Best Practices - Static or Instance? Matthew Podwysocki, January 1, 0001 Two days ago I posted about the Static Members Best Practices, I now realize I might need to step back just a little bit and get into the debate of why to have static members in the first place. It's an ... Best Practices - Static or Instance? 0 0 2
InfoQ.com Enterprise Software Development Community Launched David Totzke, January 1, 0001 June 8th, 2006. InfoQ.com Enterprise Software Development Community has launched today, having previously been live in testing mode since May 17th. InfoQ is a new Enterprise Software Development news / ... InfoQ.com Enterprise Software Development Community Launched 0 0 0
First Post Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 This is my first blog post ever. D'Arcy convinced me that I should start a blog to talk about all the good times at Tech-Ed. So here we go. I'm headed down to Boston for Tech-Ed 2006 in a couple days. ... First Post 0 0 0
InfoQ.com - Tracking Change And Innovation In Enterprise Applicat... David Totzke, January 1, 0001 I have signed on as the Editor in Chief of the .NET queue at InfoQ.com. InfoQ (information queue) is a new online community that is currently un-launched (Beta is so played) InfoQ is focussed on change ... InfoQ.com - Tracking Change And Innovation In Enterprise Applicat... 0 0 0
la di dah Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 Eventually, all roads lead to home or something like that. I'm back in town and back in the game. A few things to update: - GWB Game Contest, yes. still working on that one. My Tank game without tanks ... la di dah 0 0 3
Free tools - Simian and Code Refactoring Matthew Podwysocki, January 1, 0001 Code refactoring is a very important concept to learn when dealing with Object Oriented design patterns. Luckily, Visual Studio 2005 gives us the ability to refactor code quite easily with just a simple ... Free tools - Simian and Code Refactoring 0 0 0
WebParts Framework in .NET 2.0 Vadivel Kumar, January 1, 0001 I had little time to peek into WebParts introduced in Whidbhey. It is awesome. Lets talk little bit about this framework. The reason behind the WebParts framework is that you can build your website with ... WebParts Framework in .NET 2.0 0 0 0
Info on Design Patterns and Refactoring Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 industrial logic has some papers worth reading here, if you’re trying to get your feet wet with Design Patterns and Refactoring. Featured Postings Smells to Refactorings Cheat SheetWe developed this ... Info on Design Patterns and Refactoring 0 0 0
Great over view of 6 design patterns [C.B.W], January 1, 0001 Wanted to share this link to Jeremy D. Millers blog where he talks of 6 design patterns, with code examples. Template Method Strategy Factory Method Abstract Factory Facade Command http://codebetter.com/blogs... ... Great over view of 6 design patterns 0 0 0
Design patterns as a way of life Guy Peled, January 1, 0001 Here is a nice site showing the most common design patterns. Design patterns as a way of life 0 0 0
OOP and Design Patterns Resources - Books Websites Articles Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 David Hayden posts about some good books to read to understand OOP and Design Patterns. I’m sad to say that I only have one of the five he mentions, but at least now I have some more things for my ... OOP and Design Patterns Resources - Books Websites Articles 0 0 0
AOP Presentation Mar 27th Greg Young, January 1, 0001 I will be giving an AOP presentation to the Atlanta .NET user group the 27th at the Microsoft offices in Alpharetta http://www.atlantadotnet.org/. The following is a description of the presentation. Joe ... AOP Presentation Mar 27th 0 0 8
Making Factories! Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 I decided to look into the design patterns so I can write good code. These days I am learning the Factory Pattern. The first important rule is "Program to an interface and not the implementation". What ... Making Factories! 0 0 1
Yahoo Design Pattern Library Dave Oliver, January 1, 0001 Yahoo has created a design pattern library in their developer section and can be found here. Sadly no code drops to accompany the design patterns but it's a good start. Nice one Yahoo! I hope MSN and Google ... Yahoo Design Pattern Library 0 0 2
David Chappell on WCF and WF Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 There's a nice video from last week's VSLive presentation on the Fawcette web site: Outlining the Future of Software Chappell & Associates' David Chappell detailed the design patterns for a new breed ... David Chappell on WCF and WF 0 0 0
The joy of patterns Matt Roberts, January 1, 0001 I missed out on patterns at Uni, they were just starting to take off in a big way in the land of OO and so we wasted our time learning about formal specification languages and the like. Anyway, I came ... The joy of patterns 0 0 2
A Small Collection of "...considered harmful" Essays Igor Milovanovic, January 1, 0001 Remember the good old go to statement? Go To Statement Considered Harmful (the original paper by Dijkstra) Ok, ok, we will do it object oriented from now on: Inheritance considered harmfulObject-Oriented ... A Small Collection of "...considered harmful" Essays 0 0 2
What are CodeGaffes? Dave Chestnutt, January 1, 0001 In my company, I've been able to join various projects over the years. As a result, I'm usually modifying or adding to legacy code. Of course, in reality, all code is legacy code after about a week. In ... What are CodeGaffes? 0 0 2
What is Ajax? Dave Oliver, January 1, 0001 I had promised you another post on my predictions for 2006. Well, after listening to feedback (thanks all that have emailed me) it seems that most of you would like to see a deeper dive into technologies ... What is Ajax? 0 0 3
Understanding Composite UI Application Block, Part III Szymon Kobalczyk, January 1, 0001 Next important part of Composite UI, if not the most significant, is the WorkItem. According to documentation it “a run-time container for components that are working together to fulfill a use case. ... Understanding Composite UI Application Block, Part III 0 0 14
Smart Client - Composite UI Application Block Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has released its second .NET 2.0 application block. (If you include Enterprise Library 2.0 as one.) Smart Client - Composite UI Application Block This page provides an overview of the Composite ... Smart Client - Composite UI Application Block 0 0 0
Some .NET Resources Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 Yesterday I had some problems with sleeping, so, I thought I should do something useful. I opened my browser and favourites and my Gmail box and started typing to my MCAD course group and my close friends. ... Some .NET Resources 0 0 6
Design Patterns reference Vinayak, January 1, 0001 Design patterns are recurring solutions to software design problems you find again and again in real-world application development. Patterns are about design and interaction of objects, as well as providing ... Design Patterns reference 0 0 1
Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Ch 3 Murat Uysal, January 1, 0001 3) Agile Project Management Model 3.1) Envision “The purpose of envisioning phase is to clearly identify what is to be done and how the work is to be accomplished.” (Highsmith 2004 p89) “During ... Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Ch 3 0 0 0
Can you teach me .NET? Rajeev Gopalakrishnan, January 1, 0001 He asked. And I said yes! With having immense experience as a visiting faculty in my TCS years, I knew (As Tommy Lee Jones says, “100 years back man KNEW that earth was flat!”) that it would ... Can you teach me .NET? 0 0 3
PodcastStudio Show #8 - Craig Utley Podcast Studio, January 1, 0001 We have launched the start of our podcast series at the Heartland Developers Conference and the first show is with Craig Utley. He is a such a great guy and this talk covers productivity, Visual Studio ... PodcastStudio Show #8 - Craig Utley 0 0 0
Need Help with 3 tier pattern Patrice Calve, January 1, 0001 I have a recurring problem with Data Tiers. Most entities have two important properties: ID and DisplayName. The id for the link and DisplayName for the text to show. In a 2 tier, it's easy: select ID, ... Need Help with 3 tier pattern 0 0 2
Microsoft 2005 Product Launch Event Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 Coming to the Greater Charleston .NET User Group on November 10th... All attendees will receive the following: Attendee DVD which includes all the slides/code from the Developer and IT Professional training ... Microsoft 2005 Product Launch Event 0 0 2
A Long Blog Entry for a Long Book Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Pardon me for waxing nostalgic for a bit before I get to the meat of this entry. In early 1986, I bought my first self-improvement programming book, The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie. ... A Long Blog Entry for a Long Book 0 0 3
Clipcode-GoF-DSL and the One-To-One Mapping Anti-Pattern Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 This is an interesting blog entry on Clipcode-GoF-DSL and the One-To-One Mapping Anti-Pattern. To quote:Last week Eamon O'Tuathail of Clipcode released a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for some of the ... Clipcode-GoF-DSL and the One-To-One Mapping Anti-Pattern 0 0 0
Gathering .NET Reference Books Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 Everyone has books that they consider suitable for continued use as a reference. I have been selling or donating my VB6 books as I have been buying new .NET books. Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard ... Gathering .NET Reference Books 0 0 1
Web UI Design Patterns Joel Ross, January 1, 0001 I've been reading Design Patterns recently, so I'm in the pattern mode of thought. Which is why this post from Thomas Williams was so interesting. It's a link to a website that has a list of a bunch of ... Web UI Design Patterns 0 0 0
A very good book on design patterns Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 Books on design patterns are usually very hard to read and boring to follow. I recently read few chapters of a design pattern book named "Head First design patterns" by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... A very good book on design patterns 0 0 0
Design Patterns in Use in the .NET Framework Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Here’s a good read on the Design Patterns in use by .NET. It mentions the following patterns: Ø Observer Pattern Ø Iterator Pattern Ø Decorator Pattern Ø Adapter Pattern Ø ... Design Patterns in Use in the .NET Framework 0 0 0
The .NET Books. Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Those that know me, know that I read quite a few books, both fiction and work-related. As a result, I’m often asked “What’s a good book for X?” or “Do you have any information ... The .NET Books. 0 0 0
Enterprise Library vs. .NET 2.0 Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Tom Hollander has written a long article on why getting the EL ready for .NET 2.0 is turning out to be a pain. As a strong supporter of what the patterns & practices group is doing, I’ve been reluctant ... Enterprise Library vs. .NET 2.0 0 0 5
Design Patterns and Agile Software Development Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Dave Hayden says it all about Design Patterns and Agile Software Development ... Design Patterns and Agile Software Development 0 0 0
How to Use Design Patterns - Good Reading Ranga Vadlamudi, January 1, 0001 How to Use Design PatternsA Conversation with Erich Gamma, Part Iby Bill VennersMay 23, 2005 SummaryAmong developers, design patterns are a popular way to think about design, but what is the proper way ... How to Use Design Patterns - Good Reading 0 0 0
Charlotte Code Camp – Saturday, April 30, 2005 Bill Jones Jr., January 1, 0001 What’s a Code Camp? It all started with Thom Robbins, Microsoft techie up north – Vermont, I think. Anyway, it’s someplace where they have cold winters and get lots of time to think, ... Charlotte Code Camp – Saturday, April 30, 2005 0 0 0
Trying to Learn Patterns from the “Gang of Four” reference book? Bill Jones Jr., January 1, 0001 This is distilled from my Charlotte Code Camp presentation yesterday. The “Gang of Four” AKA “GoF”: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides are authors of the code ... Trying to Learn Patterns from the “Gang of Four” reference book? 0 0 11
Wow, have I been lazy? Allen Guest, January 1, 0001 It's been quite a while since my last blog post so let me try and recall some interesting things I've ran into since I've lasted posted. Books that I've read: Design Patterns in C# published by Addison ... Wow, have I been lazy? 0 0 3
Command Management Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 Sigh. I was making great progress on my .NET custom forms designer bits for VS05 when the test machine's hard drive quit. I have a backup, but quite a bit of progress appears to be lost. Sigh. While I ... Command Management 0 0 1
My 2 cents about SOAP Vs. REST (Cont.) Moshe Eshel, January 1, 0001 After reading a comment here on my blog, (thank you stephen o'grady for actually commenting here, I really appriciate people that read). I though a little more on the subject. I remain basically at my ... My 2 cents about SOAP Vs. REST (Cont.) 0 0 0
KC .NET UG Tim Hibbard, January 1, 0001 I went to the Kansas City .NET User Group meeting last night. The presenter was Richard Hale on Design Patterns. The content itself was good, but the presentation was not. His tangents were so over the ... KC .NET UG 0 0 2
My "Deserted Island" Development Books Jason Olson, January 1, 0001 When discussing object-oriented development with Roman on the comments of a different post, I was thinking of some books that have really impacted me as a software developer (mostly as an object-oriented ... My "Deserted Island" Development Books 0 0 1
OOP - Extension through Encapsulation (kind of ;)) Jason Olson, January 1, 0001 [disclaimer: this is kind of a long post. it is primarily meant as a learning experience. i might be alone here, but i enjoy reading other people's posts about problems they have and how they solved the ... OOP - Extension through Encapsulation (kind of ;)) 0 0 18
Keep the questions for the end ! INETA Pakistan, January 1, 0001 When I was speaking on "Design Patterns and Application Frameworks" at Dept Of Computer Science,Karachi University, couple of weeks back I learned a big thing. The big thing was "Keep the questions for ... Keep the questions for the end ! 0 0 0
Events Update! INETA Pakistan, January 1, 0001 It has been very tough couple of weeks, both in terms of work loads and emotional stress. However I was able to find some time to speak on .Net on a couple occassions. Following is the summary for recently ... Events Update! 0 0 0
MTC prep for the month of July... Tameem Ansari , January 1, 0001 MTC prep for the month of July... 0 0 0
3 cool resources worth checking out for sure... Rai Umair, January 1, 0001 1. Design and Architecture get a boost in .NET, the gang of four design patterns book source code now available in C#, I even have a PDF copy of a book on design patterns in C#, but i guess the original ... 3 cool resources worth checking out for sure... 0 0 3