Concurrency, Performance, Arrays and when Dirty Writes are OK(www.philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by pepethecow(56) 1 month, 2 days ago

This article will show how to increase the performance of a rather simple algorithm up to 80%, by showing how we can accept a loss in absolutely accuracy, and also taking advantage of how processors work. read more...

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Measure Amount of Data To Serialize with a Null Stream(www.philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by pepethecow(56) 1 year, 9 months ago

A tip on how to measure the amount of data you're about to serialize, using a Null Stream. read more...

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How to build a WPF Numeric Entry Control(philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by pepethecow(56) 2 years, 6 months ago

A tutorial on how to build a control for numeric entry in WPF, including full keyboard support, buttons that increment the value while you hold the mouse down, and more. This starts from scratch and explains not only how each part works, but why certain choices were made. Full source code project downloadable. read more...

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Determine CPU usage of current process in C++ and C#(philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by pepethecow(56) 3 years, 4 months ago

How to determine the CPU usage of the current process in Windows, with examples in both C++ and C#. read more...

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Software Developers Never Change(coderjournal.com)

submitted by zigamorph(3319) 4 years ago

So if you are to take anything away from this rant, take this, do what you love, and become the best at it. And if what you love isn’t your 9-5 job, deeply understand this and get out of the way of people who’s 9-5 job is what they love. read more...

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How to Track Database Changes With Triggers(philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by pepethecow(56) 4 years ago

How to easily and automatically track database changes, both in a single table and in foreign key tables. Also, code to effectively display changes in a list view. read more...

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Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers(philosophicalgeek.com)

submitted by JanVanRyswyck(2724) 4 years, 3 months ago

Just an essential article. I would like to add "discipline" to this list. read more...

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MSDN Code Gallery (Direct link)(code.msdn.microsoft.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 4 years, 3 months ago

The MSDN Code Gallery is a portal for snippets, samples and other resources. In it you can find pages that describe samples and supporting documents including screenshots and design documents. In addition, you will find hosted conversations about these samples, sample projects or other resources that have been provided to the community. This destination is open to the entire community to contribute content to. (Description from Soma's blog) read more...

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So Much for the Optimization(itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com)

submitted by nsoonhui(1810) 4 years, 3 months ago

Don't optimize prematurely your code, here's why. read more...

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Essential Graphic Design Tools for .NET Developers(ajaxninja.com)

submitted by Aaronontheweb(1140) 4 years, 3 months ago

Use Paint.NET, BluePrint CSS Framework, and the ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Adapters to quickly chalk up an ASP-Driven user interface. read more...

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