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Skip lists are fascinating!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:16:03 GMT

Skip lists are a fascinating data structure: very simple, and yet have the same asymptotic efficiency as much more complicated AVL trees and red-black trees. In this article, I discuss the asymptotic efficiency of operations on skip lists, the ideas that make them work, and their interesting use cases. And, of course, I give you the source code for a skip list in C#.

C# Anagrams Fast w/ Source and GUI, uses 1985 data structure DAWG

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:58:18 GMT

This open-source project uses a directed acyclic word graph and Windows Forms C# to find anagrams in words fast and with little memory. In my experience there are no faster algorithms (implementations, yes). Useful for word games and only about 400 lines of code. Uses a tree in C#.

Die, Chicken. Die!

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:19:38 GMT

Product ownership goes beyond the Chicken and Pig stereotypes. A good opinion post on taking the responsibility for success beyond just the members of an agile team into the management and executive level.

Optimizing the hash table

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:35:04 GMT

A few performance tips and less known facts about hash tables

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

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:01:02 GMT

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

A Visual Guide to Version Control

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:31:02 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.

Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:16:02 GMT

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

Scrum: Agile Software Development for Project Management

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:31:03 GMT

Scrum is organized around the following roles: * Product Owner - Determines what functionality is needed * ScrumMaster - Leads the Scrum and is primarily responsible for making sure the Scrum process is followed and removing impediments that keep the Team from working * The Team - Those who do the actual work that translates what the Product Owner has requested into usable functionality Read more ...

SQL Optimization Tips

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:31:02 GMT

Tips and Tricks which should be used while dealing with SQL

Writing a full JSON Serializer in 100 lines of C# code

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:16:02 GMT

After looking at the specs for JSON, I figured it couldn't be too hard to write a JSON serializer in C#. Not only was it not that hard, it was very short too: about 100 lines of code.

Setting up and running Subversion and Tortoise SVN

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:46:02 GMT

A quick walkthrough of setting up and configuring SubVersion with Tortoise SVN and getting started creating repositories, adding files and folders, creating local copies and working with SVN.

String Formatting in C#

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:31:01 GMT

A very handy guide to formatting strings in C#.

Most Useful 20+ Visual Studio A

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:16:03 GMT

I have collected list of the Visual Studio Add-ins, most of which are open source or free. I hope this list will help you to code more faster and effective. If there is not your favorite add-in in the below list, do not hesitate to add it as a comment.

Principles of simplicity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:01:03 GMT

Simplicity is about removing everything that can complicate the process of writing and maintaining software.

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:46:02 GMT

Question I received is do I ask the same questions in interviews which I administrate. Answer is YES. Though, I have few other questions, which I ask. All of them I came up myself and answers are unique to questions and not available on-line. Well, long story short, I have compiled list of questions in one PDF. Please download them and use them in your next interview or just for reading purpose.

TDD? You've got to be kidding me?

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:49:43 GMT

How confident are you in the adequacy of your unit tests? What if we just tweak this one little condition. It's just a tiny little condition, just this one ... *BOOMF* (clue, "Meaning of Life")

If yer code ain't tested, the waterfallists win.

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:39:42 GMT

Move over Fox News, Guantanamo and Ashcroft aren't just for the news scroll anymore. .NET is great, but there's a lot of really neat innovation going on in the Java-sphere even now. Two tools that take your TDD to a whole new level are on the horizon. Any bets on how long before they're re-implemented in .NET?

ASP.NET Repeater control instead of grid

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:16:03 GMT

Simple example on how to tie event handlers to a specific row in a repeater

How to automatically embed DotNetKicks "kick it" links into your Blogg

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:33:19 GMT

How to insert a tag into your Blogger post template to automatically create "kick it" link in all your Blogger posts.

.NET Literals Are Implicit Instances.

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:31:14 GMT

In C# you can work directly against literal values as if they were instances of that type.

Automated code formatting tools

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:14:35 GMT

Some tools I like to use for creating and maintaining consist code structure and layout.

What is "done"?

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:07:03 GMT

An attempt to determine the criteria that defines whether a project is done.