Drupal APIs
7 Feb 2009
random
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve started working on understanding Drupal theming.
Upgrades that (mostly) Work
7 Feb 2009
technology
Recently, I upgrade the version of Drupal that I use for this site – a process that went completely smoothly, to my relief. (Yes, I tried out the upgrade on a test system that mirrored production first, but I always get nervous when tinkering with a production system, even if it’s a tested process).
Using Lambdas as Event Handlers
9 Feb 2009
smart-code
Of all the new features in C# 3.0, Lambda expressions have to be one of my favourites.
Be A Better Developer
10 Feb 2009
professional
Leon Bambrick has an interesting post 8 ways to be a better programmer in 6 minutes. Even if you don’t agree with Leon’s tips, they’re interesting, and thought provoking. In the same spirit, here’s some more tips for you… though some of these might take more than 6 minutes to do.
Struct Weirdness
11 Feb 2009
csharp
Over on StackOverflow, saw an interesting question that taught me something new about C# 3.0.
Listening time
12 Feb 2009
random
Shorter than some, longer than many, my 1 hour commute to and from work each day used to be down time. Over the last three or four years, I’ve found that podcasts are a good way to fill the time. Scott Hanselman has just posted Hanselman’s Super Karate Death Car List of .NET and Software Podcasts and suggested that others do the same … here’s what occupies my commute.
Commenting Fixed
18 Feb 2009
admin
CAPTCHA submission for comments is now fixed, thanks to John and Saleh for bringing the problem to my attention.
Unit testing with LINQ
18 Feb 2009
testing
At tonight’s meeting of the Wellington .NET User group we had two presentations – one on Linq Syntax from Owen Evans, and one on avoiding Cross Site Scripting attacks from Kirk Jackson. Both presentations were informative and interesting, and I learnt a few new things from each.
Strange Win.Forms behaviour
23 Feb 2009
ux
Here’s a strange piece of behaviour – a puzzle (with a solution) for you.
StyleCop for ReSharper
24 Feb 2009
tools
Now this qualifies as a great idea – integrating the code layout
enforcement of StyleCop with the dynamic at-your-fingertips goodness of
ReSharper: StyleCop for
ReSharper.
Validation and Domain Driven Design
27 Feb 2009
smart-code
I read an interesting blog post today from Justin Etheredge talking about how Validation should be handled in the context of a system using Domain Driven Design principles.
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