Unity - Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control Container

dotnethitman.spaces.live.com — Dependency injection is a programming technique to reduce component coupling. Dependency injection is also commonly known as “inversion of control” or IoC or sometimes as The Hollywood Principle - "Don’t call us, we’ll call you”. The goal of dependency injection is to separate the concerns of how a dependency is obtained from the core concerns of a boundary. This improves reusability by enabling components to be supplied with dependencies which may vary depending on context. read more...

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Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

kevinwilliampang.com — Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer: read more...

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Bad advice on exceptions from Joel

littletutorials.com — 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. read more...

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Lutz Reflector now owned by Red Gate

published 3 months, 14 days ago, submitted by JudahGabriel 3 months, 14 days ago

simple-talk.com — Lutz Reflector, the free .NET disassembler every developer developer should have, has been purchased by Red Gate software. Red Gate has stated they will continue to provide the tool for free. read more...

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Being a better programmer #2: Don't be a missionary

submitted by t3mujin 3 months, 22 days ago

java.dzone.com — Pushing an operating, platform, IDE, programming language or methodology at all cost ain't the way to go. read more...

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Top 10 Things New Twitter Users Need To Know

jeffblankenburg.com — Those new to Twitter need some guidance. Jeff Blankenburg has come up with a list of things that someone new to Twitter needs to read before even creating their account. read more...

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ASP.NET Controls - Improving automatic ID generation: ShortIDsProvider

nunogomes.net — In the previous posts on this subject I wrote about why automatic ID generation should be improved and how we can improve it. Now I will step forward and show you my own implementation of a specific naming provider. read more...

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State Machines In Windows Workflow

published 7 months, 4 days ago, submitted by bradygaster 7 months, 5 days ago

odetocode.com — Excellent introduction into the usefulness of state machines in WF. read more...

1 comment | category: Windows Workflow Foundation | Views: 30