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Releasing the Source Code for .NET
I was just about to head to sleep when I read this great post by Scott Guthrie. Apparently, Microsoft will be releasing the source code for the BCL (Base Class Libraries), ASP.NET, WinForms, etc. when .NET 3.5 and VS2008 (aka Orcas) is released later Read More...
Posted 03 October 07 11:42 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Developers Love Their Tools...
Seriously, I think there are few things that Developers are more passionate about than the tools and toys they use to code. Carl has compiled a great list of Free Visual Studio 2005 Addins. You can read the list here. The addins that I use on a (almost) Read More...
Posted 01 October 07 10:08 by Greg | 1 Comments   
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ConfigurationFileWather?
Just something I thought was a bit funny/interesting. I was debugging someone's code earlier today and I happened to glance down at my threads in VS and noticed this: Any idea of what caught my eye?Yup - the text that says: "_ConfigurationFileWatherThread". Read More...
Posted 30 August 07 08:40 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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One-to-Many: What is the best way to store the values?
If you've been a developer for any period of time, you have probably come across this question. If you're given a one-to-many relationship in a table, what is the best way to insert those values into a database. For example, let's say that you had a Person Read More...
Posted 19 August 07 10:43 by Greg | 1 Comments   
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Typeof Vs. TryCast
I was researching something this morning and came across a great blog entry from way back showing an update to the tried and true TypeOf and Ctype/DirectCast code. I realized immediately thatI could apply this little tidbit to my current code. In-fact, Read More...
Posted 22 July 07 12:24 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Becoming a better developer in six months...
As I try to clear up my blogging backlog, I came across this entryfrom Scott Hanselmanabout removing programming crutches. This stems from one of his recent podcastsabout becoming a better developer in Six Months. I did a quick Google Searchon some key Read More...
Posted 21 July 07 11:57 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Most Popular Development Language?
I've often asked this question - "What IS the most popular development language right now?" Antonio Cangianoattempts to answer this question using the Amazonsales rankings on various technical books. You can find the results of his "study" here. I found Read More...
Posted 08 July 07 08:02 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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The Decline of Development
Scott Dorman wrote up an interesting blog entryabout programming for the lowest common denominator. I found his statements pretty closely aligned with my own experiences of late. According to his entry, there are something like 18 million hobbyist developers Read More...
Posted 02 July 07 10:04 by Greg | 2 Comments   
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