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• Project anti-pattern: Many projects in a Visual Studio Solution File

  I've been hearing from several colleagues about how their Visual Studio solution files have many (i.e. more than 10, and usually more than 30 -- in one case, more than 100!). So far, none of them have been able to give me any good explanation for... Posted Jul 15 2008, 08:17 PM by chadmyers with | with 31 comment(s) Filed under: .NET

• Exploring ShadeTree Features, Part 2: Cache<KEY, VALUE>

  Or, as I like to call it: "That stupid dictionary thing we've all written a thousand times but were too lazy to component-ize for reuse" How many times have you written code like this in your C# 2.0-and-later life? Foo foo = null; if( fooCache... Posted Jul 07 2008, 10:48 PM by chadmyers with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, ShadeTree

• Example of Removing Some Pain: Grid Fluent API

  So on a previous project, we were making use a 3rd party WinForms UberGrid which, of course has a monstrous designer that spits out tons of code into your InitializeComponent() method in your .designer file. I think you know what I'm talking about... Posted Jun 28 2008, 11:37 PM by chadmyers with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Fluent API

• The Problem Preventer

  Problem Statement I'm thinking about putting ' Problem Preventer ' on my resume. Many of the folks I'm talking with in interviews and phone screens don't seem to get this at all. I get a lot of questions about problems solved, etc... Posted Apr 25 2008, 05:47 PM by chadmyers with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Principles, Mangement

• Engaging Microsoft

  Many Microsoft employees were at the ALT.NET conf in Seattle -- including many of the ones that have been criticized publicly by the greater ALT.NET community. Not only was Microsoft there, but they were a sponsor and a few employees were even on the... Posted Apr 21 2008, 01:55 AM by chadmyers with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Programming, altdotnet

• Dear JetBrains, RE: Resharper 4 EAP Nightlies

  Dear JetBrains, Thank you for putting it all on the line and having the stones to do public nightly builds as part of your ReSharper 4.0 EAP. It takes a lot to hang it all out there like that and risk suffering public humiliation from some of the most... Posted Apr 07 2008, 04:21 PM by chadmyers with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Misc, .NET, ReSharper

• PTOM: The Liskov Substitution Principle

  The Liskov Substitution Principle In my first (of hopefully more than one) post for The Los Techies Pablo's Topic of the Month - March: SOLID Principles effort, I'm going to talk about The Liskov Substitution Principle, as made popular by Robert... Posted Mar 11 2008, 11:57 PM by chadmyers with | with 36 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Programming, Principles, PTOM

• Interesting (good) Behavior of Closures

  For some reason, I didn't think this would work, but it does: Customer c = null ; Func < string > func = ()=>c.LookupName; c = new Customer {LookupName = "First" }; System.Diagnostics. Debug .WriteLine(func()); I would've expected... Posted Mar 08 2008, 10:42 PM by chadmyers with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Misc, .NET

• Austin TDD CodingDojo Signup

  The details of the Austin TDD CodingDojo event have been finalized and the sign up form is now online. Signup (opens in new window): http://austintddcodingdojo.wufoo.com/forms/austin-tdd-codingdojo-signup/ Details: Who You! We hope to have a good mix... Posted Jan 10 2008, 02:07 PM by chadmyers with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: TDD, .NET

• A Challenge to Microsoft, Scott Guthrie

  After reading Ayende's latest post , and having run into few myself just this weekend (see System.Data.SqlClient.MetaType), I'd like to challenge Microsoft's .NET efforts, and particularly Scott Guthrie's group (since I have the most hope... Posted Jan 06 2008, 09:35 AM by chadmyers with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: .NET