Category Archives: Languages
Going Underground: Microsoft Moles
Despite having been around for several years I hadn’t heard about Microsoft’s Moles framework until a few months ago when one of my teammates mentioned it during the 2011 Indy GiveCamp. I was interested in learning more about it at … Continue reading
Filed under C#, Languages, Microsoft Moles, Practices, Software Development, Testing, Visual Studio 2010
Some C# Syntax Tricks
Christmas came a bit early for my team this year when we were told that the company had purchased licenses for both Reflector AND ReSharper! Naturally I installed both right away. Of course we’re all familiar with Reflector but haven’t … Continue reading
Filed under C#, Languages, Software Development
System.Diagnostics.Debugger
I hardly ever use the classes in the System.Diagnostics namespace. As much as I’d like everyone to believe that it’s because I’m such a rockstar that I don’t need them, it’s really just that I generally use other techniques. With … Continue reading
Filed under .NET, C#, Software Development
Cast or GetHashCode?
I really hate to resurrect this issue but after some recent conversations I think it’s necessary. We have a lot of code – particularly in the deep, dark recesses of our application that no one dares touch – that uses … Continue reading
Filed under .NET, C#, Software Development
Not Another Regular Expression
I haven’t done anything with the System.Drawing namespace directly in a long time. So long in fact that before today I honestly can’t remember the last time I needed anything in there. When I needed to update the border color … Continue reading
Filed under .NET, C#, Software Development
Building Strings Fluently
I’ve been using StringBuilder for nearly 10 years but only recently realized that it implements a fluent interface. Continue reading
Filed under .NET, C#, Languages, Software, Software Development
[Review] JavaScript: The Good Parts
A review of JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. Continue reading
Filed under JavaScript, Languages, Software Development, Uncategorized
Working With JavaScript
I’ve started on a new project that’s going to be pretty heavy on JavaScript. Today one of my teammates and I were discussing which editor we should use. I haven’t done much with JavaScript in the past few years but … Continue reading
Filed under Environments, JavaScript, Languages, Software Development, Visual Studio 2010
LINQed Up (Part 2)
The second part of a series intended to provide an introduction to LINQ. This part covers common methods and LINQ syntax. Continue reading
