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  • Software development and light bulbs

    Sometimes making a plan for a new piece of software can be a real challenge. I found out about this, because some of the customers I’ve worked for in the past seem to have a pretty interesting way of planning a solution. The most problematic area for...
    Published 06-09-2009 19:58 by willemm
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  • Yet another best practice for stored procedures

    As most developers know, using stored procedures is a best practice when using SQL server as the data storage for your application. It resolves issues with SQL injection and allows developers to limit access to the database to just the stored procedures...
    Published 12-02-2009 19:46 by willemm
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  • Defeating strong typing in .NET

    I'ts been quite a while since my last post. I have been busy with two projects that both need a lot of attention. Some time ago I discovered a really weird way of passing stuff into a method that totally defeats the idea of having descriptive classes...
    Published 29-01-2009 19:56 by willemm
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  • Tired of using XML all the time?

    Sometimes XML configuration can be really cumbersome, you need a ton of .config files and .xml files to even get a small application running. It seems as if the xml fetish has come to a point that people start to get annoyed and start looking for alternatives...
    Published 12-08-2008 10:27 by willemm
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  • .NET is not always that useful

    Please don't start e-mailing me that I am wrong here, for the most part .NET is a great framework and it contains a lot of useful components. Except for the GridTablesFactory class. I have no idea what it does and appearantly Microsoft isn't so sure either...
    Published 04-08-2008 8:00 by willemm
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  • Helpexplorer 3.0

    Somehow I couldn't install the Composite Application Block from Microsoft, so I compiled it from source. While this solved the first part, it didn't provide me with the helpfile. The helpfile is an HXS file which you need to register with the...
    Published 19-06-2007 17:07 by willemm
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  • Microsoft DevDays

    Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Microsoft DevDays. It was fun and most of the sessions were really interesting to hear and see. One of the most interesting sessions was the ADO.NET entity framework sesssion. Gert Drapers showed some interesting...
    Published 15-06-2007 10:49 by willemm
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