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16 Apr

2010

Linfu Duck Typing Part 1 – Revealing Secrets

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: C#:6 Comments

Don?t you just hate it when a class in the .NET Framework or another third-party library or framework provides that particular feature you?re looking for only to realize that this class has not been made accessible? One blatant example of this is the SqlCommandSet class in the System.Data.SqlClient namespace. One can use reflection in order […]

11 Apr

2010

Pluralcast 13 : Women in Technology

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:1 Comment

Listen to this episode! [41:37] In this episode, I visited with several women who shared their stories of simply being women in our field. Meagon Marshall Meagon Marshall is the Director of Marketing for Pluralsight. Meagon focuses on market strategy & execution, public relations, community & partner building to evangelize Pluralsight training within the […]

9 Apr

2010

Book Review: ASP.NET MVC in Action

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: Books:

Earlier this week I finished reading ASP.NET MVC in Action written by Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman and Jimmy Bogard. I came across several good reviews about this book so I finally decided to give a read. This book is not just about the API?s of the ASP.NET MVC framework but also about good design principles […]

9 Apr

2010

What Does Elegant Code Mean to Me?

By: John Sonmez Category:UncategorizedTag: Blogging, Craftsmanship:1 Comment

I thought as my first official post on ElegantCode.com, it would be appropriate to talk about what I think defines elegant code. Elegant is kind of an interesting word. Thinking about the word may evoke thoughts of black ties and French doilies, but it may also make you think about a modern building which looks […]

9 Apr

2010

Boise Code Camp Slide Decks

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: CodeCamp:5 Comments

Here are my slide decks for my 2 presentations at Boise Code Camp. Thanks to all who attended and continue to make Boise Code Camp the greatest technical event in Idaho. We have some plans to make next year even better and I think you?ll love where we are going with the event. Agile for […]

1 Apr

2010

Social Media as a Software Development Tool?

By: Jarod Ferguson Category:General PostTag: New Post:15 Comments

One thing about software development I have always struggled with is inter-team communication. As I develop, I am often thinking things like “I need to make sure I tell Elvis I moved this method” or “The team is really going to like the reduced friction of this new implementation”. I have used various methodologies to […]

1 Apr

2010

Visual Studio: Open in Full XAML View by Default

By: Brian Lagunas Category:UncategorizedTag: Silverlight, Visual Studio, Visual Studio, WPF, xaml:3 Comments

So I am using Visual Studio 2008 for developing WPF and Silverlight applications. The one thing that really annoys me is when I open a .XAML file and then Visual Studio automatically opens the file in split view mode. I am sure you are well aware of how VS 2008 support for the preview pane […]

30 Mar

2010

Your JavaScript goes WHERE?

By: Chris Brandsma Category:UncategorizedTag: html, JavaScript:7 Comments

Let me start by saying that I was not trying to be controversial.? I was at Boise Code Camp giving a session about Asp.Net MVC, and I happened to mention that JavaScript was supposed to go at the bottom of your page.? Plus, I said this in a ?of course you all know this already? […]

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Linfu Duck Typing Part 1 – Revealing Secrets

Pluralcast 13 : Women in Technology

Book Review: ASP.NET MVC in Action

What Does Elegant Code Mean to Me?

Boise Code Camp Slide Decks

Social Media as a Software Development Tool?

Visual Studio: Open in Full XAML View by Default

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