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Content Stealing Jerks(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 1 month ago

I've grown somewhat accustomed to seeing my articles regurgitated on some random blogger's site and passed off as their own. Usually I just send content stealing jerk (CSJ for future reference) an e-mail asking that they provide some sort of link back to my original article and leave it at that. Sometimes they comply, oftentimes they don't. In the end, life goes on. After all, it's not like I'm going to press charges over it. read more...

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What ASP.NET MVC Can Learn From Ruby on Rails(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 2 months ago

What I think ASP.NET MVC can learn from Ruby on Rails. read more...

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Do We Need Another Open ID Provider?(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft recently announced that Windows Live ID will be an Open ID provider, but not an acceptor. Does this really do anything to further the Open ID movement? read more...

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Is Code Coverage Really All That Useful?(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 6 months ago

Test driven development proponents often tend to push code coverage as a useful metric for gauging how well tested an application is. 100% code coverage has long been the ultimate goal of testing fanatics. But is code coverage really all that useful? If I told you that my application has 100% code coverage, should that mean anything to you? read more...

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10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 7 months ago

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. read more...

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ASP.NET MVC Request Flow(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 3 years, 7 months ago

I looked all over the net for a good diagram that outlined the major classes involved an ASP.NET MVC request. I couldn't find one, and so I created this one. If you want to get a very high level overview, then check it out. read more...

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Mapping Enums To Strings and Strings to Enums in .NET(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 8 months ago

How to easily map enums to strings and vice versa using the Description attribute. read more...

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TDD design trade-offs and junk food(lostechies.com)

submitted by littleaphroditelittleaphrodite(15) 3 years, 8 months ago

From the article: "When I first started doing TDD, many of the new designs that came out of this practice seemed backwards and counterproductive at first. After all, I wound up with many more classes, lots of interfaces, and most interfaces had exactly one implementation." read more...

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TUTORIAL: Using Blogger with ASP.NET and Master Pages(jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 3 years, 8 months ago

I love the Blogger publishing engine, but I am frustrated by the apparent inability to do anything with .NET and Master Pages using it. This tutorial will show you how to get over that hurdle. read more...

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Important questions a developer should ask a prospective employer(ytechie.com)

submitted by SuperJasonSuperJason(2740) 3 years, 8 months ago

A list of questions that software developers should ask a prospective employer during their interview process. Similar to the Joel test, but more in-depth. read more...

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Debugging and the Five Stages of Grief(itmanagement.earthweb.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 8 months ago

An article I wrote about the debugging process and the emotional toll it takes on developers. read more...

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Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 8 months ago

Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer: read more...

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Visual Studio Tip: Split Views(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 9 months ago

There are a couple of ways to get a split view in Visual Studio. Both are incredible time savers that I use daily. The first is one that most developers will be aware of, but the second seems to be one that many do not seem to know about. read more...

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SubSonic Scaling(blog.wekeroad.com)

submitted by jongallowayjongalloway(4380) 3 years, 9 months ago

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use. read more...

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10 Invaluable CSS Resources(crazeegeekchick.com)

submitted by wisemxwisemx(8074) 3 years, 9 months ago

First things first. I'm an application (middle tier) developer. My design skills while adequate, are not by any means what I'd like them to be. Like a good geek girl, I've been working on this. I've put together a list of very helpful CSS resources I've stumbled upon in my quest to improve my presentation layer skills. I thought I'd share them: read more...

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Blunt Architecture(kevinwilliampang.com)

submitted by kpanghmckpanghmc(2055) 3 years, 9 months ago

A new open source lightweight web application framework built on the ASP.NET MVC framework showcasing ALT.NET best practices such as: Domain driven design Test driven development Inversion of control / dependency injection Model view controller read more...

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