Category: Generic

I found a good Generics  example in C# Cookbook and thought should share. It demonstrate a good use of strong typing and inner classes. I think I'm in compliance with  O'Reilly Policy on Re-Use of Code Examples from Books Understanding generic class types            public static void TestGenericClassInstanceCounter()            {                  // regular class                  StandardClass A = new StandardClass(5);                  Console.WriteLine(A);                 …

James Avery in December 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine  talks about Must-Have VS.NET Add-Ins. Following is his list; pretty impressive. TestDriven.NET GhostDoc Paster CodeKeep PInvoke.NET VSWindowManager PowerToy WSContractFirst VSMouseBindings CopySourceAsHTML Cache Visualizer I'd probably add Koders IDE Plugin as well. Related Articles: NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now

I say working with smart people always pays off; For instance last week when I was encountered a particular web service response which wasn't getting parsed by usual XPATH query. Dim child As XmlNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("/<node>") As it later turned out, it was because there was no namespace prefix to it. XMLNamespace manager didn't help so…

My review of Jesse Liberty's "Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook" is published on Los Angeles .NET Developers group website. It's an excellent delta book on C#, a must read for those who wants to learn the C#'s new features without spending much time on stuff they already know.

I’m sure you have noticed that I’ve updated my dasBlog from 1.6 to current release (1.8.5223.2) which provides lots of cool updates. Thanks for the Omar Shahine, Scott Hanselman and Clemens Vasters for putting together this easy to follow upgrade document and this excellent software; it works like a charm.   In other news, I’m…

BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 has been launched by Microsoft and is downloadable via Microsoft Beta Home. BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications ODBA (Orechestration Designer for Business Analyst) beta 2 can also be downloaded from here.

Via MCPMag “Microsoft is giving a big break to students who obtain training through IT Academy schools in the U.S., with a significant discount on MCP exams. Exams will be available for $35; original exam prices for IT Academy students is $60.“Read More

From Brooks' famous Mythical Man month essay collection, I liked surgical team (chapter 3) and Aristocracy, Democracy and System Design (chapter 4) more than mostly talked Mythical man month. It's because I found modern PERT and GANTT evaluation more scientifically correct than “parallel task“ definitions he used to describe the inter-process correlation. Following is an…

Recently I've encountered some application permission issues during QA when moved an existing app. from IIS 5.0 Isolation mode to IIS 6.0. Since the entire operation comprised of several layers (web - web service – Business objects - data access layer), there was a need to determine what user account is being used. I found myself…

Jeremy, John and Me, climbing the wall. and I kicked Jeremy's behind in Street Fighter...yes, twice in a row...bring it on Ken, Ryu will see you! \