Thoughts on .Net & Coding
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Creating Custom Cache Dependency
Just published my new article...
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Kerala logs Microsoft out
Recently there was a news that Kerala state government has decided to throw MS platforms out and adopt open source platforms. In my openion this is a very wrong move. It is true that schools have limited funding for software training but forcing the students to adopt a specific platform is not a good decision. A bit funny thought comes to my mind - the students will learn platforms that start with L and J during their school days. One fine day they will start earning and buy their own PC. That machine will have Windows 2025 installed and they will not know anything about it :-)
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Dynamic Cache Substitution using Substitution Control
Just added a new article on DotNetBips.com.
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Build Comment Web Pages option vanished
In VS.NET 2003 there used to be an option under Tools menu titled Build Comment Web Pages. I rarely used that feature in my projects but for some other reason I was looking for it. To my surprise it has vanished from there. I was pulling my hair for an hour and then gave up :-) Teemu Keiski pointed me to Sandcastle but then it is still in beta stage...
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Better software by better people
I believe in the thought stream that says "better software can be developed only by better people". I consider it in broader sense. Even with excellent tools such as Visual Studio bug free software is still a dream. One of the core reason for this is that software is built by us i.e. humans. We all make mistakes while developing a software. Then what makes a good developer? When there are thousands of developers having the same technology skillset why is that some are better coders than the others? As a trainer I came across variety of developers. Some good, some bad and some average. When I look them as an individual and try to figure out answers to these questions I realize that somewhere the personality of an individual plays a vital role. When I say personality I mean the over all person, his habits, traits, relationships, soft skills and so on.