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How many development feeds can you take?

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:39:27 GMT

At the moment I have 104 active subscriptions on my reader, mostly development stuff, and I can barely keep up. I do not really read all the stuff that gets posted - I scan with my eyes: the question is how much is too much (assuming you have a day-job) if you don't wanna go crazy?

How to boost 'joined' Update Performance

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:11:49 GMT

Time for some real boring stuff

Computer localhost does not exist on the network?!

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:44:35 GMT

Talk about useful error messages from SQL Server

20 People .NET Developers Should Follow on Twitter

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:31:04 GMT

If you are to follow some .NET people on Twitter... here are the top 20 that you should follow!

[T-SQL] How to get length of TEXT field

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:57:51 GMT

To calculate the lenght of a TEXT field the LEN function used to calculate the length of VARCHAR fields won't work

The IsNullOrEmpty() Story with C

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:49:58 GMT

Today i'm talking about the method IsNullOrEmpty that already exists on System.String class. We often need to use it on other types of objects like : StringBuilder All types of Collection that implementes ICollection Generic Collections Streams ... So in order to solve that issue here is a few set of IsNullOrEmpty Extension Method.

AdSense Ads as Comment Extension for BlogEngine.NET

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:13:39 GMT

A simple BlogEngine.NET Extension in order to show Google AdSense Ads like a Comment on each Posts

DZone Button Extension for BlogEngine.NET

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:17:59 GMT

Just wrote a little Extension for BlogEngine.NET in order to add DZone Button at the bottom of each Posts.

Splitting an IList to n IList : Method extension

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:03:35 GMT

This method extension enables to split an IList to multiple IList of count objects.

Send lots of Mail with Multi-Threaded Asynchronous Processing

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:28:44 GMT

Back again tonight with an article talking about Mass Mailing. For performance issue i'll use Multi-Threaded Processing and Async Mail Send using System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient class.

SMO - SQL Server Management Objects

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:29:01 GMT

SQL Server Management Objects is a collection of objects that are designed for programming all aspects of managing Microsoft SQL Server. I will introduce a few notions in this article, covering only a small part of what can be done with SMO : Server Connection, Database Discovery and Table Manipulation.

Tips/Tricks : Convert an ASP.NET UserControl to String

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:22:55 GMT

A quick tips in order to convert an ASP.NET UserControl to String

Enterprise Library 4.1 Unity Wrapper

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:55:34 GMT

Talking about usage of Enterprise Library 4.1 Unity Injection Container with a custom Wrapper class in order to dynamically Instantiate Mapped Objects

DeleteAllOnSubmit Custom Linq Extension without Query Data

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:30:32 GMT

Here is a quick Linq Extension in order to Delete all Data of a Table without Query All Data first.

Learning SQL with Ganesh

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:29:09 GMT

I found (and shared) this desperate help request yesterday on my google reader and I felt a burning desire to help the poor guy

Let That Boy Copy/Paste (with SQL2005 and Excel)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:43:10 GMT

How not to get your hands dirty with SQL moving data around when the team's DB guy (usually indian) is badly sick at home.

[.NET] Why are Esxceptions not Checked in C#?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:56:10 GMT

A discussione ab out the reason why exceptions are not checked in c#

ICONIX Process Rocks

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:44:40 GMT

This should probably give an answer to the few dinosaurs who like going around saying that AGILE is an excuse for not having a well-defined process (they probably think the V-Model still rocks - good lads)

How to Programmatically Create and Access Custom ConfigurationSections

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:24:29 GMT

When you need to store config data in some specific format and key value pairs are not enough you can use Custom Configuration Sections as they are not complex to use (unless you need a fairly complex section)

[.NET] Generics Perfomance Myth (and Tony Northrup VS Wendy Sarret)

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:38:22 GMT

According to Microsoft, Generics are faster than casting (boxing/unboxing): is it just a myth?

What is your strategy for becoming a better developer?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:31:19 GMT

Let me know what your best habits, tricks, info sources, etc.... that you have which make you a better developer. And the top three are going to get a copy of "The Pragmatic Programmer" in order to make themselves a better developer.

[.NET vs Java] Event Handling: Are you sure pure OOP is always the sim

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:10:06 GMT

How to handle events in both .NET framework and Java, with a couple of opinions.

How to send debug text to output (or file)

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:32:56 GMT

Snippet to send debug text to the output console or to a log file, and a bit of swearing

How long can a developer survive without Google?

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:25:15 GMT

How many times did your boss come up with "can we do X?" and you didn't have a clue about it but answered "Yes, no probs at all - consider it done"? You were probably thinking "WTF - I have no idea about this", and first thing you do when you're back and safe at your desk is googling the damn thing up.

5 Weirdest Google Searches to end up in this Blog

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:43:35 GMT

this is not SEO bullshit, it's just my TOP 5 of Weirdest Google Searches to End Up in This (Development) Blog