FxCop Today I downloaded FxCop for the first time (yes, I know I should have done this a long time ago). Not bothering to read any documentation, I loaded up my biggest project and
Subversion We just finished switching from Microsoft Visual Source Safe to Subversion and wow! what a difference! The TortoiseSVN interface for Subversion integrates right into Windows Explorer. There is also AnkhSVN for Visual Studio
the web, unfurled Blogging is pretty cool, but recently Richard from Developer Express introduced to another interesting (and very similar) concept: Furling. It’s a pretty neat idea. I encourage anyone out there reading this to
Automated Testing My company is about to dive into the world of automated testing. The first guinea-pig for automation is a project I happen to be managing. Unfortunately, the team and I have very little
Got Customers? I just got yet another “last issue” of the JDJ, which is touted as “The World’s #1 Java Resource”. This is my third “last issue” since I started mysteriously receiving the magazine
Determining Parameters on a Stored Procedure at Runtime with ADO.NET I thought I’d blog this just in case anyone else was in the same situation. I tried Googling for it, but didn’t know what to search for in order to return
Finally excited about Pascal again! http://www.chromesville.com/zoomimage.asp?id=581F23BC-71B8-4605-996B-CCDAEF35E329 http://www.chromesville.com/page.asp?id=67367BE6-F1DB-4F6F-81C8-66E4DCC213F9 http://www.chromesville.com/zoomimage.asp?id=6DDB70C6-A01B-469A-93C5-BAA78C1CBA88 http://articles.nexusdb.com/articles/?id={02672E81-4D62-42E2-95F3-1DE892D4862B} Wow!
Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector After reading an MSDN article titled Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now, I decided to check out Lutz Roeder’s .NET Reflector. I must say, this is an excellent tool. At
Hero This weekend I went to see Hero. From the website: “Hero is the story of the soon-to-be First Emperor of China who is on the brink of conquering a war-torn land during the
Going Meta, Going Modular I’m reviewing the design of a small project which I have recently inherited. Despite the project’s size, the problems are large numerous: The clients are fat, the middle-tier is thin, there
Speed I am not a very patient person. It’s something I work on — trying to be more patient with others. Having such young siblings helps. Still; when driving, I like to go fast
The Pragmatic Programmer I just finished reading The Pragmatic Programmer (links on my Furl) and have nothing but good things to say about it. This is more than just a programming book: The Pragmatic Philosophy described
XML Class Tuesday of next week I will be giving a two hour introductory class on XML. I’ve used XML a lot over the years, but have never actually bothered to “learn” XML because