April 2005 - Posts

21 April 2005
Constants vs public static fields
Constants and public static readonly fields are two ways of declaring constant objects/types but the latter is more preferable and must be used as much as possible. In my Effective C# book, it explains many advantages of using public static readonly fields over const up to the IL level. The rule is if... Read More...
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21 April 2005
CruiseControl.Net Continuous Integration Tool
After reading an MSDN Mag article about automated buid and Continuous integration and reading the book Open Source Development in .NET, i got interested in evaluating Open source tools like CruiseControl.NET, log4net, etc... At first, CruiseControl.NET installtion was bit painful to me because i had... Read More...
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16 April 2005
OSS Enthux on my side
To be part of a hybrid environment were MS Technology enthusiasts and OSS/Linux gurus merge is bit hard. Some times you'll heard "Meron na nyan samin before MS introduced that" or "Ano ba yan gaya-gaya". But its good to me, though sometimes bit intimidating. I know there realy is a competiion even we... Read More...
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03 April 2005
Challenge of Extending Datagrid
Datagrid is perhaps one of my most admired components of Windows forms 1.1 and maybe in whidbey it could be even more powerful. At first i was about bit frustrated how can't take out of it the functionalities that i need. later i understand maybe MS wanted to give oppurtunity to component developers... Read More...
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