Your Software Can Learn A Lot From ATMs(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 1 year, 8 months ago

When it comes to ATMs, failure isn't really an option. But how do they accomplish their high reliability? And how can you leverage that in order to make your software better? read more...

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Say Goodbye to NAnt and MSBuild With IronRuby(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 1 month ago

Tired of writing tons of XML in order to create automated .NET builds? Well, look no further... IronRuby, Rake, and Albacore are here to rescue you! read more...

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How To Drop All Indexes From A Database(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 2 months ago

I was doing some performance tweaking of a batch job that was hanging and i was suspecting the indexes in the database to have something to do with it shocking up so I used this script to clear all indexes. read more...

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5 Tips on using Rapid Application Development (RAD)(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 2 months ago

As consultants which I believe most of the reader of this blog are, or even if you are a developer working for a software company, time is always of the essence. We are always trying to do more in less time either because we have a tight deadline or to free time to do other things we enjoy. read more...

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A Visual Look At The LINQ SelectMany Operator(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 2 months ago

An inside look at how SelectMany works, along with visuals to help you more easily understand it. read more...

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5 Tips to get the most out of your coding time(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 2 months ago

I remember seeing an add from Microsoft I believe for hiring programmers and the jist of it was “We give you an office with a door”. Why you might wonder? read more...

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An Overview Of System.Collections.Generic(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 2 months ago

A look at the different collection types in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. read more...

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.NET 4.0 And Our Parallel Future(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 3 months ago

A look at .NET 4.0 Parallel features, and how we can use LINQ to make them even easier to use. read more...

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Bundler Part 2 - ASP.NET Integration(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 3 months ago

A look at the Bundler Framework and how it could be integrated in with ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC in order automate the process of minifying and combining JavaScript files. read more...

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Front end performance, the key to success - mattias-jakobsson.net(mattias-jakobsson.net)

submitted by Jakobsson(485) 2 years, 3 months ago

Only about 5 - 15% of the load time from a common website is from the actual server side rendering. The rest of the time is spent downloading scripts, stylesheets, images etc. So, the question is, why do we spend so much time trying to fix our "slow" sql queries? read more...

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My experiance with the prototype framework - mattias-jakobsson.net(mattias-jakobsson.net)

submitted by Jakobsson(485) 2 years, 4 months ago

It has been a long time now since my last post. I have simply not found the time to write anything. But today I have a little spare time, so I tought I'd write a little bit about my experiance with the prototype javascript framework. read more...

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Overloading Dynamic(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 4 months ago

What happens when language features collide? read more...

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6 Of My Favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 5 months ago

A few of my favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts to make my life and yours just a bit easier! read more...

4 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 1104

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5 Very Useful C# Attributes(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 5 months ago

A look at some of the useful attributes in c# read more...

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10 Not So Well Known Keywords in C#(hatim.indexdev.net)

submitted by Hatimr(1492) 2 years, 5 months ago

Ok before the flaming start let me state this. These are known to most hardcore programmers and not knowing them doesn’t make you less of a programmer either. That said these keywords can come in handy and allow for better code quality and readability. Enjoy! read more...

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The war of the var keyword continues(mattias-jakobsson.net)

submitted by Jakobsson(485) 2 years, 6 months ago

I don't know how many times I have read articles about the var keyword, and how "dangures" it is to the readability of your code. Yesterday Steve Wellens about how misused the keyword is. I have to say that I couldn't dissagree more. read more...

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