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Jeff Richter Video on Asynchronous Programming and his Power Threading

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:27:37 GMT

I recently had the chance to sit down with Jeff Richter and discuss his Power Threading Library. This library provides a simple technique for handling asynchronous development. By making clever use of C# Iterators, Jeff is able to make asynchronous code looks as though it is synchronous code the executes in a linear fashion. This greatly simplifies the asynchronous programming model, making it easy for you to complete tasks that were formerly considered difficult.

XNA Game Studio 3.0

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:01:20 GMT

The good folks who put together our gaming tools have released XNA Game Studio 3.0.

10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:01:02 GMT

Proverbs are used to express universal truths or life lessons in a short and memorable fashion. I find that they are a great way to keep things in perspective, both in life and in work. Because of this, I have assembled 10 programming proverbs that every developer needs in their arsenal.

How I Explained REST to My Wife

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Nice explaination of REST

REST and the magic of scalability idempotence and whatnot

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:41:27 GMT

From time to time I read about the magic that is RESTful services and how they solve everything and anything like scalability, idempotency, simplicity etc. I think such claims are plainly wrong and misleading.