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Separate Assemblies != Loose Coupling

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:16:07 GMT

read and learn

UK Software Consultant Nightmare: The IT Recruiting Agents

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:16:02 GMT

The definite guide to the tricks and tactics employed by some IT recruting agents that made the UK software consultant's recruting process a nightmare.

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

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.

Bad advice on exceptions from Joel

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Starting from some comments on my exception handling series of articles I run into a couple of blogs pointing to this post on joelonsoftware.com. I think this is the worst advice on exception handling I have ever read, sorry Joel. I know this is an old post, I know Joel is entitled to his own opinion and I know he has the right to write his code as he sees fit. But as an opinion leader he influences others.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:16:02 GMT

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think.

Log4PostSharp - logging with AOP

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:31:03 GMT

How to inject log4net logging code using PostSharp and Log4PostSharp. Shows you how to add logging to an application with a minimum of effort!

Matt'sFeedback on ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:16:02 GMT

Matt Berseth sharing his ideas and feedback about ASP.NET AJAX Future.

Project anti-pattern: Many projects in a Visual Studio Solution File

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:06 GMT

I've been hearing from several colleagues about how their Visual Studio solution files have many (i.e. more than 10, and usually more than 30 -- in one case, more than 100!). So far, none of them have been able to give me any good explanation for why this is and most of them hate it but they can't change it because their architect/lead/whatever won't let them. I'm hoping that by getting the discussion going on this in the greater community, we can try to discourage everyone from having lots of projects in a solution.

ASPNET MVC P4 is on codeplex

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:31:02 GMT

The ASP.NET MVC pre-preview 4 source code + installer is available on Codeplex. Enjoy!!

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

Which .NET Blogger Do Girls Like Better?

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:46:09 GMT

Find out which .NET blogger is more popular with the ladies. Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, Jeff Atwood, or Joel Spolsky I received an invite to Google Ad Planner. As I was playing around with this new tool, I was really blown away by how much information Google has collected on specific websites. So much so that I wanted to share this tool with my readers, but I couldn't come up with an interesting way to demonstrate the capabilities. Until I started looking up some of my favorite bloggers and saw the almost embarrassing balance between females and males.

Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:16:05 GMT

Internal email from Bill Gates detailing his difficulties with Microsoft.com, Windows Update, and more.

Foundations of Programming Ebook

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:46:04 GMT

Covering the basics of good programming.

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

.NET Runtime Embedding

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:01:08 GMT

Hi all, One interesting product, BoxedApp, can be used to pack .NET runtime with .NET application into a single exe. Instead of other solutions (Salamander), you will see which files are embbeded and how does it work at all, you will see the whole picture. BTW, I've tested it under my Win2k3 machine and it really works well...

Getting rid of strings (2): use lambda expressions

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:31:02 GMT

Stop Polluting the UI Thread - Use a ThreadBarrier

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:01:10 GMT

A ThreadBarrier is a technique for simplifying the interaction between the UI and a worker thread. No longer do UI Controls need to check InvokeRequired and do the posting of events from a worker thread.

jQuery UI v1.5 Released

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Focus on Consistent API and Effects

Chad Meyers: Some Consulting Wisdom I Picked Up

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:16:11 GMT

FTA: "I did a consulting gig for a few years at a very large government institution and I picked up some wisdom about how to best serve the customer (even sometimes in spite of themselves), how to remain sane, and how to maintain your scruples while doing it all. I typed these up on Twitter awhile back and then forgot about 'em."

Unofficial google shell... awsome

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:16:04 GMT

Web base command shell for google. What else can I say?...

Exception handling best practices in ASP.NET web applications

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:31:08 GMT

Exception handling plays an important part of application management and user experience. If implemented correctly it can make maintenance easier and bring the user experience to a higher level. If not, it can be a disaster. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of what exception handling is from the user perspective and the perspective of people who maintain the application, and to show the best practices of how to implement useful error handling in ASP.NET web applications.

HydrogenCMS Released

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:16:02 GMT

The source for a new simple cms has been released using asp.net mvc.

Create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This article shows how to create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS. It have the ability to render different message types. It also have a close button in order to enable users to hide the message after reading. The article will guide you through the basics of making a simple and functional user control.