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So What's Your Personal (Developer) Brand?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:46:02 GMT

I am increasingly being asked by members of my team how they can further themselves within the company. While this is certainly an option - and a popular one - it is not the only track to follow. You could choose to become a technical specialist, an architect or even a technical salesperson. But whatever path you choose to follow your ability to achieve it will be dependent on how you develop your own personal brand - in other words the way you portray yourself to others will directly reflect the opportunities that are presented to you.

Egoless Programming - Developing Without the Attitude

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:46:24 GMT

One of the most common threads that all programmers share is that of an ego. Some are much worse than others and some have found a way to control or manipulate their ego into a great benefit. Beyond skill-sets and other programming-specific talents I believe the greatest room for personal improvement in programmers as a whole is that of the ego.

Forms Authentication Timeout vs Session Timeout

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:33 GMT

If we set the forms authentication and session timeouts to 10 minutes and after the 10th minute the user clicked on any link the app would redirect the user to the login page but the session was not abandoned i.e. the forms authentication ticket had expired but not the session state timeout.

Make a positive number a negative number in 1 line of C# code - A Quiz

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:46 GMT

Any other cool ways of making a positive number a negative?

Web developers. You suck.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

Well, JavaScript developers, specifically. In order to aid in development of my own websites, I enabled JavaScript debugging in Internet Explorer a few weeks back. To my horror, I have quickly experienced what seems to be complete disregard for serving syntactically correct JavaScript on the open internet. No, I'm not just talking about a few niche websites, run by amateur programmers. I am talking about industry-leading nerd-friendly powerhouse websites that should know better.

Meet the C# 4.0 team

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:16:05 GMT

... 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.

Five Common ASP.NET SEO Mistakes

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:16:06 GMT

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make:

Optimize WebResource.axd and ScriptResource.axd

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:01:06 GMT

Some weeks ago I wrote how to minify and compress the WebResource.axd handler. In the comments of that post someone asked how to do the same with ScriptResource.axd. I thought about it and realized it could be done much smarter.If you take a look at the HTML source at the CodePlex Issue Tracker page, you'll see it references 13 WebResource.axd and ScriptResource.axd. That's 13 different web requests on each page load. The ScriptResource.axd is using HTTP compression but WebResource.axd does not. None of them minifies the scripts.Therefore it would be cool to create a plug 'n play HttpModule that combines all resource.axd scripts into one single web request and then minify and compress them. It would result in smaller HTML, fewer web requests and optimized JavaScript code. If you're a YSlow nazi like me, this is a must-have.

Legacy Projects: Test the User Interface with Selenium or WatiN

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:33:43 GMT

Got a legacy project with no unit tests? Baffled where to start? This is third in a series of posts that walk you through applying testing strategies to existing code.

The Weird And Wonderful World Of Extension Methods in C#

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:46:18 GMT

Extension methods are the most controversial feature that Microsoft has introduced in C# 3.0. Introduced to support the LINQ query framework, extension methods make it possible to define new methods for existing classes. Although extension methods can greatly simplify code that uses them, many are concerned that they could transform C# into something that programmers find unrecognizable, or that C#'s namespace mechanisms are inadequate for managing large systems that use extension methods. Adoption of the LINQ framework, however, means that extension methods are here to stay, and that .net programmers need to understand how to use them effectively, and, in particular, how extension methods are different from regular methods.

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:46:11 GMT

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they're nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you'll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery).

.NET Developers' Reference Card Round-Up

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:31:09 GMT

I thought I would share this list of reference cards / cheat sheets that I have compiled over the last year or so. If I am missing any good ones, please post them in the comments.

Don't Use SELECT *

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:16:10 GMT

I've seen many developers actually using and abusing SELECT * FROM queries. SELECT * query not only returns unnecessary data, but it also can force clustered index scans for query plans because columns in the SELECT clause are also considered by the optimizer when it identifies indexes for execution plans.

Dependency Injection is Dead!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:46:10 GMT

The author claims that AOP-assisted Dependency Resolution, where dependencies are resolved on-demand without plumbing code and use of factories, can supersede Dependency Injection... at least in some scenarios. A refreshing view on a topic that tends to become sanctified and therefore undiscussed in our community.

Some concepts to know before you use an IoC tool

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:01:09 GMT

The baseline understanding required to effectively implement dependency injection

ASP.NET Performance Tips

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:31:03 GMT

The article lists few of some of the many performance tweaks that can be implement to boost up ASP.NET performance.

Difference between LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:16:02 GMT

LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework have a lot in common, but each have features targeting different scenarios.

Dependency Injection: Factory vs Container - Unity

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:25 GMT

As application size and complexity increase it becomes more and more difficult to reuse existing components and integrating these components to form an interconnected architecture because of the dependencies of the components. One way to reduce dependencies is by using Dependency Injection, which allows you to inject objects into a class, rather than relying on the class to create the object itself.

Lambdas

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:03 GMT

Lambdas are a simple technology with an intimidating name. They sound like they are going to be difficult to understand, but in practice prove to be relatively trivial. Read this post to get an easy to understand overview of a topic is not really so terribly difficult to understand.

Serialize & Deserialize JSON Data

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:42:25 GMT

The article features on the in built support in .NET and JavaScript for JSON serialization, that can further be used for developing AJAX web services.

SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Part-1

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:12:44 GMT

The article provide a breif introduction of new data compression feature in SQL Server 2008.

The 20 most kicked "top-10 stories" for Developers

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:04 GMT

A compilation of the 20 stories dealing with top-10 links or advices that were kicked most in 2008

Cut Development Time: Use LINQ

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:35 GMT

When Microsoft employees talk about LINQ publicly, we haven't tended to emphasize how much time you can save by using it. This is perhaps because we don't want LINQ to be labeled as simply another RAD tool designed to save time. Nevertheless, it is becoming clear to me that shorter development cycles may be one of the first major benefits of LINQ to be widely recognized by the community.

Hanselminutes 116 - Distributed Caching with Microsoft's Velocity

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:16:10 GMT

Scott sits down with 2 of the architects of Velocity.

What a developer needs from their manager

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:03 GMT

I've a read a lot of articles talking about what it takes to be a good development manager. There are also articles about what makes a good developer. I thought it would be a good idea to describe what a developer needs from their manager.