APress Deal of the Day 22/Mar/2013 - .NET Test Automation Recipes TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day offer from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is .NET Test Automation Recipes"This book presents practical techniques for writing lightweight software test automation ... APress Deal of the Day 22/Mar/2013 - .NET Test Automation Recipes 0 0 0
February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 2013 continues to roll on. This month our meeting landed on one of the coldest day of this winter. We were lucky enough to have our co-founder Carl Franklin presenting on Google Cloud Platform. We are ... February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary 0 0 0
2012: Study Plan Year in Review JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Over the past year I went into study overdrive: I learned A LOT about C++, Maths, Algorithms, Finance & JavaScript. It was a great year in terms of knowledge acquisition. pro amore scientiam ! C++ ... 2012: Study Plan Year in Review 0 0 2
Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 4: Application De... Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 This is the final part in a series of posts based on a talk I gave recently at the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. Feel free to leave feedback. Application Development Considerations Now ... Building Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 4: Application De... 0 0 0
Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 The past few weeks have been particularly busy as I continue to dedicate a bigger portion of my free time to refreshing my memory and enhancing my knowledge of best practices pertaining to technologies ... Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 0 0 0
When is my View too smart? Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 In this posting, I will discuss the motivation behind keeping View code as thin as possible when using patterns such as MVC, MVVM, and MVP. Once the motivation is identified, I will examine some ways to ... When is my View too smart? 0 0 2
Book Review: Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns by Scott Millet... Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 In the next few lines, I will be providing a brief review of Wrox’s Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns by Scott Millett. Design patterns have been a hot topic for many years as developers looked to do ... Book Review: Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns by Scott Millet... 0 0 0
Serializing Singleton Objects (C#) Maziar Taheri, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: Serialization,ISerializable... Patterns You know that when you serialize an object and then deserialize the main object and the deserialized one are different objects (different ... Serializing Singleton Objects (C#) 0 0 0
Video on Architecture and Code Quality using Visual Studio 2012&n... terje, January 1, 0001 Find the video HERE. Updated June 28th 2012: Marcel has blogged about this too. Adam Cogan did a great Web TV interview with Marcel de Vries and myself on the topics of architecture and code quality. It ... Video on Architecture and Code Quality using Visual Studio 2012&n... 0 0 0
3 Reasons You Need To Know Something About Every Technology Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I make my living as a consultant and a general technologist. I credit my success to the fact that I have never been afraid to pick up any product, language or platform needed to get the job done. While ... 3 Reasons You Need To Know Something About Every Technology 0 0 2
Invitation to the IASA SE Florida Chapter Meeting on 02/21/2012 Rainer Habermann, January 1, 0001 IASA SE Florida ChapterSoftware Design PatternsNina GrantcharovaSoftware Architect at LL Global 02/21/2012 6:00PM Meet 6:30PM PresentationSign up at: http://www.iasaglobal.org/a... ... Invitation to the IASA SE Florida Chapter Meeting on 02/21/2012 0 0 0
My upcoming Talk: Introducing PRISM/MEF for the Agile Developer -... Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 I would like to share that I will be speaking at the Deerfield Beach Coders Café on February 7th, 2012 6:30 PM on concepts behind PRISM and MEF including IoC Containers, Composition, Dependency Injection, ... My upcoming Talk: Introducing PRISM/MEF for the Agile Developer -... 0 0 2
Learning to learn! Rajesh Pillai, January 1, 0001 This is my first post in this new year and was thinking about a topic to write on. Lately I have been working on varied things that flexes the brain muscles and things which I haven't done before. So a ... Learning to learn! 0 0 0
My Introduction SrihariGanadinni, January 1, 0001 Hello All, I am Srihari.Ganadinni,I have 42 months of experience in .Net design and development,I have worked on Winforms,WCF,Build Automation using code,Linq,Lambda Expressions,Expression Trees and Design ... My Introduction 0 0 0
Advice for Young Developers: Learn to Make Your Own Decisions jboyer, January 1, 0001 Everyone has an opinion. When you embark upon your first real job as a programmer you will find this out very quickly. I have found that software developers can be some of the most opinionated and dogmatic ... Advice for Young Developers: Learn to Make Your Own Decisions 0 0 9
Some myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and why they are wrong Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 During the last months, I was (for some reasons that are not related to programming) working for a dev shop where software development was done the 'traditional' way: You just write your application's ... Some myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and why they are wrong 0 0 17
List of recommended books on TFS, Visual Studio, C# and C++ codin... terje, January 1, 0001 UPDATED Jul 3rd 2013: Added Art of Unit Testing Version 2 UPDATED Apr 11th 2013: Added Instant TFS 2012 and Project Server 2012 Integration How-to UPDATED Jan 12th 2013: Added Prof TFS Server 2012, TFS ... List of recommended books on TFS, Visual Studio, C# and C++ codin... 0 0 0
My Programming Reading List Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I've made a list of programming books I've read, am reading and am going to read on the Bookshelved Wiki; would anyone care to recommend good books for a web-oriented, C# Agile programmer which I've not ... My Programming Reading List 0 0 0
Be Balanced When Deciding on Application Architecture jboyer, January 1, 0001 Something that took me a while to learn is how to be balanced when deciding on how to architect an application. Since at my current job I was thrown into a hybrid Architect/Developer position due to the ... Be Balanced When Deciding on Application Architecture 0 0 3
Is Microsoft targeting “low-end” developers really a ... jboyer, January 1, 0001 I found a blog post by Davy Brion (one of my favorite bloggers on the ‘net) that spoke about the .NET world’s current state. He mentioned that Microsoft’s products (such as WebMatrix and LightSwitch) are ... Is Microsoft targeting “low-end” developers really a ... 0 0 2
My Journey, so far JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Everyone has a journey. You start off young & stupid, and 2 decades later, you're closer to understanding the nature of reality. That’s one of the main goals in life, to seek knowledge (justified, ... My Journey, so far 0 0 2
Working on part 2 of series for PHILLYNJ.NET RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Just an update .... I'm currently working on the next presentation in the multi-part of a series on the Applied Design Patterns project called “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” . It has been a busy summer ... Working on part 2 of series for PHILLYNJ.NET 0 0 0
Self Improvement gerardosblog, January 1, 0001 What differentiates a great developer from an average one? I've recently started a self-improvement campaign to further expand my skills as a developer and as my first task, before diving into anything ... Self Improvement 0 0 0
Singleton Design Pattern MoezMousavi, January 1, 0001 Design Patterns sounds like an Italian recipies. If you you tell your grand mother that you cooked Bolognese and Pasta for evening, she wouldn't ask you how, as the recipie is famous enough to make scence ... Singleton Design Pattern 0 0 0
Some Class definitions in C# MoezMousavi, January 1, 0001 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; ... Some Class definitions in C# 0 0 1
AdventueWorks Design Patterns Project - Part 1 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 This is the presentation I did June 29, 2011 at PHILLYNJ.NET. It is the first in a multi-part of a series on the Applied Design Patterns. The solution files are working code with design pattern notes in ... AdventueWorks Design Patterns Project - Part 1 0 0 1
Applied Design Patterns Series RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Overview of the “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” Project (I’ll be posting on this series here. It will be based on the presentations I’m creating for the PhillyNJ.NET user group a subgroup of PhillyDotNet) ... Applied Design Patterns Series 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100–Part5 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 5 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-4 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100–Part5 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part4 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 4 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-3 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100-Part4 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part3 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 3 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-2 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100-Part3 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part2 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 2 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Every .NET Architect, developer and even some business users have some understand ... Design Patterns 100-Part2 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part1 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 1 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) This series of shorts is targeted at those .NET developers who glaze over at ... Design Patterns 100-Part1 0 0 0
Basic Design Patterns MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I have been doing a rushed brush up on my contemporary concepts programming course – only to encounter more design patterns… so as revision I have listed some details below… Today I am going to briefly ... Basic Design Patterns 0 0 3
Virtual Brown Bag Recap Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 I haven't posted a recap lately, because the Virtual Brown Bag recordings weren't being uploaded for a while. That was fixed two weeks ago, so I had a lot of meetings to catch up on. Here's an all-you-can-eat ... Virtual Brown Bag Recap 0 0 0
OReilly Half Price on Head First PDF books - Save 50% Ebook Deal ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... OReilly Half Price on Head First PDF books - Save 50% Ebook Deal ... 0 0 1
Don't hire bad developers - period. Charles Young, January 1, 0001 There has been quite a furore in the last couple of weeks about a blog article published by David Barrett entitled "CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire .NET programmers". You can find it at http://blog.expensify.com/2... ... Don't hire bad developers - period. 0 0 2
Book Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET–Kyl... Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and finally did!! Don’t let the title fool you, it could have been “Modern Object Oriented development with .NET”. In the context of improving an existing ... Book Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET–Kyl... 0 0 1
WP7 Training & Information Resources 2 russ61, January 1, 0001 (these are lifted verbatim from Microsoft here, here and here and are presented below only because it’s convenient to have them lumped altogether…) Getting Started with Windows Phone Windows Phone development ... WP7 Training & Information Resources 2 0 0 0
VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I presented at VBUG last year and can confirm that they put on a really good event. This year I stood aside for my “replacement” Steve Plank to work his magic. Worth checking out… VBUG SPRING CONFERENCE ... VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading 0 0 0
If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I woul... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Silverlight is a great product right off the shelf. I use it, love it and spend a lot of time helping the community understand it. This however, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that it can get better. ... If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I woul... 0 0 19
Virtual Brown Bag Recap: JB's New Gem, Patterns 101, Killing VS, ... Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 At this week's Virtual Brown Bag meeting: JB showed off his new SpeakerRate Ruby gem Claudio alerted us to the Refactoring Manifesto We answered the question "How do I get started with Design Patterns?" ... Virtual Brown Bag Recap: JB's New Gem, Patterns 101, Killing VS, ... 0 0 0
Thou shalt not put code on a piedestal - Code is a tool, no more,... Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 “Write great code and everything else becomes easier” is what Paul Pagel believes in. That´s his version of an adage by Brian Marick he cites: “treat code as an end, not just a means.” And he concludes: ... Thou shalt not put code on a piedestal - Code is a tool, no more,... 0 0 0
Multitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Cloud computing is about scaling out all your application tiers, from web application to the database layer. In fact, the whole promise of Azure is to pay for just what you need. You need more IIS servers? ... Multitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available 0 0 0
Notes from Visual Studio Live! In Orlando November 14-17th. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I was lucky enough to attend Visual Studio Live! in Orlando on November 14th-17th. There were so many great speakers and the networking was great. I met a lot of really cool people and we talked about ... Notes from Visual Studio Live! In Orlando November 14-17th. 0 0 0
Exams are over, time to really start learning MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 So my UNISA exams are over for the year – and I can finally dedicate some time to professional learning. Since my last development blog post I have had the opportunity to be exposed to some great technologies ... Exams are over, time to really start learning 0 0 1
Pro SQL Azure is out! (from APress) Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 It's been a ride! Over six months ago Scott Klein and I started to write a book on SQL Azure. It is now officially out and available. You can find the book on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Pro-S... ... Pro SQL Azure is out! (from APress) 0 0 0
October 2010 Chicago Information Technology Architects Group Wrap... Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Earlier this week Mike Vogt and I presented an introduction to design patterns. While I think that all developers should understand design patterns I don’t believe you can be a good architect unless you ... October 2010 Chicago Information Technology Architects Group Wrap... 0 0 0
Review: Head First Design Patterns Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Design patterns are an important part of understanding the best practices of software development. Head First Design Patterns is another great book in the Head First series which takes a more story based ... Review: Head First Design Patterns 0 0 0
New User Group Name and October Presentation Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 For reasons that I will not discuss here the Chicago Architects Group has changed its name to the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. It is the same great group of people discussing topics ... New User Group Name and October Presentation 0 0 0
Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 12 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2622 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures... Objectives of Chapter 12 Explain the different types of objects and layers in a design ... Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 12 0 0 0