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Semantic HTML
There’s a lot of literature about “semantic HTML” on the web (here’s one person who writes about it a lot). The best short advice I know of to get jump-started on this topic is from a page on W3C. I’ve … Continue reading
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Paradigm Shift: from Request/Response to Publish/Subscribe
Since attending Udi’s ADSD class about a year and a half ago, the publish/subscribe pattern in general has been fascinating for me to consider at many levels. In some ways it’s a fundamental shift in the way we program. When … Continue reading
Posted in CQRS, DDD, Programming
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How to Teach Data Types
I received this email from Terry Palmer, an instructor of CIS at Mayville State University. As a software development professional, the preparation of new graduates in this field for real world work provided by mainstream universities has often been very … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, Programming for Kids
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CodeRush FTW: Reorder Attributes
Check out this code block within an ASP.NET forms application: It’s quite wide, and the repetitive attributes that I mostly don’t care about are left-most. It’d be nice to move the “runat” and “EmbedInDiv” attributes to the end of these … Continue reading
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Update a SQL table’s XML value to insert a node
Sometimes a snippet of example code is all that’s needed: update MyTable set XmlColumn.modify(‘ insert <Description>This is a description</Description> as last into (/xpath/to/parent)[1] ‘) where SomeValue = ‘whatever’ .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, “Courier New”, … Continue reading
Posted in CodeMinder, Programming, SQL, XML
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SQL Injection Joke (with a lesson)
At a recent team stand up meeting I passed along a joke I caught on twitter: A SQL Injection walks into a bar, starts to quote something but stops, drops a table, then dashes out. The joke is a … Continue reading
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My Regular Blogs and Podcasts
As a software development professional, I use blogs and podcasts to keep on top of what’s going on in this technical world. Here are the ones I use most: Podcasts .NET Rocks. Good source of mainstream Microsoft-related stuff; about an … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Null
With many object-oriented computer languages there is a difference between an empty object and a null object. I often come across code which understands there is a technical difference between empty and null, but doesn’t properly use the semantics of … Continue reading
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Digging For Requirements
I think my favorite programming book of all time is The Pragmatic Programmer. It was the first introduction I had to being more intentional with my programming. There were certain types of programming patterns that felt good, but I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in General PC Usage, Programming
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Keep Local Copies Up-to-Date Automatically
A coworker sent me this today; this idea had never crossed my mind: Not sure if you’ve already got something setup to automatically update your svn checkouts, but thought I’d mention this. I just created a .bat file: TortoiseProc.exe /command:update … Continue reading
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