Confessions of a Terrible Programmer(kickin-the-darkness.blogspot.com)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 4 years, 7 months ago

I’m a terrible programmer. You would think that having done this for nearly 25 years that I should be pretty good at it by now. But nope, I still put bugs in my code, use the wrong types for variables or subprogram arguments... read more...

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10 awesome Windows Live Writer plugins for developer(devintelligence.com)

submitted by adventurer(2244) 4 years, 7 months ago

I’ve made this list of 10 plugins for Windows Live Writer. Some of these plugins will help beatify your published code, while others will help you create code archives or retrieve a link from MSDN. read more...

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SQL Command Visualizer for Visual Studio 2005(codechimp.org)

submitted by codechimp(345) 4 years, 7 months ago

A visualizer for SQL Command objects. Displays a more useful representation of a SQL Command object when debugging. Show details of the command, it's connection and lists all parameters, their properties and current values. read more...

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My Favorite (Visual Studio) Keyboard Shorctuts(devlicio.us)

submitted by JGregory(375) 4 years, 7 months ago

Christopher Bennage's favorite visual studio and resharper keyboard shortcuts. read more...

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Software Branching and Parallel Universes(codinghorror.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 4 years, 7 months ago

"Source control is the very bedrock of software development. Without some sort of version control system in place, you can't reasonably call yourself a software engineer. If you're using a source control system of any kind, you're versioning files almost by definition. The concept of versioning is deeply embedded in every source control system. You can't avoid it. But there's another concept, equally fundamental to source control, which is much less frequently used in practice. That concept is branching." read more...

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A Visual Guide to Version Control(betterexplained.com)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 4 years, 7 months ago

A good, "highly visual" overview of Version Control, (a.k.a. Source Control). It also references Subversion command line examples, but the overview applies to most version control systems. read more...

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Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop(sqazone.net)

submitted by sqazone(100) 4 years, 7 months ago

This article shows how continuous integration can help to keep projects on track with a rapid feedback on the product status. read more...

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Quickly Find/Open a File in Visual Studio(alteridem.net)

submitted by rprouse(1175) 4 years, 8 months ago

A quick way to find and open files in a large solution in Visual Studio that very few people know about. Other people have created addins to do this without even realizing the functionality was already there. read more...

3 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 81

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TDD vs. Design discussion(jpboodhoo.com)

submitted by snickers5x5(254) 4 years, 8 months ago

Blog entry from JP Boodhoo about when to use UML diagramming and how it fits in to the TDD/Agile paradigm. Good read. read more...

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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years(norvig.com)

submitted by jamesewelch(2275) 4 years, 8 months ago

People are in a big rush to learn about computers, or that computers are somehow fabulously easier to learn than anything else. There are no books on how to learn Beethoven, or Quantum Physics, or even Dog Grooming in a few days. Written by Peter Norvig, Director of Research for Google. read more...

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SQL Server 2000: when were the statistics updated?(weblogs.sqlteam.com)

submitted by kprernn(1445) 4 years, 8 months ago

A SQL script to determine when the statistics were updated for all indexes on all user tables in SQL Server 2000. read more...

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SQL SERVER - 2005 - Introduction and Explanation to sqlcmd(blog.sqlauthority.com)

submitted by pinaldave(9662) 4 years, 8 months ago

I decided to write this article to respond to request of one of usergroup, which requested that they would like to learn sqlcmd 101. SQL Server 2005 has introduced new utility sqlcmd to run ad hoc Transact-SQL statements and scripts from command prompt. read more...

3 comments |category: Database |Views: 13

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SQL SERVER - 2005 - Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Databas(blog.sqlauthority.com)

submitted by pinaldave(9662) 4 years, 8 months ago

In SQL Server 2005 How to Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database? In SQL Server 2005 How to Find Tables With Primary Key Constraint in Database? read more...

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Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should (dotnetsamplechapters.blogspot.com)

submitted by SQL_Menace(4890) 4 years, 8 months ago

Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should read more...

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The most common software security mistakes(barmagy.com)

submitted by Fady(275) 4 years, 8 months ago

Through my humble experience with software development I’ve seen developers making fetal security mistakes without even feeling that they are doing something wrong. So I’ve decided to gather these common mistakes in a list so it would be easier to avoid. Through this article I will give examples regardless to the used technology but the concepts applies to all technologies. So here we go read more...

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Create Data Disaster: Avoid Unique Indexes(rapidapplicationdevelopment.blogspot.com)

submitted by Lear(1195) 4 years, 8 months ago

The convenience of surrogate keys produced by ORM tools can lull lazy developers into ignoring unique constraints. Find out why this oversight can lead to disaster. read more...

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