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Super Simple MVVM

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:30:52 GMT

When I was learning MVVM it was taking a bit to really "click". I was checking for videos or tutorials for something super simple. I never really found anything, they always were doing more than I needed for something super simple. I finally told myself I was going to write a simple app where I have two text boxes, a button, and a label.

Inversion Of Control cs Dependency Injection vs Strategy Pattern

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:01:59 GMT

My attempt at clearing up my own confusion on these subjects.

ASP.Net MVC Custom Error Pages

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:01:15 GMT

I have recently spent quite a bit of time getting my ASP.Net MVC application to display errors to the user the way I want and this post outlines the steps I took to get there. This includes general application errors, page not found errors and stupid user errors.

Automate ClickOnce with Nant

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:51:43 GMT

When using the clickonce publish wizard, the wizard does some neat things for you. First it increments the version, builds the project then it generates some manifests, signs the manifests, generates a default html page, creates a setup.exe and finally copies all the needed files to your deployment location. This great up until you want to automate this build process and you find out not all of these tasks are being handled in msbuild.

General C# Questions.

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:17:34 GMT

Interview question preparation. General C# questions

Fibonacci Without Recursion

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:16:05 GMT

Interview Questions preparation. Write the Fibonacci number sequence without recursion.

Upgrade DotNetNuke

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:11:36 GMT

Feel my pain.

DotNetNuke Inter-Module Communication or: How Your Modules Can Get The

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:09:50 GMT

DotNetNuke Inter-Module communication

Post Seattle Code Camp

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:35:45 GMT

I learned a lot at the Seattle Code camp, but one of the biggest things I learned is how much I still don't know. How to people gain the information and knowledge they need to survive in our technical profession?

Dual Monitors for Developers

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:16:01 GMT

Let's face it, a multiple monitor setup is the only way to go for a software developer, or any other computer professional these days. If you are still using only a single monitor, you are not working at your full potential.

Seattle Code Camp

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:09:53 GMT

Seattle Code Camp on Jan. 26th from what I hear it is a little smaller than most but seems to have some good content. The schedule includes speakers such as William (Bill) Vaughn and Phil Haack. Most of the tracks covered will pertain to .Net but there are a few Java sessions as well.

Upgrading from DNN 4.x to 4.7

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:34:38 GMT

This blog entry explores the steps necessary to efficiently upgrade DotNetNuke (DNN) to version 4.7.

Mission Complete: Continuous Integration .Net

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:16:01 GMT

What I did to implement Continuous Integration and where I when to get the information I needed.

The Strategy Pattern and Reflection

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:16:01 GMT

Using the Strategy Pattern and Reflection I easily created a Pluggable application.

Interview Questions for DotNet, C#, OOP, ASP.net ... etc

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:46:02 GMT

These are the most important 20 interview questions, which should be like 1+1 for any developer.

Tips: Using Strong Typed DataSets with Web Services

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:16:01 GMT

The articles covers several tips to increase performance when using datasets with web services.

The Observer Pattern

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:31:02 GMT

Implementing the Observer pattern in VB.Net.

Free C#/VB .NET Coding Guidelines ebook download

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:01:02 GMT

The latest version of Steve Sartain's C#/VB .NET Coding Guidelines 100+ page ebook (PDF) is available for free download. Covers naming guidelines, best coding practices, usage patterns, and more. Download your copy while supplies last! :)

.NET Format String Quick Reference/Cheat Sheet

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:31:01 GMT

All standard and custom DateTime and number format strings (for use with String.Format(), .ToString(), etc) in one handy document.

Throw vs Throw ex

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:31:01 GMT

A common mistake a lot of new .Net developers do is using Throw ex instead of just Throw. The difference between Throw ex and Throw is very simple but can cause major headaches when it comes to maintenance. If you use Throw ex it overwrites the stack trace this makes it very hard to find the original line of the thrown exception as you can see in the example I have provided.

Style Helper/Color Converter

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:35:43 GMT

Simple app used to convert HEX to RGB or RGB to Hex or just help match up colors and font.

Throw vs Throw ex

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:10:03 GMT

System Wide Spell Check

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:31:02 GMT

Dyslexic Helper is a spell check that can be used anywhere in windows.