Live Blogging from Where 2.0 Conference
Chris Spagnuolo 
via chrisspagnuolo.com
I'm blogging live from Where 2.0. If you're doing Google Maps/Earth or Virtual Earth mashups, check out what's going down in the world of the GeoWeb... more »
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Book Excerpt and Interview: Effective Java, Second Edition
Effective Java, Second Edition by Joshua Bloch is an updated version of the classic first edition. Addison-Wesley, made an excerpt available to InfoQ... more »
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Groovy Swingbuilder technical session
Here’s the video from Danno and Andres’ session at JavaOne. This is my first time using my Flip Video camera so just ignore the shakiness that occurs... more »
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Why did we build Microsoft Office Search Commands?
The Lead Developer of Search Commands explains about the motivation and vision for Search Commands.
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JavaScript OO, part 1
A brief tutorial about writing OO-enabled programs in JavaScript.
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Merge PDFs with C#
This article demonstrates how easy it is to merge pdf documents using the itextsharp library.
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Whats the idea? The reason we implemented IdeaPipe
When we first came up with the idea for IdeaPipe (no pun intended), we saw a need to fill a void in the social networking landscape. There are... more »
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2 Easy Steps To Turn Your Blog Into An OpenID Gateway
To facilitate my prediction, of most of you using OpenID by the end of the year, I am going to give you 2 easy steps to turn your blog, or any... more »
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Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1 look very much like Spring, Hibernate and Quartz
Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1 features look very similar to what Spring and Hibernate projects have been offering for last few years.
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JUnit 4.4 - Hamcrest Asserts
JUnit 4.4 includes Hamcrest asserts which make the unit testing assert logic more BDD'ish and readable.
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Dynamically Build LINQ Queries Using Reflection
I was recently working on a project where there was an option to export data from the database. The export function simply exported 2 hard-coded... more »
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VersionOne Supports Agile Teams
If you’re in software development, “agile” has a specific meaning - a set of processes designed to support rapid delivery of value to customers. Now... more »
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Converting an object from JSON and back in Silverlight
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) provides a convenient way to serialize an object, like "Employee" with first and last name, to a string. This can be... more »
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CSS Child Selector Performance
Are child selectors slower than more simple brethren? This is a question that Jon Sykes sought out data for after he read the work of Jim... more »
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Accurately Reflecting Agile's Value in Budgets and Schedules
I've been struggling for some time to ensure that our agile projects get a true representation of value delivered to the client when schedules and... more »
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ASP.NET Hang: Authenticode signed assemblies
When you use authenticode signed assemblies in an application, the application needs to go out and check the certificate revocation lists (CRLs) to... more »
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JavaScript Page Cookie (maintaining page state)
Sometimes you need to redirect the user from the current page to accomplish a part of a task. Most people use pop-up windows to refrain from doing... more »
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Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1
Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor. With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript... more »
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Connected component labeling in F#
Kirill recently posted a blog about connected component labeling in C#. He also asked for solutions in other languages, so of course I had to code it... more »
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What's Coming in .NET Runtime Performance in Version V3.5 SP1
It certainly has been a while since I last blogged. Most of this is laziness on my part, but I can truthfully say that it is partly because I have... more »
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Alt.NET Podcast Launched
The Alt.NET community has a new podcast. The first episode is a conversation with David Laribee, Jeremy D. Miller, and Chad Myers about continuously... more »
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The Narcissism of Small Code Differences
A pithy commentary on the many wars we start over the "one true way" of solving trivial problems.
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Value Objects vs Tool/Framework Bean Req's
A question about how to 'work around' an issue when following the design tenet of Value Objects (per Domain-Driven Design) and using frameworks that... more »
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Redirecting to a Splash Page ( …but only once! ) with Cookies
bloid via css-tricks.com
Splash pages can be annoying. You know the ones… like being forced to watch some advertisement before you can see the page you are trying to get to.... more »
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Thinking in Concurrently in .NET
bloid via codebetter.com
In recent posts, you've found that I've been harping on immutability and side effect free functions. There is a general theme emerging from this and... more »
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