Elegant Code welcomes Tony Rasa! Tony is a developer with many years of experience in a wide variety of platforms. He has somehow held onto his obvious passion for technology and his contributions will be tremendous. Welcome, Tony. You have 2 days to post or you buy breakfast 🙂
Read MoreI recently finished reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenburg; I requested it for Christmas last year because I thought it would be an inspiring story of a successful software project. Heck, I want to learn about the nirvana of what it would be like to live the dream. Who wouldn’t? At the very real […]
Read MoreOK, here it is: my first screen cast. It is a short video on how to use Reflector. Let the heckling begin! Anyway, if you are a .Net developer and don’t already have Reflector, get it immediately. The only thing it will cost you is a one-time download. Also, like I said, this is my […]
Read MoreSo last night I had the opportunity to be the moderator at NetDug, we were talking about Unit Testing.? It was very interesting.? We had one of those nice mixes between people who had not done unit testing yet, to guys who knew way more about it than I do.? I went into the talk […]
Read MoreI am announcing the first Elegant Code give away contest. Thanks to Cory, I have an extra copy of Beautiful Code, by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson. I already have a well worn copy of this excellent book, so this new one is up for grabs by our readers. Here’s the Deal You write an […]
Read MoreSQL Injection is the practice of slipping SQL code into a database execution command to get the DB to do something indirectly. Although this is a famous condition of a security vulnerability, it is less touted but more widely used by nefarious developers looking to subvert soul-crushing DBAs. A typical example is the 1 month […]
Read MoreThere is a collection of great Boise Code Camp videos now online. See them here. What should you watch for sure? Check out these 1, 2 videos of Mark Miller’s session on The Science of a Great UI.
Read MoreOK, one think I hate is having specific code just to satisfy the gripes of one particular browser. Right now that browser is IE 6. Specifically, IE 6’s (lack) of CSS support. I was trying to have a transparent div that would cover the screen whenever an AJAX transaction was taking too long. No problem, […]
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