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Stealing Someone Else's Work

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:03:31 GMT

"[A blogger] has clearly taken the Microdesk.Utility.UnitTest.dll and torn it open using Reflector or some other similar MSIL decompiler tool and then posted the actual source code on his blog (interestingly, after of course removing the Microdesk from the class namespace designations in the code he's posted so it looks as though its his own effort). " And the Douchebag of the Year award goes to....

Request for Help: Need better guidance for beginners

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A call to harms for helping beginners. This time from a pro that realizes the need.

So, What is Duck Typing?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:09 GMT

"I'm going to lay out what I think Duck Typing is, and let you poke holes in it, and tell me where I'm wrong. "

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.

It is BDUF, not DUF

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:16:03 GMT

A lot of developers think that agile development represents doing no design up front. That we will figure out what we want to do and then just jump right into coding it without any concern for what we are going to build. Then we will just come back later, refactor the whole thing, and voila, instant working application. Well, it just doesn't work that way.

ToTitleCase extension method

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:51:13 GMT

An extension method for converting text to proper case (ie "george washington" => "George Washington")

Sending Email in a Development Environment without an SMTP Server

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:46:02 GMT

Very handy... I'm forever looking this stuff up :-|

Comparing .NET DI (IoC) Frameworks, Part 2

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:46:03 GMT

A second part of popular IoC frameworks comparison.

Spoiled with Dependency Injection

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:45:13 GMT

This post could be interpreted as a starting point to get links and a few warm words to the choice of DI container available out there

Getting rid of strings (3): take your app settings to the next level

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:31:02 GMT

In the first article of this series I talked about the problems with strings in code. This article will show you how you can use lambda expressions and expression trees as another tool to avoid strings

Becoming a Visual Studio Jedi Part 1

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Peter discusses how to get your use of Visual Studio to the next level.

Microsoft Launch Social Bookmarking Service for IT Professionals

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:12:12 GMT

Microsoft lanch social bookmarking services for MSDN, TechNet and Expression

Dear Alt.Net Developers: Stop blaming Microsoft and WebForms for crea

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

I am responsible for every website I create. If I create a site or application that is unmaintainable or that has poorly formed HTML or doesn't render well in all browsers, that is my fault. I chose my development tools/framework, or my employer, who I choose to work for, chose the development tools/framework. Either way, it is my responsibility, as a professional, to do my utmost to create the best possible application that is within my capability to create.

Entities and Repositories Discussion

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Earlier today, there was a great discussion in an IRC channel about entities and whether they should have behaviors or not, and that eventually moved onto Repositories. It's a good discussion and after it was over, several of us felt it would be a good reference for later. Since I have a log of the conversation, I figured I'd repost it for future reference. Hopefully, you'll find it a good read as well.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 9: The State of IronRuby

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:13 GMT

Learn about Ruby, why you should check it out, and what the status is on the IronRuby project,

Dear Asp.Net Developers: Stop Making Our Technology Look Bad

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:11 GMT

Have you ever tried to use one browser and one browser only? This article outlines how impossible it can be even in 2008 to do. There are countless public facing Asp.Net web sites that require Internet Explorer. The perception and impact this has on the non Asp.Net community is something developers need to think about. It is an interesting read that provides a lot of insight into the problem and some ways to fix it.

Great Design Pattern Resources

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:31:02 GMT

Some common patterns include the Singleton, Facade, Adaptor and Decorator. There are many, many patterns and below are some great resources to learn about them.

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few L

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:04 GMT

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few Lines Of Code

Software development dogmata - good practices gone bad

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Many practices in the software development world are widely accepted at some moment in time as the "true way". The trouble starts when the "true way" is forced down the throats of people who need a "new way". Usually popular practices follow a similar path between the moment somebody discovers/creates them and until they get massively popular.

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches.

Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Once you register, you will be forwarded an Email with your login credentials to our product download portal. With this information in hand, you will be able to download and install all the controls and tools listed above free of charge. The applications you create with these controls can be distributed royalty free (see the EULA that accompanies the products for more information). Note that the installation you download will include evaluation versions of our entire product line. You can install these trials if you wish during the setup process. Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are fully supported.

Link blogs. do yourself a favor

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:31:02 GMT

I'm currently subscribed to 110 feeds and everyday the number of unread posts is going up. It seems like i just can't catch up anymore. Of all those unread posts, a lot will be very interesting, but there will also be quite a few that won't interest me that much. So i'm going to cut back on the number of feeds i'm subscribed to, and i'm going to rely on some fantastic links blogs to point me to the best posts.

Top 10 Things New Twitter Users Need To Know

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Those new to Twitter need some guidance. Jeff Blankenburg has come up with a list of things that someone new to Twitter needs to read before even creating their account.

Skinning the Cat with Fluent NHibernate

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

As you may have noticed, I have become interested in the concept of Object Relational Mapping and the NHibernate framework. One of the more painful/tedious aspects of using NHibernate is hand writing the xml mapping files. That is why I got excited when I heard that Jeremy Miller was open sourcing his mapping generation libraries.

Visual Studio .NET Platform Target Explained

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:46:13 GMT

This article discusses the meaning of the Platform Target setting for Visual Studio projects and gives some tips and links that will be helpful when migrating to 64-bit processing.