CodeMash Open Space Podcast: Open Source on .net(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 4 years, 4 months ago

From the recent CodeMash conference: an Open Spaces talk discussing Open Source software on the .net platform - and WebDevRadio just happened to be there and got it all on tape... err, digitally recorded. read more...

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Podcast interview with the authors of Windows Developer Power Tools(webdevradio.com)

submitted by dalziel(6230) 5 years, 3 months ago

Michael Kimsal interviews Jim Holmes and James Avery to discuss their book “Windows Developer Power Tools”. 40 minutes long, it's a good discussion on windows dev tools. read more...

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CodeMash session list(frazzleddad.blogspot.com)

submitted by javery(5523) 5 years, 6 months ago

The session list for a great looking conference in Ohio. read more...

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throw; vs. throw ex; Here's the difference!(mattgollob.blogspot.com)

submitted by dalziel(6230) 5 years, 7 months ago

The difference is that throw; preserves the original stack trace and throw ex; truncates the stack trace below the method in which the throw ex; call is located. read more...

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Custom service controller for debugging windows services(bob.yexley.net)

submitted by ryexley(100) 5 years, 7 months ago

Describes how to use a quick-and-dirty windows form for testing/debugging windows services during development. read more...

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MbUnit - Unit Testing on Crack(hanselman.com)

submitted by dalziel(6230) 5 years, 8 months ago

MbUnit is a "better xUnit" that's used by a myraid of folks I respect, including James Avery, Patrick Cauldwell and Phil Haack. It's under very active development, even though I'd once wondered aloud if it was "abandonware." It's decidedly not and it's just got a new facelift to prove it. read more...

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Why You Should NOT Use Microsoft Unit Testing Framework(vaultofthoughts.net)

submitted by mikeon(5200) 5 years, 8 months ago

Description of a major flaw in the Microsoft's unit testing framework that makes it useless for anything but smallest projects. Read it or you will be sorry! read more...

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More on best practices for exception handling(srtsolutions.com)

submitted by jimholmes(215) 5 years, 8 months ago

Bill Wagner (author of "Effective C#"), adds his smart thoughts to Scott Hansleman's post on best practices for exception handling. read more...

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Developers Petition Microsoft to Rename .NET Framework 3.0(petitiononline.com)

submitted by marcos(2779) 5 years, 9 months ago

A group of developers are petitioning Microsoft to change the name of the announced ".NET Framework 3.0" back to "WinFX" or another less-confusing name Enter and left your sign =) read more...

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Why not on by default!? Turn on auto HTML attribute quotes in 2005(geekzilla.co.uk)

submitted by phayman(3550) 5 years, 9 months ago

Holy cow! Why wasn't this on by default??? How annoying is it that when typing in the HTML Source editor window Visual Studio doesn't add the "" for you automatically... well guess what? It's a setting. read more...

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Source Control: Anything But SourceSafe(codinghorror.com)

submitted by dalziel(6230) 5 years, 9 months ago

VSoft, the makers of FinalBuilder, just published the results of their annual customer survey. One of the questions is which version control systems do you currently use, or plan to use, in the next 12 months? The top 9 responses are reprinted here. I'm disheartened to see that Visual SourceSafe is still at the top of the list. If you are serious about the practice of software development, you should avoid SourceSafe. read more...

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New Regulazy Version Available(feeds.feedburner.com)

submitted by jimholmes(215) 5 years, 9 months ago

Regulazy is a great tool for developers needing help working through constructing regular expressions -- or old POSIX folks trying to deal wtih regexes in the .NET world. read more...

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Threading - Never Lock This Redux(haacked.com)

submitted by jimholmes(215) 5 years, 9 months ago

Why locking on "this" can be a bad idea -- and how to lock in a safer manner. read more...

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Determining which method called me...(irishdev.com)

submitted by harriyott(170) 5 years, 10 months ago

Using the stack trace to find out the caller. read more...

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The Demise of NDoc and A Challenge For Users Of Open Source Software(haacked.com)

submitted by wwb_99(870) 5 years, 10 months ago

A summary of the unfortunate demise of the NDoc 2.0 project. But more importantly, it is Paul Haack's eloquent appeal to developers to do their part and contribute to the open source projects which make their lives much easier. read more...

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ReSharper - Show Type Hierarchy(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 5 years, 10 months ago

A couple of very useful, even if slightly obvious, keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio w/ReSharper... Get ready to have your productivity soar*! * = no guarentees ;) read more...

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