My Toolbox column in the March 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online. The March issue of MSDN Magazine has a focus on the Web and my reviews in Toolbox follow suit and include:
- The Ajax Data Controls Project - The Ajax Da...Full Article.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
What Johannes Kepler Can Teach Us About Debugging
Debugging code is a lot like the scientific method. Most importantly, both involve careful measurements and analysis of the resulting data. Be wary of the developer who is quick to announce the cause of an error. When an error occurs, a developer's first thought should be, "What data to I need to collect to better understand and analyze this error?" A less experienced developer is one whose first thought is, "Maybe the cause of the problem is (the database query|session timeo...Full Article.
Leo Tolstoy for Developers
All successful software projects resemble one another; each failed project fails in its own way....Full Article.
Every Problem Looks Like A Nail
I wish all the questions I got were this straightforward:
"I need to compare two strings for non-culture-sensitive equality. I notice that there are methods String.Equals and String.Compare which can both do that. What is the guideline on which one I should use?"
I'll answer your question, but first, a funny story (*).
Tip #46: Did you know. that Web Deployment "migrate" operation is "sync" operation with all migration rules enabled?
Note: C# code in this article applies to RC version of Web Deployment Tool available here:
- Web Deployment Tool 1.0 RC x86
- Web Deployment Tool 1.0 RC x64
or through WebPI tool:
- Web Platform Installer
To migrate an application or whole server from IIS6 to IIS7 you need t...Full Article.
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