Simple Thoughts on Code Quality

kvnc.net — For the software, itself, it is easier to discuss its quality by measuring its performance, memory usage, number of the bugs etc. But what if we talk about the code file, how can we write code that we are proud of. read more...

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No, inheritance is not the way to achieve code reuse!

littletutorials.com — I am not sure how so many people go through so many years of school, which is supposed to make us better at thinking, and they fail to differentiate the “why” and the “how”. During interviews, when I ask their opinion about the purpose of inheritance in OOP, invariably I get this precooked answer (not so nicely expressed): inheritance is the way to achieve code reuse. No it is not! read more...

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13 reasons for UML’s descent into darkness

littletutorials.com — UML lost the programmers. There is no doubt about it… in my mind. And when a software design technology loses the programmers it fades away no matter what the academia thinks. This happened because UML was pushed in a direction that most code writers don’t like: it started to look a lot like bureaucratic paper work. 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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Recommendations From My Developer Toolbox (June 2008)

alvinashcraft.com — This is an updated version of my January 2008 list of must have software for your developer toolbox. Kudos to Scott Hanselman for the inspiration. read more...

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WPF: Reducing CPU consumption for animations « C# Disciples

marlongrech.wordpress.com — Lately I’ve been working on a project at work and the application was performing pretty well. The CPU Usage was below 2% and I was quite happy with it. Then I decided to add a simple animation that continues executing forever… the results 15% CPU consumption … I was amazed at how much CPU was being wasted. Yet I am a stubborn guy and if I want an animation to execute forever, I will do it no matter what…. read more...

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The static Keyword

published 8 months ago, submitted by shayfriedman 8 months ago

shaytalksabout.net — We all use the static keyword, but do we really know what the possibilities are? read more...

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How to: Optimize the memory usage with strings

dotnetfacts.blogspot.com — System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to a string, all the available memory can be swallowed by a huge amount of unwanted string duplicates or unclaimed string objects. Now let's see how a string object should be handled to preserve memory. read more...

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