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we're moving backwards
Published 07-20-2007 11:49 AM | jokiz
This is technically another rant (long overdue), sorry to the guys involved. 1. From test-driven development to deadline-driven development We are practicing test-driven development and continuous integration (okay, just some!). I saw the following code...
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if it's not broken, don't fix it
Published 06-26-2007 4:10 PM | jokiz
<sigh> just ranting...
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Visual Studio 2003 hate list
Published 06-27-2006 10:35 PM | jokiz
here are some list of the behaviors that i hate with Visual Studio 2003. I hope most of them are fixed with the 2005 version. Crashing while attempting to attach to a process i started experiencing this back in my previous company and once in a while...
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why i hate reflection
Published 05-16-2006 6:25 PM | jokiz
one reason is because it is so powerful that a developer can even use it to modify the underlying private field of a readonly property. i mean come on, if you hit this roadblock, there's a problem in your design. in my opinion, reflection is not designed...
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Sql Server Enterprise Manager context menu
Published 03-16-2006 4:37 PM | jokiz
sql server and iis both uses mmc so they both are grouped together in windows xp. my question is why did ms designed the mmc such that the help menu is below the close context menu (which should have been the bottom menu as far as most windowed program...
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collapsible code sections (#region, #endregion)
Published 11-30-2005 12:28 PM | jokiz
visual studio .net comes with the #region and #endregion directives to be able to collapse code sections using the IDE. by default, the generated code (i.e. InitializeComponent method block) which is used by winform and webform designer to recreate the...
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Property Naming WTF
Published 03-18-2005 3:53 PM | jokiz
I got tired of seeing a common property of our controls (since it is part of an interface) and this week, I got fed up and can’t take it anymore seeing them. AlignmentInContainer You might suggest ContainerAlignment but layout properties obviously relates...
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