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Pattern Focus: Strategy Pattern

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:46:01 GMT

This post describes how to implement the Strategy Pattern to create filtering functions using C# and the interface approach.

Fun with Breakpoints

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:16:01 GMT

Some cool things that you can tell Visual Studio to do with breakpoints in order to optimize your debuggging. You can only hit them exactly when you want to, exactly when the conditions are right, as well as automatically do some really cool stuff when you do hit them!

How to host an ASP.NET Web Service Outside of IIS

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:01:01 GMT

WSE 3 enables ASP.NET Web services to be hosted in console applications, Windows services, COM+ components, or Windows Forms applications and then to be called using the TCP protocol or any custom transport protocol written for WSE.

Freeing up drive space on Windows XP

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Some quick tips for cleaning up your XP box as you get ready to upgrade to Vista.

Subversion on a stick

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Use Subversion from a portable hard disk or flash drive to synchronize your documents between various computers. There's no need to run the Subversion daemon -- all you need is portable storage and a Subversion client.

Video: Using XPath with the XmlDocument Class

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:01:02 GMT

In this video tutorial I walk through how to use XPath statements to parse an RSS feed and display results using the XmlDocument class.

Using Zeno's Paradox For Progress Bars

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:01:02 GMT

Here's a practical application of Zeno's Paradox for showing updating a progress bar when you keep making progress, but you don't know how much is left.

This Is What Happens When You Let Developers Create UI

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:01:01 GMT

Jeff Atwood, aka CodingHorror, discusses the general lack of user interface design skills among software developers.

patterns & practices Guidance Explorer

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:31:02 GMT

patterns & practices Guidance Explorer is a tool that enables discovery, composition and consumption of high quality development guidance.

ASP.Net 2.0 - Master Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Traps

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:31:02 GMT

MasterPages are a great addition to the ASP.NET 2.0 feature set, but are not without their quirks. This article will highlight the common problems developers face with master pages, and provide tips and tricks to use master pages to their fullest potential.

Software Development Top 30 Mistakes

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:31:02 GMT

I have been developing software and web applications for nearly 11 years now. Software development has come along way since the days of Binary, Cobol, etc. What still fascinates me however about software development however is the same mistakes made before, are still made today.

10 Great Free Tools for ASP.NET Developers

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:01:01 GMT

Ten of the most useful free tools for ASP.NET developers

Top .NET Blogs

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:01:01 GMT

A list of top .Net blogs.

Christopher Bennage : Your Development Tools

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:31:01 GMT

Every now and then I like to get a pulse on what people are using for their development environment. I'm continually picking after useful tools from reading other developer's posts. I'd like to know what your primary tools are, your list of favorites that you might not use every day, and what type of development work you tend to do.

Read Excel files in pure C# without interop (Incredible FAST !!)

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:31:02 GMT

I found this excellent library today. it uses the BIFF8/BIFF8X engine implementation similar to the one used by OpenOffice to read excel files. I hope you love it like I do. Cheers

Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks - Lifehacker

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:31:01 GMT

SWEET tips for making Firefox behave like you want it to.

What is you favorite interview style

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:01:01 GMT

What is the best way of recruiting developers, do you prefer exams, technical face to face interviews, workshops ... etc

Creating Visual Studio Project Templates

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:01:02 GMT

Often, developers perform the same repetitive operations when creating a new Visual Studio project. They frequently find themselves adding the same references and sometimes the same project items to their projects. Sometimes, developers even add more or less identical "framework" code (that is, code that performs essential operations, such as instantiating top-level objects found in an application object model). When these repetitive operations involve adding references or otherwise empty project items, they are just mildly annoying and inefficient. When they require adding repetitive code, they often become irritating and, depending on how the repetitive code is generated, error-prone as well. However, Visual Studio 2005 offers a solution to the inefficiencies of creating largely identical projects: custom project and item templates, supplemented by wizards, can automate the process of project creation and eliminate the need for developers to add the same references, the same project items, or even largely identical code to new projects.

Top 30 Software Engineering Practices

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:01:01 GMT

Here is a top 30 list of software engineering practices as a guideline for better software

Performance of foreach vs. List.ForEach

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:01:02 GMT

Today I was iterating a List<int> using a foreach-loop and feeling a bit smug in knowing how much more performance-conscious I was being than if I'd tried doing the same thing with an ArrayList filled with ints. Thanks to the wonder of generics, the C# compiler neatly avoids numerous boxing operations by using a System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<int> instance instead of the older System.Collections.IEnumerator. Then I got to thinking: "is this really the fastest way?" Upon investigation, it turns that, no, it isn't the fastest way.

Code Better - Use String.Format

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:01:01 GMT

Poorly handled exceptions might speak volumes about someone's coding abilities, but it's string concatenation that's a sure bet to kill a programs readability (thus maintainability). Everyone knows that they should use StringBuilder's for better performance when concatenating a lot, but to improve maintainability, string.format is king!

Smartbro's Ups And Down: 117 Run Commands In Windows Xp

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:31:01 GMT

Most people now about the shortcuts in the RUN command (like calc, or firefox). Here is a list of 117 of them. Rather handy to keep around.

Cool (and Free) Threading .NET 2.0 E-Book

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:01:02 GMT

"This is a very cool threading online reference and freely downloadable e-book (PDF). Using C# for its examples, in 76 pages it covers basic synchronization, locking, BackgroundWorker, async delegates and more." Via: http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com

SSW Rules to Better .NET Projects

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:01:01 GMT

A great set of rules with isues that you must keep in mind if you want to succed with .NET. Perfect to share it with all members of your team.

Developer Productivity Tools Video Part 1

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:21:02 GMT

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