April 2006 - Posts

[.NET General] O Happy Day!
20 April 06 10:25 PM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

This is just a "happy day" announcement that Microsoft has decided to make all of the Visual Studio .NET Express Editions permanently free!  Thank you!

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [ASP.NET], [Database], [GameDev], [General], [SoftDev], [Software Architecture], [Tools], [WebDev], [WebServices]

[Laws] John Tobler's "Not About" Law
19 April 06 08:10 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

This law is very general but does have application to software development, as well:

John Tobler's "Not About" Law.

 

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [ASP.NET], [General], [Human Factor], [Laws], [Reference], [SoftDev]

[Laws] New Rules!
18 April 06 09:22 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

Here are two new additions to John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules:

• John Tobler's Exemplary Emulation Rule
• John Tobler's Really Readit Rule

Enjoy!

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [Articles], [ASP.NET], [General], [Human Factor], [Laws], [Reference], [SoftDev]

[Laws] John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules
13 April 06 03:55 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

Now that I have three laws and a corollary under my belt, it's time to start my list:

John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules

Keep watching, I'm sure the list will grow!

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [Articles], [ASP.NET], [General], [Human Factor], [Languages], [Laws], [Refactoring], [Reference], [SoftDev]

[Laws] John Tobler's "Three Strikes" Refactoring Rule
13 April 06 03:51 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

Another C# code review has just led me to state

John Tobler's "Three Strikes" Refactoring Rule 

I hope you will find it useful; it summarizes a lifetime of ex-perience!

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [Articles], [ASP.NET], [General], [Human Factor], [Laws], [Refactoring], [Reference], [SoftDev]

[Laws] John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs
12 April 06 03:34 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

Until otherwise advised, I have laid claim to

John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs

This joins the personal list of laws I started with "John Tobler's Law."

Filed under: [.NET C#], [.NET General], [Articles], [ASP.NET], [General], [Human Factor], [Laws], [Reference], [SoftDev]