Be sure to put in some default value when testing with Nullable types

blog.krisvandermast.com — Nullable types are a great feature in .NET 2.0 but even when the code compiles the functional behaviour can turn out to be completely different from what you would expect when comparing and the value is null. read more...

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Developer Productivity Tools Video Part 1

published 2 years, 4 months ago, submitted by gavinjoyce 2 years, 4 months ago

hanselman.com — Here is a 33min video of a presentation that Scott Hanselman gave on developer productivity tools to the Beantown.net INETA User Group. read more...

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C#'s new ?? operator

blogs.sagestone.net — From the post "I hadn't seen this in any of the C# 2.0 feature lists, but Fritz Onion brings this little gem to light for me. There's a new operator: ?? It's a lot like the old inline if statement." read more...

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Build Contention Equation

jayflowers.com — We are exploring new ways to build our software at work. I was trying to convey a thought on validating the feasibility of a build process today with the following equation. Number of Change Packages = 8 Hours * 60 Minutes / (Build Time + Preparation Time + Buffer) Filling out the right side of the equation will show how many change packages can be process by the build on an average day. The Build Time is how long it take the build to complete. The Preparation Time is how long it takes a developer to get the build started. This could represent claiming the build token, submitting to source control and waiting for the build process to begin. In the proposed build process only one developer could submit at a time; the build is triggered by a submission to source control. The Buffer is the tricky variable. Read the entry to find out why. read more...

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Access Web Services Asynchronously in .NET Design Patterns

published 2 years, 4 months ago, submitted by tiernano 2 years, 4 months ago

codeproject.com — In the real world, client software usually communicate with web services asynchronously. An asynchronous call returns immediately, and receives the result separately when the processing is completed. This can avoid latency across network freezing the application UI or blocking other processes. read more...

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Announcing Our Book! (Windows Developer Power Tools)

feeds.feedburner.com — Announcing the Windows Developer Power Tools book that features open source and freeware tools to improve the development lifecycle. read more...

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ASP.NET 2.0 Page Life Cycle

blog.krisvandermast.com — A repost of the diagram by Léon Andrianarivony. read more...

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Anyone Need A .NET Open Source Rss Library?

published 2 years, 4 months ago, submitted by gavinjoyce 2 years, 4 months ago

haacked.com — Phil Haack is looking to fork the RSS.NET library: "Ideally, I would like to start a new project that is essentially a fork in RSS.NET, perhaps called FeedGenerator.NET (call me the forkmaster). I could probably host it on CodePlex in order to give me an opportunity to try it out and provide feedback. Would anyone find such a library useful other than us blog engine developers? Anyone have a better name?" read more...

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