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A generic Dispenser class

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:24:18 GMT

Feeling ashamed for keeping your clients waiting until your code finally constructs your heavy classes/forms? This utility instantiates objects in a background thread and aspires to always be "full" to the capacity requested. Useful in cases the object being constructed uses many resources and is consumed frequently.

SQL Server in One Page - Download it Now

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:01:02 GMT

One of the most popular request I have received on this blog is to create one page which list all the SQL Server FAQs. SQL Server technology is very broad as well very deep. This is my humble attempt to list few of the daily used details in one page. Let me know your opinion and suggestion. Download SQL Server FAQ Sheet in PDF format

Give back to your testing framework

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Can there be code reuse in testing classes? Is code coverage the only measurement we have for test efficiency? Should our testing framework test design and meta-code as well as functionality? Use this test classes base-class to test some things you probably haven't tested before.

VisualSVN 1.4 Released

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:31:02 GMT

The best Visual Studio add-in for working with Subversion has released an update. A couple new features and a lot of bug fixes.

A C# fluent repeater

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:01:03 GMT

A fully-featured fluent class used for repeating method calls, handle exceptions, callbacks and more... Just plug-and-play and start repeating stuff!

Searching for derived types in an assembly

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Sometimes we need to find all classes or interfaces that derive a certain Type. There are several possible scenarios for this kind of search - For instance, if we are trying to load a plug-in assembly at runtime and wish to initialize all the classes that implement the IPluginBase interface. Using the suggested DerivedHelper makes it a lot easier.

Debugging can screw things up

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:16:04 GMT

Using the 'DebuggerBrowsable' attribute to avoid debugging-misbehavior.

Enumerating the GAC using 'foreach'

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Ever tried enumerating the Global assemblies cache? Now it has become easier.

[Flags] and you - Take 2

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:01:03 GMT

Comparing enum values can sometime leave your code a little messy and inaccessible. Using this small EnumHelper extension methods class, your code should be left a little more readable and fluent.

C# singleton snippet

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:01 GMT

I've decided to stop the copy-paste madness. Not that I use singletons so very often, but still - It never changes, so lets use a snippet.

Beware of the mysterious params in C#!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:03 GMT

The 'params' keyword may behave different than you might think it should! This one is a must for every C# developer out there!

Fun with Continuous-Integration (Really!)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:01:02 GMT

Introducing: BILTONS. Biltons are actually sound files that are played by the build-machine, according to the developer that made the last changes ("Build-Tones"). It really adds a lot of fun to the dev environment.

Using the Task Scheduler for saving memory

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:46:02 GMT

A Wallpaper Randomizer in C# can be a good example for using the Task Scheduler in windows for saving memory.

New BlogEngine.NET Theme: "Pistaqio"

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:16:02 GMT

Created for my new blog.

Events, Generics and Extension Methods

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:16:02 GMT

See some interesting new methods to deal with events and EventHandlers.