Archive for 2009
Adding my voice to the fray of year-end retrospectives.
This book provides insight into the workings of C#, and instructs the reader how to get the most out of the language.
WordPress 2.9, oh so fine
How to Get a Professional Look With Color
A thorough look at the meaning of colour and how to create colour schemes.
4 Lessons Being a Programmer Taught me about Photography
Interesting parallels between two different interests.
Fantastic Winter Shots to Inspire You to Get Out Into the Cold
Some lovely winter pictures.
A book that educates coders on best practices to produce clean code. Heavy reading, but satisfying too.
ASP.NET WebForms Best Practices
Very good advice, things to keep in mind when working with WebForms. Some apply to ASP.NET MVC as well.
3 Must-Watch Topics in 2010
I agree with this list. All three are going to be very prevalent for anyone building on the web.
A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface
An interesting look at the [...]
Unit Testing An NHibernate Application
Integration testing more like, but still very useful information for creating automated tests for a .NET project that uses NHibernate.
Portfolio Design Trends: vCard Websites
“Business card” sites have been increasing in number in the last year. Link leads to a showcase of such sites.
Getting Phenomenal Nature Shots With a Wide Angle Lens
Excellent [...]
Myths & Misconceptions About Grid Systems
A good article that provides counter-points to the grid article I linked to last week.
How To Track Outbound Links From Your WordPress Blog
A neat facility to find out where your visitors are leaving your site.
Really Basic Maths
Khoi Vinh writes up Basic Maths, his new WordPress theme.
How To Support Internet Explorer [...]
Top 20+ MySQL Best Practices
To Grid or Not to Grid: Advantages and Disadvantages
I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. A grid system allows to precisely lay out a website design.
Advanced Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers
patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0
Provides guidance on structuring applications. Have done a quick skim – it looks to [...]
Review: Test-Driven Development by Example
Test-Driven Development by Example is enough introduction to start one working in code by writing tests first. This book goes into just enough detail for a coder to build quality code with confidence – by ensuring the quality is in the code to start!
.NET Projects: Versioning Builds
This article is about setting a version number for a code build, and a mechanism to maintain a versioning system over time. This can be done in NAnt with some custom targets.
