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C# Competency Test by schnieds

One of the companies I used to work for has a huge problem in keeping competent developers on board. They basically have a revolving door for anyone that is a decent software engineer and most of the employees that stay there long term can't go anywhere...
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How To Register An ASP.NET Custom Control by schnieds

Here is a quick post on how to register a custom ASP.NET control at the Page level or the Web.Config level. This works for standard sites as well as pre-compiled sites. http://www.schnieds.com/2009/04/how-to-register-aspnet-custom-control.html -Aaron...
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LINQ vs FOREACH vs FOR Loop Performance by schnieds

I made a blatantly stupid logic mistake the other day in a business logic layer method that I was writing and got the following exception: “ Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute. ” The problem what I was trying to remove an object...
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Creating a SQL Exclusion Table Using LEFT JOIN by schnieds

For a current project I needed to create a table that contained a list of exclusions that should be filtered out from another table when a specific set of criteria were met. This is a pretty common scenario where you have a large table of data and you...
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The Keys To Successfully Delivering Software by schnieds

I have been developing and delivering software for over 10 years now and I have learned a few things along the way. I am not the smartest developer, the most elegant engineer or a hardcore software design geek. I have however had a good deal of success...
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How Has The Recession Effected You As A Developer? by schnieds

With all of the recession talk in the news, the daily massive layoffs that are taking place and the general doom & gloom feeling in the air I am very curious about how the recession has specifically effected developer's jobs. I have read many articles...
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Team Foundation Server (TFS) Installation Errors & Fixes by schnieds

I have had the unfortunate pleasure of conducting three different Team Foundation Server - TFS - installations in the last couple of years. Each installation has been difficult to say the least and each installation has presented me with new & challenging...
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WCF BasicHttpBinding with Windows Authentication & a 2.0 Client by schnieds

Windows Authentication is a great way to provide authentication security in your WCF services. With the WSHttpEndpoing and a .NET 3.0+ client Windows Authentication works right out of the box with WCF, everything is just peachy. However, if you want to...
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Setting Up IIS7 In Vista For ASP.NET / WCF Development Purposes by schnieds

I recently needed to setup IIS in Vista (again) to support my ASP.NET & WCF development purposes. Since there are a few different things to remember when setting up IIS in Vista to support development purposes (ASP.NET, WCF, Windows Authentication...
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How To Have a Successful .NET Developer Interview by schnieds

I have been through a number of interviews now in my career and I have fared pretty well in many of them. While going through the interviews, I have created a mental list of what has worked well and what made a good impression on those conducting the...
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