April 2004 - Posts

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VS.NET Add-in contest by FransBouma

Roy Osherove organizes a very cool contest for .NET developers out there: the Most Useful/Innovative VS.Net Add-in/Macro contest ! The amount of prizes is very high, so don't miss this opportunity to win cool stuff with writing some cool add-in. I'm one...
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Really complex databinding: ITypedList with weakly typed collections by FransBouma

I've finally managed to finish an article I wanted to write for a long time: Really complex databinding: ITypedList with weakly typed collections . The article describes in full how one of the most complex interfaces of .NET, ITypedList can be used to...
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Marketing tools in full effect by FransBouma

In LLBLGen Pro I currently use the 1.7.4.0 release of the Magic Library for several GUI elements like docking windows. As this release was the final release before the library went commercial, no support was given, but that version was free, came with...
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MVP! by FransBouma

Microsoft made me a C# MVP! . I don't have to add that I'm very very very happy with this title and I hope I won't disappoint as an MVP in the coming year. The story is a little funny so here it goes. First they mailed me (in March) on an account which...
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My entry to the Phraser compo by FransBouma

The1 has posted my entry to his Phraser programming competition here . It's in C# and shows some basic techniques like clever usage of a hashtable and recursion. A list of all entries to the compo can be found here . Competitions are fun, it keeps the...
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Do not read just code, learn algorithms. by FransBouma

Joseph Cooney wonders which sourcecode should be read by a programmer to learn to become a better programmer. I'd say: none. At least, not the code for which you don't have the design documents or algorithm descriptions. A lot of code is very bad and...
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Objectspaces hostility and the separation of marketing and technology by FransBouma

Alex Thissen reported yesterday (and we all know what day it was yesterday ) about a rumour that Objectspaces would be removed from .NET 2.0 and would be released as a separated package. It's a rumour, posted at a date when you can't trust any website...
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