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My favorite interview questions

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:31:03 GMT

These are some of the questions that I ask when I'm interviewing a new applicant for a developer position.

ScottGu VS.net performance tips for machine

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:16:02 GMT

Specifically - "what type of machine do you recommend I get for doing development with Visual Studio?"

Strategy Pattern In .NET 2.0

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:31:02 GMT

Strategy pattern can very handy when a system designer or architect wants to separate algorithms from the system implementation. Also with strategy pattern approach it is very easy to select between different algorithms on the fly. With the introduction of generics in .NET 2.0 implementing strategy pattern is even more easy.

Remove generated JavaScript from your pages

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:31:03 GMT

One of the things that have always seemed a little weird to me is that ASP.NET auto-generates JavaScript and injects it in the rendered HTML. The JavaScript is needed to handle validation, postbacks, callbacks etc. but why does it have to write the same static functions when it could just as well be placed in a referenced .js file? If all the static functions where placed in an external .js file, it would be downloaded once instead of every time a page loads.

Software Development Essential Practices

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:01:05 GMT

A list of (essential) practices for software development, and tools to help you implement those practices.

Have We ASP.NET Geeks Lost Something?

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:01:02 GMT

Rob wonders if using asp.net has made us lose touch with the core of what being a web developer is all about... you know, the XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and all that fun stuff.

Another Vibrant Ink Theme for Visual Studio

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:16:02 GMT

Rob shows off his new version of the version of the Vibrant Ink theme for Visual Studio.

ORM (object-relational mapping) in .NET 3.5

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

What this article covers is a general introduction to ORM concepts, the approach that .NET 3.5 takes, and how it compares to these other packages.

Layered Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Dependency Inversion

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:01:02 GMT

Building loosely coupled application architectures requires more than just separating your application into different layers. In this article, I'll take a project that was built using techniques that result in fragile, hard-to-test code and introduce some principles, techniques, and refactorings that will help you realize flexibility and testability in your applications.

43 Exceptionally Useful AJAX Applications

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:46:03 GMT

Usability on websites is exploding right now. AJAX has enabled web developers everywhere to add functionality to their sites like never before. They've gathered 43 extremely useful AJAX applications for use on any website.

Scott Guthrie announces ASP.NET MVC framework at Alt.Net Conf

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Some more information from ALT.NET on the new ASP.NET MVC framework.

Revisiting Programming Fonts

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:46:03 GMT

Jeff Atwood discusses programming fonts including the new one on the block, Inconsolata.

Easy incremental status updates for long requests

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:16:04 GMT

An example of using an iframe to easily provide incremental status updates for long-running web requests.

Delegates and Visitors in C#

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:01:03 GMT

The GoF visitor pattern is useful but awkward. The usual c++ or Java-y versions typically involve some kind of visitor interface which your visitor must subclass. Java somewhat mitigates this with anonymous classes, but not fully. In C#, if we're clever with the use of delegates, we can make tasks like tree traversal look about as simple as iteration.

A Visual Guide to Version Control

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:31:02 GMT

A good, "highly visual" overview of Version Control, (a.k.a. Source Control). It also references Subversion command line examples, but the overview applies to most version control systems.

SubSonic - Migrate Me

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:01:02 GMT

Rob demonstrates the early code samples for a GREAT upcoming feature in SubSonic - MIGRATIONS.

.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:46:25 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 is going to be released open source.

Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

This article shows how continuous integration can help to keep projects on track with a rapid feedback on the product status.

ASP.NET AJAX templating technique

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:31:02 GMT

Scott shows off a really cool way of using AJAX with custom web controls to make complex AJAX UI easier - without using UpdatePanels

Creating a Vista like Search Box

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:01:02 GMT

In this post we are going to go over what it takes to create a control, and more specifically a Vista Search Box like control.

Directory Structure for Projects from the Master

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:16:02 GMT

JP @ CodeBetter shows us how...