DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with opinion

CMS has Lowered the Expectation Cost for Freelance Web Development

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:02:56 GMT

The cost to develop a decent website can range from $300 up to as much as $5000, but users seem to think that this is unreasonable since the large adoption of CMS. CMS has given non-developers the idea that we developers simply need to install the web application on a server and they will magically have a website. Thinking this way leads them to believe it shouldn't cost that much. What they don't know is that installing the software is only a small part of the entire development process.

Stop using those stupid Model example

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:29:44 GMT

Stop using Circle/Square/Rectangle, People/Employee, Car/Model examples for models or example on how to use Object-Oriented Principles or any example at all. There is plenty of "Open" model that you can use. Here's a simple list for those who needs inspiration.

[.NET vs Java] Event Handling: Are you sure pure OOP is always the sim

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:10:06 GMT

How to handle events in both .NET framework and Java, with a couple of opinions.

IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:16:02 GMT

As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has been expressed about the issues (or supposed issues ) in this beta. Some of this concern is definitely understandable, however, I think some of the negativity is present just because IE is a Microsoft product.

Learning a new programming language

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:01:02 GMT

Some things I've found useful when learning a new programming language.

Agile's Dark Side

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:10:22 GMT

"Being a self-proclaimed Agile Advocate I seem to find myself in discussions regard the bad points about agile. Books, articles, and talks on the subject of agile always paint the rosy happy story about using agile. I'm no fool, and I realize that things aren't quite as happy as some people make it out to be..."

Walking on JavaScript objects trees.

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:52:45 GMT

Walking on JavaScript objects trees. Can we do it with JSON or JavaScript like we can while we work with XML?