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Writing Tests to Catch Memory Leaks in .NET

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:16:02 GMT

Although Microsoft will claim that it is "not possible to have a memory leak in managed code", most seasoned .NET developers will laugh at that statement. It turns out that it is very easy to leak memory -- just keep a referencing object around longer than the referenced object, and you can leak. Here is a way to write tests to catch leaks.

Boy Scout Check-ins

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:16:02 GMT

How to leave your code campground cleaner than you found it.

Empty try blocks

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:01:02 GMT

The article explains why you might see functions that do nothing in the "try" block.

There's some darkness in your silver light.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:16:05 GMT

Rob voices his complaints about Silverlight 2.0 from the perspective of a developer of WPF and Flash applications.

free e books

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:01:04 GMT

Microsoft has opened 3 MS Press books completely FREE for public.

Free ebook : Threading in C#

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:16:01 GMT

It has been updated since the last time it was posted here. Available in HTML and PDF.