Measuring Programmers By Extra Hours

dev102.com — I am writing this article as a sequel to the Measuring Programming Progress By Lines Of Code article. Let me please talk about another common metric - measuring the amount of extra hours a software developer has done. read more...

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Code review - The meaningless ritual

littletutorials.com — Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially in the management, are convinced that code reviews very effectively reduce the number of shipped bugs. The problem is… most developers hate code reviews and avoid them like the plague. If they can’t avoid them, then they show up and act their part like in a play at the theater of the absurd. read more...

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.Net 3.5 Changes as Seen from NDepends...

codebetter.com — Really interesting breakdown of the new 3.5 sp release. read more...

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Using objects or repository interface in constructor

published 4 months, 9 days ago, submitted by SuperJason 4 months, 9 days ago

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

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What a C# Coder Should Know Before They Write VB

published 4 months, 10 days ago, submitted by Jemm 4 months, 11 days ago

msmvps.com — "I just had an e-mail exchange with someone looking for a VB lead in Colorado Springs. I think they are going to have trouble filling it with an existing VB expert, and it occurred to me that someone who had led a successful VB 6 -> C# project could fit the bill, if they knew some key things about VB. I told the recruiter I thought the right person with a C# background and the right (respectful) attitude could be a good fit with two weeks work." read more...

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Update to: Microsoft cracking down on community extensions

lovethedot.blogspot.com — The original story (http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Microsoft_cracking_down_on_community_extensions) got quite a bit of traffic from here. There've been some clarifications and updates from Microsoft and the StyleCop team that, I think, make their position clear and reasonable -- also, the original how-to that had been taken down "at Microsoft's request" is back up. A lot of people kicked the original story, so I hope you'll all take the opportunity to read Microsoft's responses and give them fair consideration. read more...

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Coding Conventions - Prefix For Class Members

dev102.com — Yes, I will use m_ prefix for class members. I DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. Shut up. Actually, I don’t mind which prefix shall be used but in order to make member variables distinct from local variables, we have to give it some prefix. This is a part of a coding convention for C++ adopted by Microsoft called Hungarian notation. Some of you may say that it may be a bit disturbing using C++ naming conventions in C# code, but... read more...

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Meet the C# 4.0 team

published 4 months, 19 days ago, submitted by yesthatmcgurk 4 months, 19 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — ... and some dude from the VB team. Anders and the guys in room 2543, building 41 (where C# was born) talk about the new features that will be in the next version of C#. I so wanted to blogspam this one. Enjoy your direct link. read more...

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