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Global error handling in WCF

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:36:27 GMT

Dave shows us how to easily add global error handling to WCF external methods without having to expand the responsiblity of each and every exernal method.

Thread.Sleep is a sign of a poorly designed program.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:15:02 GMT

Other than for debug code, Peter details why Thread.Sleep isn't for production code.

DevTeach 2009

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:35:54 GMT

DevTeach 2009, a Jam-packed conference!

Hosting your OSS project on github

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:31:09 GMT

Aaron walks through hosting an oss project on github and how to use git as the SCC system.

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 2

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:46:02 GMT

Peter continues his series on Source Code Control best practices.

responding to coding horror

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:01:06 GMT

Rob responds to opinions on coding horror

Jeff Atwood Finally Jumps the Shark

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:46:04 GMT

Well, we all knew it had to happen eventually. After years of great blog posts and insightful commentary on the programming world, Jeff Atwood has finally jumped the shark in his latest post which essentially says "programming is hard, let's go shopping!"

Today I've Realized How Far We Have To Go

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:01:02 GMT

A call to climb on the shoulders of giants within the software develeopment industry.

A pandemic of domain anaemia

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:19:00 GMT

Peter discusses anaemic domain model anti-pattern and anaemic domain model application patterns recently published by Microsoft Patterns and Practices.

House of Cards Design Anti-Pattern

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:54:00 GMT

Peter details what he calls the "House of Cards" design anti-pattern.

DDDD: Master-Detail Question

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:07:59 GMT

Greg Young explains, how the "read" part of Command-Query-Separation is handled in his system. This has not been covered by him on his blog before, nor by anyone else.

Becoming a ReSharper Samurai - Part 2

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:46:05 GMT

This is the second in a multi-part series were we will guide you through various features of ReSharper.

Pontificating Virtual Parameterized Constructors in C#

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:05:22 GMT

Peter pontificates on whether adding virtual parameterized constructors to a future version of C# is a good idea or not.

.NET 4.0, Evolving .NET Development

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:51:31 GMT

Peter provides a detailed overview of some of the .NET 4.0 features as they pertain to C# development.

A tip for C# closures (whether you know you're using them or not)

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:17:31 GMT

Peter discusses what a closure is in C#, a gotcha and how to get around it.

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 1

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:01:05 GMT

Peter details some first principles about SCC, and some very basic developing with SCC practices that every dev should follow.

Software Process and Reduction of Quality

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:16:42 GMT

Peter asserts that development of an API or framework should include time to communicate with its community.

Becoming a Visual Studio Jedi Part 1

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:16:03 GMT

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

Trials and Tribulations of DataGridView, Column Selections, and Sortin

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:13:48 GMT

Peter discusses some problems he encountered when trying to sort a selected DataGridView column through an alternate UI.

.NET 3.5 SP1 Get*CustomModifiers bugs

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:46:03 GMT

Oren Eini describes new bugs in .NET 3.5 SP1 with ParameterInfo.GetRequiredCustomModifiers and ParameterInfo.GetOptionalCustomModifiers

Classes that show up in every project

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Jeremy Miller lists classes that show up in also every project is works with.

Nested Types

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:29:27 GMT

Are nested types really harmful, and an example of when they can be used.

Why it's important to be aware of the issues with Entity Framework

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:42:36 GMT

Why it's important to be aware of the issues with Entity Framework and to help other less-informed or less-influential developers by simply signing an petition.

Fundamentals of OOD, method cohesion

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:58:17 GMT

Discusses method cohesion with an example and an example of improving cohesion through object-orientation.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 + MSDN giveaway contest

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Alvin is giving away 3 license for Visual Studio Team System. 2008 with MSDN subscription