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Web Service performance numbers--plenty fast for UI work
While designing Web Services, the question of "interface granularity" often comes up. Conventional wisdom is that Web Service calls are slow, so the interface must be quite coarse to prevent performance problems. Four years ago, a partner and...
C# code review checklist
My current client uses PSP extensively, so I've been putting together a checklist for reviewing C# code for use on our new project. Your comments or additions appreciated: Are exceptions used to indicate error rather than returning status or error codes...
Designs, testing secured code with nUnit and a book review
My current project is finishing the design phase this week. Our leads are insisting that we design to a low level, including method signatures for business objects, the database layer and the stored procedures. We have been iterating the designs extensively...
First post leads to first retraction
Roy ( a fellow blogger ) wrote, "Interesting! Can you write some of your experiences about working XP style? There aren't that many of us practicing it... :(" I haven't been doing pure XP. My last two projects have been done with a partner and we used...
Bug tracking systems, are they that fun to write?
It seems like most software shops write their own bug and issue tracking solutions. As a consultant, I see lots of projects and a surprising number use a homegrown solution. I just got out of training on my current client's system and it has so many gotcha...
First post as I start a new project
I started a new project last Thursday; it is an interactive website for a large client. There are two Microsoft Consulting Services architects running the project, half a dozen outside consultants and another six or seven client employees working as functional...
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