Your Software Can't Heal Itself

published 1 month, 24 days ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 1 month, 26 days ago

codethinked.com — Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software? read more...

1 comment | category: Architecture | Views: 424

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

published 2 months ago, submitted by drugarce 2 months, 2 days ago

smashingmagazine.com — A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine read more...

add a comment | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 719

How Do You Exit Your .Net Application?

dev102.com — The question in the title does not refer to the actions you take when you are about to exit your application, issues like logging, closing file handles, freeing unmanaged resources and so on. It does literally refer to the exit action itself... read more...

add a comment | category: C# | Views: 460

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

published 2 months, 15 days ago, submitted by janko 2 months, 18 days ago

jankoatwarpspeed.com — How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images. read more...

add a comment | category: Other | Views: 688

Which kind of cast should you use in C#?

gen5.info — C# offers two casting operators: the prefix-cast and the as-cast. Although the two operators compile to different op-codes in the CLR, the practical difference between them is in how they handle failed casts. Prefix-cast throws an exception on cast failure, while as-cast returns null. It’s easier to implement correct error handling when you use prefix cast, because it doesn’t require manual checks for null values that can cause problems in distant parts of your program. Prefix-cast should be the default cast operator on your fingertips, that you use for everyday situations — reserve as-cast for special cases where performance matters. read more...

3 comments | category: C# | Views: 475

Test with multiple IE Rendering Engines

published 3 months, 8 days ago, submitted by dengar007 3 months, 8 days ago

my-debugbar.com — IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process. read more...

1 comment | category: IE | Views: 422

10 Visual Studio Shortcuts You Must Know

dev102.com — A great list of 10 Visual Studio Shortcuts any software developer must know and use. read more...

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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, People

kohari.org — A brief discussion of the Rob Conery TDD backlash, and what it says about open-source on .NET, and the community at large. read more...

3 comments | category: Community | Views: 5