LINKBLOG for February 16, 2009
Feb 16th, 2009 by AZuidhof
C#: Object Initializer and The Horse Shoe – Mark Needham
NAnt on Windows Server 2008 64-bit with .NET 3.5 – Kyle Baley
Git is the C of Version Control Tools – Eric Sink
Eric, being a sourcecontrol guy pur sang, thinks git is potentially great, but has to be handled with careHow about those code comments? – Mark Blomsma
Complexity isn’t Subjective, Our Reactions to it Are – Scott Bellware
‘ (…) we often use “complexity” to describe what it like getting our heads around something unfamiliar, which can be a purely emotional response ‘
Scott has another original take on things, like alwaysOrganizing Software Projects : Brendan Enrick
If you don’t get the basics right, you are doomed. Interesting new found via AlkampferMetrics and Wealth – It’s All Relative – Max Pool
‘ Which metric values determine complexity, which determine quality, and most importantly which of these values are “correct” ‘More new conventions for how I organize my tests!! – Jean-Paul Boodhoo
The Functional Language Gateway Drug – Phil Haack
The Tale of the Obscure Weblog Engine Bug – Bart de Smet
Case story time! Is Bart taking over Mark Russinovich?Pull vs. Push models for UI updates – Ayende Rahien
On 100% unit test coverage and other nonsensical ideas – J. B. Rainsberger
Re-Thinking C# Events – Brian Genisio
97 Things
Book: ‘ 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
Collective Wisdom from the Experts ‘Performance Rules Of Thumb – Davy Brion
‘ (…) if you keep these in mind you can avoid serious performance issues and the need to do heavy architectural refactoring in the long run ‘Create a Color Palette from a Single Image – Jason Fitzpatrick
cool webservice. Upload pictures instantly (without registration hassle) and get results back immediately, including Hex color valuesMy Book Slide – Jurgen Appelo
‘ (…) when I talk with people about books, I usually have eight questions on my mind ‘
Jurgen has a passion for books, like lots of us devs. You are encouraged to share your own book slideMy First Journey into BDD – Scott Densmore
‘ For the average .NET developer, language features in the other .NET language don’t matter 99% of the time. Unless of course, you’re using a framework designed for features that don’t exist for the language you’re using ‘Five tips for better online surveys – Seth Godin
Getting data from a REST service using C# – Derik Whittaker
‘ (…) the actual code to Retrieve a message from a REST service is simple and trivial and can be implemented with very little effort ‘Raising the Bus Number – Mike Gunderloy
Mike is figuring out how making yourself redundant will make a one-man business more attractive to it’s customersFun at work – Herding Code Episode 35 (podcast)
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