Ode to the ALT.NET Conference Organizers Russell Ball, January 1, 0001 Yesterday I was lucky enough to grab one of the coveted spots for the upcoming ALT.NET Conference in Austin, Texas this October. The registration was capped at one hundred participants and appears to have ... Ode to the ALT.NET Conference Organizers 0 0 0
C# Rodney Vinyard, January 1, 0001 Reference and value types Structs are value types, while classes are reference types Stack What is executing Heap Heap -> pointers to ref types Value Types – · if a field, -> stack, else (part of ... C# 0 0 2
Becoming a Better Developer Update - Or "How to spice up bab... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 You're probably looking at the title of this post wondering how spicing up baby making sex relates to becoming a better developer. First, you should really go and read George's post first to get some context ... Becoming a Better Developer Update - Or "How to spice up bab... 0 0 3
A Review of A Fireside Chat with Justice Gray D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 So not only has Justice's little "Become a better developer in 6 months" garnered him the attention of Scott H., but he's now featured in one of the MSDN Canada podcasts (which you can get all the links ... A Review of A Fireside Chat with Justice Gray 0 0 2
Bad.Dev: Seven.Deadly.Sins Jason Franks, January 1, 0001 Hell is other people, and Dev.Hell is no exception. While I feel secure in saying that most of the unnecessary strife faced by development comes from immature practices and corporate short-sightedness, ... Bad.Dev: Seven.Deadly.Sins 0 0 0
BizTalk 2006: New White papers BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Two new BizTalk Server whitepapers: Best Practices for the Sql Adapter Sample Design Patterns for Consuming and Exposing Web Services from an Orchestration ... BizTalk 2006: New White papers 0 0 0
conversion of thread safe code from java to vb.net Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 As part of my quest to become a better developer, I've been reading more tech books (ok I'm trying to finish ONE tech book without lapsing into a coma, but I digress.) The thing is, it's a Java book. Technically ... conversion of thread safe code from java to vb.net 0 0 6
Links to materials on GoF Design Patterns Benny Mathew, January 1, 0001 As I am into BizTalk consulting / development / training for quite sometime now, I feel that I am missing out on hardcore c# programming and the enchantment of object oriented concepts lately. For instance, ... Links to materials on GoF Design Patterns 0 0 0
PMP, part 2 Scott Miller, January 1, 0001 As I said in my previous post, I passed the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification yesterday. What did I use for study materials? Measureup.com. I have used MeasureUp for several exams, including ... PMP, part 2 0 0 0
Command UI Updating Windows Forms in C# Willem Fourie, January 1, 0001 MFC provides a rather neat way of updating the state of window elements in an MFC CWnd (or derived) object during application idle-time. Typically, this is done by setting the element ID and member function ... Command UI Updating Windows Forms in C# 0 0 3
Challenge Update Kelly Cassidy, January 1, 0001 OK, so I am changing bits of my personal challenge slightly. I am going to look beyond the MS certs for some coding ideas and also to hold off on building my own personal website system until I have a ... Challenge Update 0 0 1
I'm back.... Madhawa Karunaratne, January 1, 0001 Well… folks it’s have been a long time that I didn’t post anything in the blog or in the forum. People were asking me, dude… what’s going on? Actually what going on was mmm… nothing. Its just I didn’t ... I'm back.... 0 0 3
Weekend Geekathon D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 So back in April I posted about how I'm becoming a better developer in 6 months. This weekend my wife is heading to North Dakota for the weekend with her sister, so I'm going to take advantage of having ... Weekend Geekathon 0 0 6
OMG - Head First Design Patterns Scott Miller, January 1, 0001 I've had an epiphany... It started with D'Arcy's impeccable logic about Why Venom can't be in Spiderman 4, where D'Arcy uses the Design-Patterns-Girl (DPG for short) from the Head First Design Patterns ... OMG - Head First Design Patterns 0 0 1
Why Venom Can't Be In Spiderman 4 D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 My review of Spiderman 3 generated quite a few comments, many of which had a glaring misunderstanding throughout: whether Venom could come back in a subsequent Spiderman movie. *SPOILER ALERT* In the movie, ... Why Venom Can't Be In Spiderman 4 0 0 133
A Quick View to the Capabilities Which Can Make You a Great Devel... Mohammad Ashraful Alam [MVP], January 1, 0001 Regarding my previous experience in software development team, as developer and project manager, I’ve found some capabilities that are required to be a good developer to put a valuable effort in the development ... A Quick View to the Capabilities Which Can Make You a Great Devel... 0 0 0
Challenge Kelly Cassidy, January 1, 0001 A challenge has been made. It started off with someone named Justice, whom I do not know; the challenge was then extended to me by D'Arcy, who has described his own personal goals. I do accept the challenge, ... Challenge 0 0 1
Drinking & Drowning in TDD Prabhat Samuel, January 1, 0001 Test Driven Development: Testing methodology associated with Agile Programming in which every chunk of code is covered by unit tests, which must all pass all the time, in an effort to eliminate unit-level ... Drinking & Drowning in TDD 0 0 2
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers (Part 3 - Final) Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 The third and final installment in the Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers series from DevX is now available. Read Part 3: Advanced Patterns Read Part 2: Custom Controller Patterns Read Part 1: Basic ... Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers (Part 3 - Final) 0 0 1
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers Sreenivas Mogullapalli, January 1, 0001 DevX published a series of three articles that explore the built-in support for standard design patterns in ASP.NET Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, Part 1: Basic Patterns Design Patterns for ASP.NET ... Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers 0 0 0
ArcReady: Mid-Tour Update Josh Holmes, January 1, 0001 ArcReady is going really well. We have talked to a lot of architects and aspiring architects in the past couple of weeks. I've posted a bigger update as well as frequently asked questions on my blog here ... ArcReady: Mid-Tour Update 0 0 0
Funny what a burger and beer will do to your memory... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 We had a great .NET UG event tonight. I spoke on ASP.NET, mainly around design patterns, architecture, and platform selection. But the end of the presentation was to be a demo of ORCAS and the new ASP.NET ... Funny what a burger and beer will do to your memory... 0 0 0
My Resume Chris Falter, January 1, 0001 Overview Software Architect with 16 years of development experience using a myriad of technologies. Have exercised technical leadership in all stages of software lifecycle via collaboration with business ... My Resume 0 0 0
Belgian Dev & It Pro Days 2007 next week. Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 Next week starts Developer and IT Pro Days 2007 in Ghent Belgium, 2 days and a preconference with loads of technical sessions in .NET technologies.More info on http://www.dev-itprodays.be/ See the The ... Belgian Dev & It Pro Days 2007 next week. 0 0 0
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers (Part 2) Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Part 2 of the DevX series, Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, is now online. This one focuses on Custom Controller Patterns. Read Part 2: Custom Controller Patterns Read Part 1: Basic Patterns ... Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers (Part 2) 0 0 0
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 DevX is starting a new series of articles entitled Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers by Alex Homer. Part 1 is an introduction to design patterns and sets the focus for the rest of the series. I didn't ... Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers 0 0 0
.NET Job Vacancies in Gulf (Kuwait) Maher Al-Jendasi, January 1, 0001 Our company Safat Enterprise Solution (http://www.safates.com) have several job openings for .NET professionals: .NET Senior Software Developer (Ref# Dev-NET-SSD-01) 4 years experience in Microsoft .NET ... .NET Job Vacancies in Gulf (Kuwait) 0 0 0
Singleton - Traditional way vs. .NET way Ahsan Alam, January 1, 0001 Whenever we want to implement a Singleton Pattern, we can always find examples by picking up a book on Design Patterns or by searching through the internet. Most of these implementations are very similar, ... Singleton - Traditional way vs. .NET way 0 0 3
Some books I bought this year.. Marcos , January 1, 0001 I think I hit a record about how many books I read (and bought) this year, technical (computer related) and non computer related. This is some kind of mini list about the technical books and some kind ... Some books I bought this year.. 0 0 0
Suggestions Needed: Silver Key Demo Day ASP.NET Ajax Extensions S... Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 Silver Key is known as a big fan of smart people, especially developers. You can realize it from our exams we do publish to the developer community, or from checking the geeks at the office working with ... Suggestions Needed: Silver Key Demo Day ASP.NET Ajax Extensions S... 0 0 0
When are tools, too many tools? Sean Chambers, January 1, 0001 As I delve further into the world of Domain Driven Design and it's related toolset, I find that there is quite a large arena of tools available to make your life easier. Some of these tools are: NUnit ... When are tools, too many tools? 0 0 0
Write your own Code Generator or Template Engine in .NET Shahed Khan, January 1, 0001 I am glad to share my latest article at code project.. Write your own Code Generator or Template Engine in .NET AbstractThis paper demonstrates building a code generator, template engine, template parser, ... Write your own Code Generator or Template Engine in .NET 0 0 0
Podcast on Extensibility Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Craig Shoemaker has done is usual outstanding job with the latest installments of his Polymophic Podcast. The last two shows have been a thought provoking interview with Miguel Castro. In it they discuss ... Podcast on Extensibility 0 0 0
It's over... Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 South Carolina Code Camp 2.0, that is. That's right, we're done. Finished. The End. Turn out the lights, the party's over. Goodnight. Seeya. Bye. The South Carolina Code Camp 2.0 kicked off on Friday, ... It's over... 0 0 4
The Decorator Pattern Dru Sellers, January 1, 0001 Intent: Attach additional responsibilities to an object dynamically. Decorators provide a flexible alternative to subclassing for extending functionality.* This post is another love story about software ... The Decorator Pattern 0 0 4
A Great Metaphor Bryan Corazza, January 1, 0001 I was doing what I typically do in my very small amount of down time I was reading my blog feeds from some of my favorite bloggers. One blog that I read religiously is Brian Button. I've had the pleasure ... A Great Metaphor 0 0 0
The Subclass Me Reflex Mike Nichols, January 1, 0001 One of the side-effects of being new out to learning Object Oriented Principles is the propensity to see everything as a subclass of something else. As if all objects shoudl derive from IThing since surely ... The Subclass Me Reflex 0 0 3
Books on Patterns Dru Sellers, January 1, 0001 Head First Design Patterns: A great first patterns book. Contains much more approachable discussions. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture: An extension of the Design Patterns book. Applying ... Books on Patterns 0 0 2
Remember Who The Enemy Is Mike Nichols, January 1, 0001 I have been reading several posts from folks I respect for their advancement of practices like TDD, Agile ,DDD, and so on. Their wisdom has helped give me a great toolset to build deep, maintainable code ... Remember Who The Enemy Is 0 0 4
The Factory Pattern: Abstract or Method? Dru Sellers, January 1, 0001 I am going to clarify the difference between the Factory Method pattern and the Abstract Factory pattern as described in the Design Patterns book. Most of this post was stolen from http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?... ... The Factory Pattern: Abstract or Method? 0 0 0
The Factory Pattern: Abstract or Method? Dru Sellers, January 1, 0001 I am going to clarify the difference between the Factory Method pattern and the Abstract Factory pattern as described in the Design Patterns book. Most of this post was stolen from http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?... ... The Factory Pattern: Abstract or Method? 0 0 0
Applying Design Patterns (Observer, Decorator, Strategy and Build... Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Another good article on CodeProject by Anoop Madhusudanan. This one on Design Patterns. The intro just draws you in immediately: Solution Architect: "But you can use patterns" Dumb Developer: "Yes, But ... Applying Design Patterns (Observer, Decorator, Strategy and Build... 0 0 0
StarUML - An excellent open source UML tool Campbell McNeill, January 1, 0001 Recommend that anyone who needs a UML tool checks this out http://www.staruml.com/ This is a most excellent free tool that supports UML 2, various approches, code generation, reverse engineering, Gang ... StarUML - An excellent open source UML tool 0 0 3
Design Patterns Outline Rodney Vinyard, January 1, 0001 Design Patterns Another useful site: http://www.dofactory.com/Pa... · Creational - the way classes instantiate o Singleton 18 § Ensure a class has one instance · Hide “New” Constuctor ... Design Patterns Outline 0 0 3
Here we grow again.. Work with rock stars and cutting edge techno... Colin Bowern, January 1, 0001 Join the team that is building the next generation of Internet-based communities for music legends and new recording artists. If you are passionate about software and love regularly dealing with challenges ... Here we grow again.. Work with rock stars and cutting edge techno... 0 0 1
Design Patterns Knowledge Mike Nichols, January 1, 0001 Just read a great post on Jeremy Miller's blog. He offers some general ways to get started learning design patterns in coding. Having started with Microsoft technologies, I felt overwhelmed by all the ... Design Patterns Knowledge 0 0 2
When should not Design Patterns be used? Madhawa Karunaratne, January 1, 0001 1. When the application being built today will not change, the code accurately captures all requirements, and there are no planned enhancements or features. The application you are building will be the ... When should not Design Patterns be used? 0 0 5
Know Your Enterprise Design Patterns Matthew Podwysocki, January 1, 0001 Enterprise Design Patterns are a way of life now as software architects. The "Gang of Four" laid the groundwork for proposing and enumerating these design patterns in their book "Design Patterns: Elements ... Know Your Enterprise Design Patterns 0 0 0
DTO's, Service Layers, Code-behinds, and patterns Mike Nichols, January 1, 0001 Ah...so continuing my search for the perfect architecture (joke) my current issue was the usefulness of Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) at my last post. I am still dumfounded when I find what might be considered ... DTO's, Service Layers, Code-behinds, and patterns 0 0 2
First day of Tech-Ed Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 Headed over to the Boston Convention Center today for the pre-conference session, and the keynote. I was booked for the pre-conference talk on Software Architecture. The thing ran from 10am - 6pm, with ... First day of Tech-Ed 0 0 1