VB.net, oh how I hate thee, let me count the ways...(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 4 years, 2 months ago

A developer who is forced to work in VB.net finally hits the tipping point. Oh, and that developer is me. read more...

2 comments |category: VB.NET |Views: 89

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Retaining Good Developers - 10 Things To Keep Them Happy(keepitsimpleprojects.com)

submitted by simplicityiskey(650) 4 years, 2 months ago

This is a great article. I just wish some of my previous employers would have done just a few of these things. I probably would have stuck around longer. read more...

6 comments |category: Other |Views: 161

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CSS and JS compression through ASP.NET handlers(blog.computerero.com)

submitted by dreinavarro(25) 4 years, 2 months ago

In this article, I will discuss a technique for distributing compressed website assets (CSS and javascript files) using ASP.NET. Compressing these files reduces bandwidth usage, which means decreased costs on server traffic. (Take 10,000 viewers/users and up, and the savings become significant.) read more...

1 comment |category: ASP.NET |Views: 132

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Douchebaggery(codinghorror.com)

submitted by jdelator(500) 4 years, 2 months ago

To imply that programmers using Windows "don't care enough about their tools to get the best"? I have a pretty thick skin based on the psychic scars of the thousands of petty internet religious wars I've participated in, and this one even ruffles my feathers a little. I read more...

14 comments |category: Open Source |Views: 5

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LINQ Gymnastics: Creating A Predictive Query With LINQ(blog.wekeroad.com)

submitted by adminjew(1490) 4 years, 2 months ago

The Code I wrote about this before, but the best way to approach a difficult query is to cut it up into pieces. It really helps in this case, since what we’re doing is statistical and therefore may seem simple, but isn’t really. So let’s break it out: * We need to know all the Orders that our Product was part of * We need all of the Products that were part of those Orders, omitting the one we just bought * We need to roll these up by the SUM of the quantity of the products bought, and order them in descending order * We need to take the top 5 of this SUM, and query the Products table for the related Products read more...

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