Bad advice on exceptions from Joel(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Starting from some comments on my exception handling series of articles I run into a couple of blogs pointing to this post on joelonsoftware.com. I think this is the worst advice on exception handling I have ever read, sorry Joel. I know this is an old post, I know Joel is entitled to his own opinion and I know he has the right to write his code as he sees fit. But as an opinion leader he influences others. read more...

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40 CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques(noupe.com)

submitted by ourcurrentfuture(1225) 3 years, 9 months ago

Designing effective web forms isn’t easy, as we need to figure out more practical styling and functionality techniques to provide a great user experience. Recently there have been a number of noteworthy techniques such as styling different form fields, live validation, Context highlighting, trading options from field to another, slider controls and more - using CSS and different Javascript libraries. Below we present findings of search to more than 40 tutorials and demos to showcase the capabilities and robustness of CSS and Javascript. read more...

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The Creators of 30 Programming Languages: pages, blogs, interviews(littletutorials.com)

submitted by danielstoner(335) 3 years, 9 months ago

Behind any programming language there is a creator or sometimes a small team. Each language has a story and a philosophy and each creator had a motivation, a problem to solve. Here is a collection of resources about these people: personal pages, blogs, biographies and interviews. read more...

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Code review - The meaningless ritual(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially in the management, are convinced that code reviews very effectively reduce the number of shipped bugs. The problem is… most developers hate code reviews and avoid them like the plague. If they can’t avoid them, then they show up and act their part like in a play at the theater of the absurd. read more...

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ASP.NET gets no Respect(west-wind.com)

submitted by pstatho(670) 3 years, 9 months ago

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No! read more...

10 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 837

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Software development dogmata - good practices gone bad(littletutorials.com)

submitted by klasbas(250) 3 years, 9 months ago

Many practices in the software development world are widely accepted at some moment in time as the “true way”. The trouble starts when the “true way” is forced down the throats of people who need a “new way”. Usually popular practices follow a similar path between the moment somebody discovers/creates them and until they get massively popular. read more...

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MRD - Mind Reading Development(monstersgotmy.net)

submitted by birdchest(595) 3 years, 9 months ago

An exciting new methodology to develop new applications. Once you go MRD you will never go back to any other type of development. read more...

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Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress (devexpress.com)

submitted by jamesewelch(2275) 3 years, 9 months ago

Once you register, you will be forwarded an Email with your login credentials to our product download portal. With this information in hand, you will be able to download and install all the controls and tools listed above free of charge. The applications you create with these controls can be distributed royalty free (see the EULA that accompanies the products for more information). Note that the installation you download will include evaluation versions of our entire product line. You can install these trials if you wish during the setup process. Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are fully supported. read more...

3 comments |category: Products |Views: 1057

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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1(microsoft.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 3 years, 9 months ago

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en read more...

6 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 773

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How to run a software development company (INTO THE GROUND)(trycatchfail.com)

submitted by Matt_TCF(946) 3 years, 9 months ago

The series will cover the things you *shouldn't* do if you hold some sort of managerial stake in a software project. Sadly these tales will be from my own personal experience working for companies that have drifted into disarray. These examples will be embellished somewhat to drive the points home, but by and large, everything you will read in these posts will be true. read more...

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Link blogs… do yourself a favor(davybrion.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 9 months ago

I’m currently subscribed to 110 feeds and everyday the number of unread posts is going up. It seems like i just can’t catch up anymore. Of all those unread posts, a lot will be very interesting, but there will also be quite a few that won’t interest me that much. So i’m going to cut back on the number of feeds i’m subscribed to, and i’m going to rely on some fantastic links blogs to point me to the best posts. read more...

2 comments |category: Community |Views: 316

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What's wrong with SOAP? - REST and .NET 3.5 Part 1 - why REST based se(developerfusion.co.uk)

submitted by MikeBorozdin(1146) 3 years, 9 months ago

SOAP vs REST read more...

3 comments |category: Web Services |Views: 536

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How bad comments are born in your code(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Many programmers mention their support for “good” comments in the code. A significant percentage of all developers think the quality of the comments is one of the traits that separate good experienced programmers from the rest. But the cruel reality is lots of code out there is not commented at all or, even worse, it is commented but the comments are so bad they make understanding the code harder. read more...

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No, inheritance is not the way to achieve code reuse!(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

I am not sure how so many people go through so many years of school, which is supposed to make us better at thinking, and they fail to differentiate the “why” and the “how”. During interviews, when I ask their opinion about the purpose of inheritance in OOP, invariably I get this precooked answer (not so nicely expressed): inheritance is the way to achieve code reuse. No it is not! read more...

5 comments |category: Architecture |Views: 648

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Why I'm Unimpressed With Rawness Of Skillz(jondavis.net)

submitted by stimpy77(1271) 3 years, 9 months ago

Since forever, geeks who take themselves seriously have loved to brag such things as, "I use Notepad to edit web pages". Carrying this over to actual programming, "I never click into the designer when editing my ASPX", or "I never design a database using designer tools, I always design it all using raw T-SQL," or "I always update my SVN from the command line". (Someone in a local tech user group bears the post signature, "Real men use Notepad.") Puhleeze. I'm not impressed, and frankly I think anyone who brags like this should get a swift kick in the pants. read more...

15 comments |category: C# |Views: 539

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Visual Studio Theme Generator(frickinsweet.com)

submitted by dengar007(3084) 3 years, 9 months ago

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think. read more...

2 comments |category: Other |Views: 548

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