Software Development Guidance

The Dreaded Re-write

Seam expansion

Maslow’s Hammer

If you think you need to use an ORM, think some more.

Math.Round(value) does to-even rounding

Data virtualization in Windows Phone 7.1 (or Why INotifyCollectionChanged is fundamentally broken)

volatile–You Keep Using That Word, But I Do Not Think You Know What It Means

The Subtle Differences Between Events and Commands in a Message-oriented System

IDisposable and Class Hierarchies

The Dispose Pattern as an anti-pattern

Leave predicting to meteorologists and fortune-tellers

Thread synchronization of non-atomic invariants in .NET 4.5

Thread synchronization of atomic invariants in .NET 4.5 clarifications

Thread synchronization of atomic invariants in .NET 4.5

Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices published

Automated Testing Isn’t Just for Business Logic

“Virtual method call from constructor” What Could Go Wrong?

Software Design and First Principles–Part 0: Concepts of Object Orientation

The Rat-hole of Object-oriented Mapping

Avoid the volatile Modifier

If You’re Using “#if DEBUG”, You’re Doing it Wrong

Criteria for Success

Mapping to Your Database is a Private Affair

Developing Windows Services in Visual Studio

The Custom Configuration Section Code Smell

Deep Dive on Closure Pitfalls

The Difference between an Anti-Pattern and a Code Smell

Evolving code over time

DevTeach 2009 Vancouver

Developing with Source Code Control – Best Practices Part 2

A Upcoming Pandemic of Domain Anaemia

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 1

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part x


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