LINKBLOG for March 12, 2009
Mar 12th, 2009 by AZuidhof
Red, Green, Re-factor – Darrel Carver
Writing an IronPython Debugger: Refactoring – Harry Pierson
Client Rendering Views with Spark and ASP.NET MVC – K. Scott Allen
10 Tips for Working With Clients Remotely: Part 2 – Mindy Wagner
OleDb Parameters to access FoxPro Data from .NET – Rick Strahl
Encrypting Large Values – John Magnabosco
Your Guide to Most Useful Bookmarklets – Amit Agarwal
‘ If you were to choose between a bookmarklet and a browser add-on, both offering similar functionality, here are a couple of reasons why you may want to go with bookmarklets ‘Quick Cyclomatic Complexity Question – Kyle Baley
The BBC doesn’t understand the Computer Misuse Act – Barry Dorrans
So, why should you be allowed to do what is clearly a crime in your country, even if you are the BBC itself? Wonder if this will be followed up
‘ Teehee. Hang them high! ‘A common globalization bug – Kirill Osenkov
Fortunately Kiril had a clear stack trace…
‘ System.InvalidCastException: Приведение строки “2.0″ к типу “Double” является недопустимым. —> System.FormatException: Входная строка имела неверный форма ‘
Impressive, congrats!Advanced Regular Expressions in C# – Martijn Dijksterhuis
Some tips to speed up and make handy documentation in your regular expressionsMirroring Subversion from Windows – Christopher Bennage
BDD on Steroids – Mo Khan
Right click, New Visual Studio Solution – Ben Scheirman
‘ Today I figured out how to just add a new right-click menu option in Windows Explorer. It involved a simple registry hack, and a little hex editing ‘Wow. There is some serious fear out there – Pamela Slim
‘ What gets in the way of defining a clear backup strategy and safety net in case your job goes away? ‘Training – the key is being prepared – Marilyn Karp
‘ (…) inadequate training can lead to a system or product that fails to reap the intended benefits or results in high support costs ‘
Karl on project management ‘ (…) I tend to favor the less-is-more approach. For the most part, I think teams should be self-managed and organized ‘Innovation, invention and entrepreneurs – Jeffrey Phillips
‘ (…) we are constantly asked to define the differences between innovation, invention and entrepreneurs ‘How to keep programming fun and functional – Carl McDade
OO: Reducing the cost of…lots of stuff! – Mark Needham
‘ 92% of cost is maintaining/supporting/upgrading existing systems; only 8% on new stuff. ‘
I always thought it was 90%, but it is even more. Now convincing project managers thinking maintenance is a mere 20%
Infinite 302 Loop – How would you even know? – Dave
‘ (…) other than running a browser that told you, how would you even know it was a 302 error? ‘Stop Blaming Technology and Own Up to Responsibility – Bil Simser
‘ Try hooking that futuristic plasma touch screen to your uber-sophisticated Bose home theatre amplifier, or your state-of-the-art computer (…) Having problems with integration? I thought so ‘
Quoting Spiderman ‘ with great power comes great responsibility ‘ In this SharePoint oriented rant Bil asks us to stop complaining that it is the tools that prevent us from doing our jobs. It’s the other way around, no use looking for scapegoats onlyInnovation Begins with Fascination – Mitch Ditkoff
‘ In my experience, the origin of innovation is fascination — the state of being intensely interested in something. Enchanted. Captivated. Spellbound. Absorbed ‘qJust Ask for It – Chris Brogan
‘ In one simple card, I had a warm thank-you, some information, and a call to action ‘Blogging vs Twitter [A few Random Thoughts on the Two Mediums] – Darren Rowse
Knowing And Avoiding Random Distractions In World Of Software Development – Rajiv Popat
‘ If there is external factor that I’ve seen destroy organizations and careers, preventing, whether it is individuals or teams, from doing things which are remarkable and having fun, it is — distraction ‘Continuous Failure – Davy Brion
‘ Notice how the team for this particular project at one point gave everyone the finger (…) ‘ Totally awesome accidental success rate graph that shows the underlying opinion of this team. Too much words wasted already, just have a look!
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