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Confessions of a Terrible Programmer

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:01:07 GMT

I'm a terrible programmer. You would think that having done this for nearly 25 years that I should be pretty good at it by now. But nope, I still put bugs in my code, use the wrong types for variables or subprogram arguments...

10 awesome Windows Live Writer plugins for developer

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:31:02 GMT

I've made this list of 10 plugins for Windows Live Writer. Some of these plugins will help beatify your published code, while others will help you create code archives or retrieve a link from MSDN.

SQL Command Visualizer for Visual Studio 2005

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:31:02 GMT

A visualizer for SQL Command objects. Displays a more useful representation of a SQL Command object when debugging. Show details of the command, it's connection and lists all parameters, their properties and current values.

My Favorite (Visual Studio) Keyboard Shorctuts

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:01:03 GMT

Christopher Bennage's favorite visual studio and resharper keyboard shortcuts.

Software Branching and Parallel Universes

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:01:02 GMT

"Source control is the very bedrock of software development. Without some sort of version control system in place, you can't reasonably call yourself a software engineer. If you're using a source control system of any kind, you're versioning files almost by definition. The concept of versioning is deeply embedded in every source control system. You can't avoid it. But there's another concept, equally fundamental to source control, which is much less frequently used in practice. That concept is branching."

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.

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.

Quickly Find/Open a File in Visual Studio

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:16:01 GMT

A quick way to find and open files in a large solution in Visual Studio that very few people know about. Other people have created addins to do this without even realizing the functionality was already there.

TDD vs. Design discussion

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:16:01 GMT

Blog entry from JP Boodhoo about when to use UML diagramming and how it fits in to the TDD/Agile paradigm. Good read.

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:01:01 GMT

People are in a big rush to learn about computers, or that computers are somehow fabulously easier to learn than anything else. There are no books on how to learn Beethoven, or Quantum Physics, or even Dog Grooming in a few days. Written by Peter Norvig, Director of Research for Google.

SQL Server 2000: when were the statistics updated?

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:01:01 GMT

A SQL script to determine when the statistics were updated for all indexes on all user tables in SQL Server 2000.

SQL SERVER - 2005 - Introduction and Explanation to sqlcmd

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:31:01 GMT

I decided to write this article to respond to request of one of usergroup, which requested that they would like to learn sqlcmd 101. SQL Server 2005 has introduced new utility sqlcmd to run ad hoc Transact-SQL statements and scripts from command prompt.

SQL SERVER - 2005 - Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Databas

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:16:02 GMT

In SQL Server 2005 How to Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database? In SQL Server 2005 How to Find Tables With Primary Key Constraint in Database?

Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:31:02 GMT

Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should

The most common software security mistakes

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:16:02 GMT

Through my humble experience with software development I've seen developers making fetal security mistakes without even feeling that they are doing something wrong. So I've decided to gather these common mistakes in a list so it would be easier to avoid. Through this article I will give examples regardless to the used technology but the concepts applies to all technologies. So here we go

Create Data Disaster: Avoid Unique Indexes

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:31:02 GMT

The convenience of surrogate keys produced by ORM tools can lull lazy developers into ignoring unique constraints. Find out why this oversight can lead to disaster.

"Nothing has changed" - Determining when a procedure has been altered

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:01:01 GMT

Cool little script to determine when a stored procedure was last updated.

Become a Better Developer in 6 months. How?

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:01:02 GMT

Yes, I was tagged too. however only one things i'm going to do is acctually technical

Programming Handbooks and Cheatsheets

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:46:02 GMT

Cheat sheets are useful one page document which you should print out and post it on the wall from of your eyes. It helps you to learn the subject more quickly, and saves your time.

SQL SERVER - Insert Multiple Records Using One Insert Statement

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

How can I insert multiple values in table using only one insert? Now this is interesting question. When there are multiple records are to be inserted in the table following is the common way using T-SQL.

19 Eponymous Laws Of Software Development

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:31:02 GMT

My favourite - Hofstadter's Law: "A task always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

Tools I use as a .Net Developer

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

A listing of the different tools I use pretty much every day as a developer.

How not to prevent SQL Injection

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:20:46 GMT

The best SQL Injection anti pattern: pass the SQL string directly as query string... no comment...

LINQ to SQL (Part 5 - Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:16:02 GMT

Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control

Banker's Rounding vs. Common Rounding in .NET

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Depending on your math background, .NET's rounding functionality MAY NOT work the way you expect!!! Check out the included code to implement an alternative (known as Common Rounding) in addition to .NET's built-in Math.Round() function.