The Check In Dance(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 1 year, 7 months ago

Simple checklist of steps to follow when checking into a shared code repository to avoid breaking the build. read more...

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Real World Monitoring and Tuning ASP.NET Caching(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 1 year, 8 months ago

The second part of an article on an actual caching issue with a fairly high-traffic site, and the analysis and ultimately correction used to fix the issue. Includes a very important update to typical cache access pattern. read more...

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Real World Monitoring and Tuning ASP.NET Caching(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 1 year, 8 months ago

A look at some real server data for a busy ASP.NET application that makes heavy use of the ASP.NET caching features, and how to tune it to perform better. read more...

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Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever 2(toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 11 months ago

You may recall giving the "Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever" a try last year, and they created a new one for this year. There's 100 levels, and they've got prizes for the first 100 people to finish it! read more...

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Principles, Patterns, and Practices of Mediocre Programming(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 2 years, 7 months ago

A list of anti-patterns, principles, and practices of software development. read more...

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Iterators Expressions and LINQ for Euler(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 2 years, 9 months ago

Some interesting uses of iterators, LINQ, and expressions as techniques for solving Euler problems. read more...

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MSDN Subscription Installer(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ferventcoder(836) 2 years, 9 months ago

"As I write this, I’ve just installed Windows 7 on my development/presentation laptop, and it’s currently installing a bunch of apps using the Web Platform Installer. If you haven’t tried this tool, you should definitely check it out. It’s free and easy to use and available here. Basically, instead of hunting around in 15 different places online and on your various CDs or DVDs to install your basic dev platform tools (web server, frameworks, SDKs, etc.), you just check a few boxes in the installer and it downloads and installs everything for you without the need for further interaction." read more...

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Principle of Least Surprise(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 2 years, 10 months ago

Applying the principle of least surprise to software application and API design. read more...

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Binding in ASP.NET MVC(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 2 years, 11 months ago

Answers to some frequently asked questions about binding data to forms in ASP.NET MVC. Covers Bind(), ModelBinders, and ViewData.Model. read more...

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Don't Repeat Yourself Motivational Poster(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 2 years, 11 months ago

Now you can keep one of the most important principles of software development on the wall of your team room with this motivational poster version of the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle. read more...

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Where Are The Developer Machines?(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by benrick(1020) 3 years, 1 month ago

Steve Smith posts about PCs for software developers, and how computer companies aren't targeting this section of the market. If a computer manufacturer made development machines, how should these computers be configured? read more...

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IFileSystem Dependency Inversion Part 1(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 5 months ago

The first in a series of posts describing how to remove a dependency on the local file system through Dependency Injection / Inversion. read more...

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IFileSystem Dependency Inversion Part 2(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 5 months ago

The second in a series of articles describing the use of DI to eliminate a dependency on the file system and enable the use of cloud storage to be swapped in/out with local disk storage. read more...

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Stories Too Big? Use Vertical Slices(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 6 months ago

A brief write up on how to write user stories for an agile project. read more...

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Good Development Resource(rtipton.wordpress.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 6 months ago

Found a good development resource that aggregates some of the top Microsoft bloggers feeds and tweets. read more...

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Insidious Dependencies(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 7 months ago

Many dependencies in code are obvious, such as relying on a particular framework or database implementation. Others can easily be overlooked. This article exposes some of the more insidious dependencies that commonly exist within applications which may be overlooked as such. read more...

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