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Googleman - Quite possibly the best WPF application ever

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:01:03 GMT

Googleman is a fun and pointless application for launching Google.com in the style of the Batman 60s TV show, complete with spinning Google logo and sound effects. Now when a friend or co-worker says "To Google!" you can open your favourite search engine in style. Googleman uses WPF and is written using the MVP pattern.

Frans Bourma comparing OR mappers to Entity Framework.

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:03 GMT

Frans Bourma details what an OR mapper is about and how that compares to Entity Framework.

Writing code that you're proud of

Sat, 17 May 2008 07:46:03 GMT

Are you proud of the code you write? Take some extra time now and save yourself time down the road.

Software Developers Never Change

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:31:24 GMT

So if you are to take anything away from this rant, take this, do what you love, and become the best at it. And if what you love isn't your 9-5 job, deeply understand this and get out of the way of people who's 9-5 job is what they love.

... functional programming might be the next big shift

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:16:02 GMT

Some thoughts on the growing trend towards functional programming (for those not aware of it).

Are you going the way of the Dinosaur???

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:01:12 GMT

Some great advice for your career.

Being a "nice" programmer

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:16:02 GMT

Being a C# developer by trade, I naturally spend a lot of my working life programming computers. Whilst I by no-means profess to be a "guru" of any kind, I do notice that there is one aspect of software development that is often neglected from discussion, and most programmers will hopefully agree with me as I explain.

Trying out PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:46:03 GMT

Generally, I don't like to install any Visual Studio extensions at all, but I thought I should give this one a chance. I installed PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008, and went to play with the new functionality. Here is what I found as the most useful...

Do You Really Want to Be a Development Team Leader?

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:31:02 GMT

Ask any up and coming developer what they would like to do in the next year or so and you'll invariably hear, "I'd like to become a Development Team Leader". Hopefully most will have actually considered the change of role and be looking for new challenges and ways to contribute more to their chosen profession. However, for some this is an automatic response to a question that is particularly difficult to answer in an industry with no clear career path. For others it's simply a way to move up the pay scale.

Dear Software Tool Vendors...I'm Breaking Up With You

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:16:04 GMT

Ever feel like you can't keep up with the latest and greatest and things are getting more complex not easier? So does Jimmy Bogard.

The most important quality of a developer: Self-criticism

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:16:02 GMT

I think an awful lot of creation is made out of, also, the self-criticism of a developer, and very often I think probably what makes one seem better than another his that his critical sense is more acute. It may not be that he is more gifted in any way but just that he has a better critical sense.

Using aliases for better code readability

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

Here's a quick way to reduce overall code bloat while making your code even more readable.

The Winning Essay: What is Elegant Code?

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:43:29 GMT

This is elegant code

Regular Expression Generator

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:31:08 GMT

Generate regular expressions from sample text input

Returning a proper case string in .Net

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:28:30 GMT

A very short succinct snippet on how to title case a string.