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Wesley Bakker
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Rivium Quadrant 151
2909 LC Capelle aan den IJssel
Region of Rotterdam
The Netherlands
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Asynchronous DataContext
Triggered by a blog post of Scott Hanselman I was wondering if I could create a generic extension method to asynchronously retrieve objects from a DataContext. And well I could. I ended up with two classes. It was very easy to get this result and you could of course add some more methods that simply return a single object instead of an IEnumerable. The code is attached so you can try it yourself. ...
Certifications
In one way or another I keep stumbling on threads / discussion on certifications. Whether or not certifications are useful, or whether a certification means you’re skilled. Here’s my ten cents on the subject....
Deadly Poison of Lazy Loading and not following Design Guidelines
Sometimes I perform a code review and at first glance everything looks fine, but - while I’m digging my way in - I slowly start to encounter some ‘hidden features’. This post is all about the dangers of lazy loading and not following some of the design guidelines....
What makes a good manager?
In my life time I’ve only met three good managers and they share some common characteristics which made them so good at what they are doing. In this post I’ll try to determine what it is that makes them that good....
CSV stands for COMMA separated values!
CSV and MS Excel Did you know that if your write a correct CSV( comma separated values) file while having MS Office Excel installed that file get's an Icon displaying an 'A' followed by a comma . If you double-click the file however, MS Office Excel doesn...
Don't make assumptions.
I can do garbage me Every day I learn more and yet I sometimes get the feeling that the more I learn, the larger the projects, the more bugs slip in because of assumptions. Right now I'm on such a project. It simply doesn't get of the ground because of...
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