Author Archives: JohnHowell

Sorry to be silent for so long, I’ve been working on a project. (Gotta pay the bills you know).I’m one of those programmers who try to get the code right the first time. I will spend extra time up front … Continue reading →

In case you haven’t heard, there are some great code snippets available for VS05 from MS athttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/codesnippets/default.aspx

A good saying to keep in mind when looking at someone else’s code is:Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetenceRichard Campbell

OK, I know that my previous posting intended to provoke discussion could have actually been framed better. (The flames are still flickering!) So to make up for it, I’m going to post some emails regarding the issues I was hoping … Continue reading →

A Tale of Two ProgrammersIn a software development shop far, far away, there were two programmers. There each had years of experience and each had been successful. Yet each viewed systems in different ways. The first programmer viewed systems as … Continue reading →

OK, ok, settle down everybody, I didn’t mean for people to think that I was advocating putting your web DLLs into the GAC. I was simply stating the “official” workaround. I still feel that the GAC should only be used … Continue reading →

This is just for those developing ASP.NET 2.0 web apps. There are instances where IIS (and even more so Cassini) will swap your Thread from one AppDomain to another. What this means is:1. Thread local storage content MUST be serializable2. … Continue reading →

OK, I know I get excited about some of this stuff even when it seems a bit esoteric, but LINQ will be something that will be of incredible benefit to us developers. Here is a link from MSDN TV that … Continue reading →

Go Live licenses for WCF and WF Microsoft announced Go Live licenses this morning for WCF (Windows Communication Foundation / “Indigo”) and WF (Windows Workflow Foundation), which allow customers to use the January Go Live releases of WCF and WF … Continue reading →

OK, I just could not hold this in any longer. Most of the time, when I create a piece of software, I work on the design first, architecture second, code third. However, occasionally, I sucumb to the pressures of deadlines … Continue reading →