It seems to me that there is a lot of talk about the new .NET Dynamic Languages lately. Because I wanted to see what the DLR was all about I will learn IronPython as part of my quest to learn new programming languages. Learning new language When I learn a new programming language I look … Continue reading Getting started with IronPython – Part 1 where to start
The maker of StackOverflow have created an IT centric site where IT professionals can ask and answer questions. Although I don’t consider myself an IT professional I need to do some server & network administration at work and home and I find myself constantly wishing for a site just like this. Server Fault is similar … Continue reading Server Fault enters private Beta
I have been outside of the whole website creation in .NET scene for too long. Although I never stopped learning about web related technologies in the last year I focused mainly on desktop applications at my work and at home. The latest developments of the .NET world made me decide that perhaps it is the … Continue reading What should I use MVC or WebForms
I do some software development at home where I do not have the benefit of commercial software (i.e. Visual Studio Pro). Over the years I collected several open source/free tools that help me develop my pet projects. [Tools required, part 1/mariusm] The following is a short list of the tools I use all are … Continue reading 7 free tools for the Hobbyist .NET developer
I’ve been using Stopwatch (and blogged about it) for some time and it never occurred to me to check how it really works. When using it as a benchmarking tool the fact that perhaps it wasn’t as accurate as can possible be didn’t bother me at all. The question of the accuracy of Stopwatch become … Continue reading How does Stopwatch work
Microsoft Tech-Days recordings are available for viewing and download on the Tech-Days site. So if you’ve missed the my session on TDD & Mock objects it is available for download (or Online viewing). The session I gave on TDD and Mock objects is available here. The presentation (.pptx) Code examples from the session – you … Continue reading Virtual Tech-Days recordings available
Today during work I had a very annoying issue - whenever I've run the project unit test suite (using MSTest) Visual Studio disappeared. This is the first time I saw it crash like this without any error message or even an exception it just vanished. I've gone through the regular routine of restarting windows and … Continue reading Fix – Visual Studio crash when running MSTest
.NET take care of all memory allocation and de-allocation and after a while it seems that programmers no longer need to understand exactly how data is stored in the memory. The idea of not needing to know how data is stored could not be farther from the truth, in fact memory layout have great impact … Continue reading Performance optimization tip – understand your memory layout
I just cam back from the ALT.NET meet-up (It was great!). I met with very interesting people and learned a few new things, right now I’m going over my notes from the session to try and sort the information in my head. One of the sessions I participated in was about how to convince a … Continue reading How to start SCRUM/Unit testing in your organization
Wednesday (April 1st) - Virtual Tech Days: Microsoft hosts 24 hours of LiveMeeting sessions about all that is tech. Right now I'm busy with the finishing touches of my presentation (11:00-12:00 GMT) - Read about it here. You can browse the various sessions and sign up at The Virtual Tech Days Site. Thursday-Friday (April … Continue reading My DEV Events of this Week
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