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Abandon ASP.NET WebForms!

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:45:01 GMT

Interesting experiance with classic web forms....

How Rapid is Rapid? How Quick is Quick?

Thu, 14 May 2009 02:31:02 GMT

An unusual take on the importance of raw performance in logging systems. Sometimes less is more. Rather, in logging, as in most software design challenges, keeping the big picture in mind is the most important thing. Concepts extend to other design topics.

Ditching the Micro-Optimization Fetish

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:01:02 GMT

Seems like today is the day for performance optimization talks: in String.Empty, in calls to ActionLinks, in high-performance IoC containers. But people sometimes miss the point that these are micro-optimizations: thanks God Justin tries to bring a bit of sanity in this geeky world of micro-optimization

SQL Server Five methods converting rows to columns

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:16:03 GMT

Five methods converting rows to columns

Select top n rows from a table for each group

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:31:02 GMT

Suppose you want to get the top two products from each manufacturer which have the best promotional price

Developer Productivity - 5 Ways To Kill It

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:31:03 GMT

In keeping with the sarcastic tone of my How To Be The Worst Developer Ever post I'm going to explore several ways for managers to systematically destroy productivity among their developers. Unfortunately I am writing some of these from experience, then again, I'm sure we have all experienced some of these at one time or another.

Things to Notice When Binding to Large Collection

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Lately I was working on an application that had to display a large amount of objects on screen and allow filtering. I have learned that scrolling large collections was not so simple in WPF, and I definitely did not see the problems coming.

jQuery 1.3 Released

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:31:02 GMT

"The jQuery team is pleased to release the latest major release of the jQuery JavaScript library! A lot of coding, testing, and documenting has gone in to this release and we're really quite proud of it. "

Beyond SoundEx - Fuzzy Searching in MS SQL Server

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:01:20 GMT

In this post see how you can perform fuzzy deduping operations and fuzzy string matching by bringing the power of an open source string metric library (SimMetrics) into sql server

C# Trivia - What? No Overflow?

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:46:14 GMT

You may be thinking to yourself, "C# doesn't do overflow checking?" And the answer to your question is "not by default" when you are using non-constant expressions. Here's how to turn integer overflow checking on in C#.

The impassionate and NNPPs are not that destructive

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:18:25 GMT

Argues that passion is overrated and NNPPs are mostly due to poor management

C# Structs

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:16:02 GMT

What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe!

Why Software Estimates are So Bad

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:50:17 GMT

When will we admit that we just don't know?

High Quality Image Resizing with .NET

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Even though you just shrinks images, the quality of produced images is usually worse than the quality of original images. Learn how to use interpolation to resize images with a better quality.

Bad advice on exceptions from Joel

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Starting from some comments on my exception handling series of articles I run into a couple of blogs pointing to this post on joelonsoftware.com. I think this is the worst advice on exception handling I have ever read, sorry Joel. I know this is an old post, I know Joel is entitled to his own opinion and I know he has the right to write his code as he sees fit. But as an opinion leader he influences others.

Lutz Roeder's Weblog: The Future of .NET Reflector

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:16:02 GMT

After more than eight years of working on .NET Reflector, I have decided it is time to move on and explore some new opportunities. I have reached an agreement to have Red Gate Software continue the development of .NET Reflector. Red Gate has a lot of experience creating tools for both .NET and SQL Server. They have the resources necessary to work on new features, and Reflector fits nicely with other .NET tools the company offers. Red Gate will continue to provide the free community version and is looking for your feedback and ideas for future versions.

A Serious Challenge for Open Source?

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:46:02 GMT

. . . what Mindscape has done is really quite impressive. To evaluate, accept, and incorporate feedback that quickly into the product and to have the installer ready that afternoon is impressive - for anyone.

Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:16:02 GMT

Once you register, you will be forwarded an Email with your login credentials to our product download portal. With this information in hand, you will be able to download and install all the controls and tools listed above free of charge. The applications you create with these controls can be distributed royalty free (see the EULA that accompanies the products for more information). Note that the installation you download will include evaluation versions of our entire product line. You can install these trials if you wish during the setup process. Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are fully supported.

Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:46:03 GMT

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?

Scale Cheaply - Sharding

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:16:05 GMT

There are a lot of expensive ways to scale your database - all of which are highly touted by the big three database vendors because, well, they want to sell you all types of really expensive stuff. Despite what an "engagement consultant" might tell you though, most of the high-traffic websites on the web (google, digg, facebook) rely on far cheaper and better strategies: the core of which is called sharding.

What makes me NOT want to leave a company/client/shop

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:16:09 GMT

What makes me NOT want to leave a company

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:16:14 GMT

Response times, availability, and stability are vital factors to bear in mind when creating and maintaining a web application. If you're concerned about your web pages' speed or want to make sure you're in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here's a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.

Working in Opposite Land - The Logic of a Debuggin Strategy

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:31:11 GMT

"There are a number of interesting things that come up in computer science and computer engineering where reasoning suddenly jumps into opposite land. It seems that the more human the operation, the more likely we are to go to opposite land. For example, it has been measured that it is more efficient to send your engineers home at a reasonable hour when a project is late than it is to have them work long hours. Efficiency doesn't scale with time spent, but exhaustion sure does."

How to check if a string is empty

Sat, 17 May 2008 06:26:27 GMT

Interesting article that shows different ways of checking if a string is empty and explains the pros and cons.