n no particular order, ten of the most useful free tools for .NET developers:Fiddler HTTP DebuggerHTTP debugging proxyLutz Roeder's .NET Reflector.NET assembly browser, explorer, analyser and decompilerFxCop.NET best-practice code analyserC# Snippet CompilerLightweight C# code snippet compilerSysinternals DebugViewMonitors debug output on a local or remote computerWinMergeVisual text file...
Top 10 Things I do on Every Project
Here is a list of things I do on every project these days and I highly recommend that you do the same. The result is that: (1) It is very easy for new developers to come up to speed on a project like this to quickly; (2) The installation process for the users of the project is very simple and simple will aid adoption of your product. Version Control: This should go without saying that you...
Technical Software Project Management is Dead
I’ve manage projects, I’ve lead them, I’ve been a developer, I’ve tested, I’ve organized releases, I’ve done all the paperwork. It’s just that lately, that seems to be the role expected from the developer on any given project. Don’t get me wrong, project managers are great. I still have never hired, fired, had to argue for the budget. Yikes!...
Communication is the key to controlling project chaos
There comes a time in every IT project when things don’t go as planned. If you’re lucky, you can quickly and effortlessly get through these hurdles with proper planning and execution. In many cases though, it isn’t that simple. Your team may get caught up in a tidal wave of confusion and turmoil as you try to make sense of all the information. I’ve been the project manager on chaotic projects,...
REST vs REST
REST is becoming the buzz word of this year. Actually you have 2 REST that I would call the Pure REST and the RESTfull way. The pure REST is the REST were the web services is resource based using the HTTP verbs (POST, GET, PUT, DETELE) to manage the resources. Parameters are in the URL path. This one is back up by JSR 311 e.g. HTTP DELETE http://www.mysite.com/service/15002/ The RESTfull...
Soft Coding
I have read the soft coding article recently. Based on my own experience I have a sympathy to the hard coding approach. However I think the problem is not about whether soft coding or hard coding, but programmers including myself try rigidly to follow the soft coding approach believing that it will result in more flexible code, which is not true in most cas...
Add auto update and plugins to your Java application
Auto update is a feature every desktop application should have ("real" users NEVER reinstall the latest version). Plugins is also a great way to enhance your application (let people code for you :) ).There is some existing framework (Eclipse plugin, Netbean platform, Java web start (for the update) ...) which look great, but you have to learned...
The Easiest Java XML Binding
I have an XML document and I want to use that document to populate a corresponding set of Java objects. This is a commonly encountered scenario when working with Java, so what is the easiest method for Java XML Binding that requires the least amount of code? You can't answer that question without first defining what "easy" is in relation...
Switch from synchronous to asynchronous processing at runtime
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