Two (and a half) development links from the past

There are quite a few link blogs out there, like Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew, The Morning Brew and Tech Tweets. These sites help to stay on the bleeding edge by providing new links daily. Perhaps I’m getting nostalgic because of the new year, instead of posting links from the last week I’d like to post … Continue reading Two (and a half) development links from the past →

Google Wave – first impression

During the weekend I got an invite to Google’s new (or rather newer) product – Wave and I’ve decided to find out what it’s all about. What is Google Wave for? Reading the answer from the about page: Google Wave is an online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time interactions more seamless -- in … Continue reading Google Wave – first impression →

Do we need IoC containers?

Today I witnessed my first internet lynch - that’s right I saw how the masses rose to crush someone who said something they didn’t agree with… Now that I have your attention I can explain what happened - a guy asked a very good question on StackOverflow: Why do I need an IoC container as … Continue reading Do we need IoC containers? →

What to do when Visual Studio fails

For the last 24 hours I had problems compiling one of specific project. The project won’t compile because apparently: “O/R Designer validation failed for file: .dbml Error: The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error”. The weird thing was that I didn’t change anything in that project, in fact that project was not changed since … Continue reading What to do when Visual Studio fails →

The Single Responsibility Principle of source control

The first design principle in SOLID is the single responsibility principle (SRP) that states that each object should have only one responsibility. Today I’ve found another place in which SRP is just as important – source control commits (check-ins). Just like the programming principle the SRP of source control means that each commit should have … Continue reading The Single Responsibility Principle of source control →

Software news – September 2009

Just a brief post to let you know of two cool tools being ready for their official release. CppDepend goes RTM I’ve just told you about nDepend in my last blog post and yesterday I’ve found that there is a tool in development that will provide the same functionality where it’s very needed – in … Continue reading Software news – September 2009 →

How to use a printer from windows7 when you don’t have the needed device driver

At office we have a Xerox printer that don’t have a driver for windows7 (yet?), but I still manage to print from it without any hassle. How – simply by using the incredible XP Mode. The bane of the last two windows OS (Vista and Win7) was lack of driver support, although win7 has better … Continue reading How to use a printer from windows7 when you don’t have the needed device driver →

Learn to write better code

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. ~F. Wikzek It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. ~Ornette Coleman While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming … Continue reading Learn to write better code →

Refactor! – a free C++ refactoring tool

When I write .NET code I have Resharper to increase my productivity and help me generate and refactor code. I miss such a tool when I program in C++, I knew such tools exist but because I spend more time writing managed code I don’t want to purchase them. It seems that in C++ where … Continue reading Refactor! – a free C++ refactoring tool →

How to write a simple DXCore plug-in

DevExpress the creator of Refactor and CodeRush two great visual studio productivity tools provide a free library called DXCore that can be used to create rich plug-ins that can extend visual studio the same way their commercial products do. Until visual studio 2010 will be widely developers can use DXCore to extend visual studio and … Continue reading How to write a simple DXCore plug-in →