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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

No, inheritance is not the way to achieve code reuse!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:01:03 GMT

I am not sure how so many people go through so many years of school, which is supposed to make us better at thinking, and they fail to differentiate the "why" and the "how". During interviews, when I ask their opinion about the purpose of inheritance in OOP, invariably I get this precooked answer (not so nicely expressed): inheritance is the way to achieve code reuse. No it is not!

My Favorite .NET Link Blogs

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:01:09 GMT

Link blogs are one of the common types of blogs that are actually a list of links to other resources in a specific field. At first glance, it seems easy to collect some links and present them in a blog post and somehow this statement is right but there are some people who don't take it easy and put a good effort to present great link blogs.

I hate Vista. I'm moving to Windows Mojave.

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:31:03 GMT

So I've heard the bad press. I've seen the pc vs. mac ads. I've heard my friends' complaints about crashing, security, and speed. That's why I'm moving to Windows Mojave. It seems Microsoft finally got an OS right.

Using objects or repository interface in constructor

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:31:02 GMT

The differences between passing in simple concrete objects or an interface in a constructor, and why the interface route is typically preferred.

Phil Haack: Unit Test Boundaries

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:31:09 GMT

One principle to follow when writing a unit test is that a unit test should ideally not cross boundaries.

Seperations of concerns

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:31:03 GMT

This is the 5th and last part in a series on hoow to make a bad application better. Wonderfully explained. There is a lot to learn from this.

Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software?

Development vs. Production Web.config

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:04:37 GMT

I describe a quick and easy way of changing or removing development settings in your web.config to make it production ready.

IE on Acid

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Cool wallpaper for those who like IE. more..

Locking sessions for multi-threaded access

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:53:50 GMT

I ran into an issue where multiple threads were accessing a user's session. You have to do some locking to avoid unexpected behavior.

Five Common ASP.NET SEO Mistakes

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:16:06 GMT

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make:

Foundation of Programming FREE EBook - CodeBetter.Com

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:46:05 GMT

The Foundation Of Programming Series Free ebook By Karl Seguin

I don't get var

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:34:03 GMT

Brief rant about C#'s var keyword. Short version: Aside from anonymous types ... what's the big deal?

How to Generate an RSS Feed with Argotic

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

A short screencasts walking you through how to generate an RSS Feed with Argotic RSS framework.

New Backup Solution - JungleDisk Amazon S3

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:15:49 GMT

Not backing up is a deadly sin. Every programmer dreads the day where the HD dies and all your data is lost. Thankfully there are solutions out there making it easy and cheap to backup. One of these solution is JungleDisk together with Amazon S3 storage.

Using "var" to simplify code and avoid redundancy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:35:19 GMT

You've probably already heard of the new "var" keyword that you can use to declare variables in your .NET code. I wanted to clear up some quick myths and give a quick overview of when it's most valuable.

10 Tools Which I Left After Using VSTS 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:01:08 GMT

I have started using Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2008, recently. Previously I worked with Visual Studio 2005. As a matter of fact I had to use lots of external tools to perform and speedup my development process. However, while working with VSTS 2008, it's very exciting for me that, I found replacements for most of the external tools there. Here are 10 tools which I left after using VSTS 2008.

Agile patterns

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:06:21 GMT

An intro to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:27:51 GMT

YTechie has written a small intro to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which gives a few clues about what to do and what not to do, when building a website.

A Dependency Injection example with Spring.NET

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:54 GMT

As requested, here is a real world example of how I used dependency injection to simplify a project, increase modularity, and subsequently increase testability.

Unit tests are for functionality, not code!

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Unit tests are meant to test functionality, NOT code! That means if you write your unit tests after the fact, you're probably not focusing on the functionality.

Why You SHOULD Have 100% Code Test Coverage

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Shawn talks about why your goal should be 100% unit test coverage, despite what others may say.

What a developer needs from their manager

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:03 GMT

I've a read a lot of articles talking about what it takes to be a good development manager. There are also articles about what makes a good developer. I thought it would be a good idea to describe what a developer needs from their manager.

I finally get the point of inversion of control

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

A quick overview of IoC (with diagrams!).