The following code is the result of one night coding with a fair amount of beer, and the desire to solve an annoyance. Enough said. My problem is this: I’m coding an application for .Net Compact Framework (.Net CF). One thing you should know about coding the .net cf, a number of standard items in […]
Read MoreInherit from an abstract base class Build in your own navigation and targeting algorithms Join the arena Battle to the death That’s the idea behind this little project, RoboDojo. No, it isn’t a new idea. No, it isn’t terribly unique (Java’s RoboCode), but it sure is fun. And the domain turns out to be very […]
Read MoreElegantCode just got a whole lot smarter in the UX department with the addition of Corey and Brian. Both bring a wealth of UX knowledge from RIA Silverlight, WPF, XAML, Game Development, Animation & Design. Brian wasted no time dropping several posts here on us at ElegantCode, and I?d bet a few bucks there’s a […]
Read MoreToday I found myself writing the following code: private void DoSomething(String userName) { using(var userEntry = GetUserEntryFor(userName)) if(CouldBeFound(userEntry)) { // Do something with userEntry } } private DirectoryEntry GetUserEntryFor(String userName) { // … } private static Boolean CouldBeFound(DirectoryEntry entry) { return null != entry; } Notice the combination of the if statement with the using […]
Read MoreWhile I think agile engineering practices are step 0 in building an efficient agile team, there are few of the ?soft? practices which seem like low hanging fruit for a team that wants to grow more efficient over time. In my opinion, the most bang for the buck comes from Retrospectives. Disclaimer: I am far […]
Read MoreThis time, we’re going to try an open session. We’re all open for suggestions, but Colin suggested Fluent NHibernate or the state of ALT.NET (for more info, see here and here) which are both hot and interesting topics at the moment. But do join us next week and share some of you’re insights on any […]
Read MoreI don’t often point people directly to a podcast, but I think this one is important. The AltDotNet Podcast interviewed Jeremy Miller about Alt.Net http://altnetpodcast.com/episodes/18-talking-with-jeremy-miller-about-alt-net This podcast is largely a rebuttal to the podcast that Mike Moore did with Scott Bellware. If you want the cliff-notes version: Scott Bellware is not Alt.Net (nor is Jeremy […]
Read MoreMicrosoft does an amazingly good job of making technology accessible. What I mean by that is that for people who are not necessarily “technologists”, custom applications are still often within reach. We’ve all seen this in the wild. It might be that Access database that won’t die, created by that guy in marketing in 1998. […]
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