new sitemaps.org collaboration between Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo that standardizes the XML sitemap format across all major search engines.

Discover five personal facts about the author, including starting programming in VB 6.0, having O-negative universal donor blood, and a favorite for DuckTales.

Use JsonIgnoreAttribute to exclude properties from serialization and AspNetAjaxDateTimeConverter for compatibility with Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX date format.