The Daily Grind 1259

by Mike Gunderloy
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Slowly getting out computer network back up to scratch here...

Light ORM Library for .NET - Just in case you need another one.
Dumbster - Fake SMTP server, for use in testing. (via dzone)
A simple TextBox TraceListener - Class for capturing trace messages on screen.

Simplify Your URLs - Good roundup of techniques from Keyvan Nayyeri.
New in DotNetBar 7.0 part 7, Reflection Label Control - End of the series on what's new in this control suite.

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET 2.0 newspaper of record.