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re: Visual Studio Debugging - How To Set a Breakpoint Condition

lamia — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:59:27 GMT

Whoah! Nice tips! Thanks master Chris!

re: Visual Studio Debugging - How To Set a Breakpoint Condition

cvega — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:47:46 GMT

Oh and if you have Visual Studio 2010., check out the collaborative debugging feature, where you can share your "breakpoints" to other developers in your team. It's very cool.

re: Visual Studio Debugging - How To Set a Breakpoint Condition

cvega — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:45:07 GMT

If you don't like Visual Studio to "break" on every break-points., TracePoint is a good alternative.

TracePoint is a break-point with "continue execution" flag set.

For more information about TracePoint, see Scott's blog about it:

geekswithblogs.net/.../visual-studio-2008-debugging-tricks-ndash-tracepoints.aspx

re: 5 Common IT Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Make

Ben Mason — Mon, 10 May 2010 09:56:35 GMT

I do agree wit a lot of this. I think As wit a lot of else in this world its lack of communication in most of the cases that is the main problem. Something has usually to suffer when outsourcing becase that´s why companies does it in first place, its easy to forget that. And usually the quality goes down.

I think its possible to succeed with outsourcing but you have to be extremly well planned.

re: The difference between == and equals() when used in java.lang.String for Java

Candler — Sat, 01 May 2010 06:14:59 GMT

this is nice information for our project and programs that is java platform. The Double class wraps a value of the primitive type double in an object. An object of type Double contains a single field whose type is double. thnks fr this

re: Facebook Tricks - Newline in Chat Window

kenblueswell76 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:16:28 GMT

cool one!

re: Good Coders Code, Great Coders Reuse

lamia — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:23:59 GMT

Thanks for sharing your thoughts LaTtEX.

Ofcourse, OOP works for me and I don't deny how design patterns have helped me solve certain problems or improve certain scenarios.

I also appreciate how design patterns are used in frameworks and the importance in understanding them to fully utilize a framework.

However, when solving certain problems... I don't mind using copy-pasted code just to see how something or if something will work. If it works then I strive to find a better solution. Or maybe, just leave it like that for the moment until I find a better solution.

re: Good Coders Code, Great Coders Reuse

LaTtEX — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:04:16 GMT

Convincing one's self that copy-pasting code is code reuse is one of the classic mistakes a programmer transitioning from novice to intermediate always makes.

The biggest part of that mistake is the foregone conclusion that "OOP doesn't work for me", lamenting that to be able to truly reuse code they still had to resort to copy-pasting or reimplementing functionality in several places.

This is a conundrum faced during the time where a developer is yet to be familiar with how design patterns really come into play in frameworks, and how design patterns simply emerge from the code (as opposed to being applied a la cookbook) while refactoring that framework or API towards more efficient and heavy reuse.

I have had way too many experiences where simple copy pasting in huge applications caused maintenance headaches simply because we needed to chase for each and every copy-pasted instance of "re-use" to reflect changes in requirements. Perhaps when you experience that pain point you will begin to understand that while copy pasting has its place (e.g., utility classes, where they are totally fine) that place shouldn't be all too huge in your programming arsenal.

re: My Christmas 2009 Wishlist

cruizer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:40:43 GMT

well guess what...your old programs probably still won't work on Windows 7, because Windows 7 is just Windows Vista "R2" :P

of course it's got XP Mode, but then your machine has to have hardware (CPU-based)virtualisation enabled. your CPU can have it but if your machine's BIOS disables it, it's still a no go (like in my laptop's case).

re: How do I DisCOUNT that Row?

lamia — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:39:30 GMT

Hi bonskijr,

I'll try your suggestions once I get home. One of the important things I have to consider is to still have reference to the item_id's. Will definitely try out your suggestion. Thanks!

re: How do I DisCOUNT that Row?

bonskijr — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:04:46 GMT

Hi,

You can just change the LEFT JOIN to INNER JOIN or just JOIN(same as INNER) you'll get the result.

you can also reverse the JOIN to RIGHT if what matters is the count of the items.

HTH

re: Still hard to achive a flexible UI (Windows Forms)

cruizer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:01:20 GMT

there's a FlowLayoutPanel for .NET Windows Forms.

but you're a Java dev, right? I suggest you bypass Windows Forms completely and go straight to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). I'm sure you'll like that, as it's very easy to create flowing layouts that adjust to different window/screen sizes and resolutions.

re: Write the Test First, Your Test Must Be Able to Fail

modchip — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:04:01 GMT

Aha! TDD, now I have a clue as to what it is! :P

re: The find command in Windows commandline

modchip — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:01:01 GMT

re: Write the Test First, Your Test Must Be Able to Fail

cruizer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:07:10 GMT

yep. if it doesn't fail first, you might think it's working when actually it was just serendipity ;) it should demonstrably fail, then pass; rather than pass now and fail later :P