Arjan’s World

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) – Elegant Code blog
‘ Think your web applications are safe from cross site scripting? Maybe, maybe not. Why take a chance? ‘
Anti-Patterns and Worst Practices – Monster Objects – Chris Missal
Monster objects (or God objects) know too much, or do too much; monster objects are nasty beasts
Why Defer Loading in Entity [...]

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TimeLeft Masters Your Time with Countdowns and Clocks for Every Purpose – Adam Pash
Love them productivity enhancing tools!
Superminder Makes Managing Reminders a Snap – Jason Fitzpatrick
‘ If you’re looking for a no-frills easy to navigate reminder system, Superminder makes creating and editing email and SMS reminders a simple task ‘
How TDD and Pairing Increase Production [...]

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The Case of the Slow Keynote Demo – Mark Russinovich
And again Mark solves a seemingly complicated network issue with his own tools
‘ It might have seemed like magic to him, but I had simply used basic Process Monitor troubleshooting techniques and the Web to solve the case ‘
Dealing with Distractions – Paul Dickinson
‘ I noticed [...]

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Continuous Integration On A Real, Big Project – Davy Brion
How Do You Organize Your Email, Dawn Foster? – Dawn Foster
Some new tips for Gmail. You *do* know the Gmail Labs, don’t you?
Multithreading: synchronization primitives – Luis Abreu
Implementing TeamCity for .NET Projects, Part 4: Using Build Scripts – Richard Cirerol
.NET – Bind an ASP.NET Repeater [...]

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Subverting TDD as a design tool – Jimmy Bogard
Asp.Net, ObjectDataSource and Castle Windsor – Alkampfer
OpenID’s Tipping Point – Dare Obasanjo
Have we reached it yet?
We Don’t Need Another Hero – Phil Factor
Robust File Finding in Your App with MSBuild – Travis Illig
Why doesn’t IEqualityComparer use Equals() in LINQ’s Intersect? (with a stroll down the lane of [...]

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In the enterprise, nothing is what it seems – Leon Bambrick
‘ There is a hidden network of bloggers (all around you), a kind of secret brotherhood…
These are the ‘ghost bloggers’ ‘
Clean Code and Battle Scarred Architecture – Robert C. Martin
IoC/DI should be about creating Loosely coupled code, not testable code – Derik Whittaker
Visual Studio 2010: [...]

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Dime Casts.Net # 111 – Introduction to AutoMapper
webcast
Silverlight Frankenstein – Rod Paddock
Hidden Windows 7 Tool Troubleshoots Sleep Mode Problems – The How-To Geek
What’s the Best Project Management Software? – Gina Trapani
Distracted Much? Don’t Worry, It’s A Good Thing – Azadeh Ensha
Great, there’s still hope for me!
Result<T>: Directing Workflow With A Return Status And Value – [...]

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The Flat Tire Principle for Source Control – Eric Hexter
‘ here is a strange correlation between automobiles and line of business software applications when it comes to performing some standard repairs ‘
A .NET (C#) Developer’s .gitignore File – Derick Bailey
The dojo is open… www.ITSamuraiSchool.com – Billy McCafferty
‘ Codai’s IT Samurai School is open for enrollment. [...]

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“It doesn’t hurt to ask” – Seth Godin
‘ Actually, it does hurt. It does hurt to ask the wrong way, to ask without preparation, to ask without permission. It hurts because you never get another chance to ask right ‘
LINQ to SQL and alternate Providers – Rick Strahl
‘ I’ve tried an interesting experiment today trying [...]

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tiny edition on this quiet Sunday

Powershell 2.0 – Hanselminutes #162
‘ What’s new in Powershell 2.0 and what’s in it for the .NET developer or Windows power user? ‘
This Week On Channel 9 – TechEd 2009 Edition (and my world videocast debut – Greg Duncan
PFX support in Visual Studio – Joe Duffy
Writing Behaviors for [...]

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