Archive for 2010
@font-face Generator
FontSquirrel has provided an @font-face kit generator for the masses. Makes setting up a custom font a lot less troublesome.
CSS3, Please!
A nifty online tool to generate appropriate cross-browser CSS for various new CSS3 effects.
Civilization V Preview
A peek at the upcoming release; has some nice screenshots and an overview of changes.
Strengthening your domain: Encapsulated collections
Jimmy [...]
Review: The Productive Programmer
This book presents a grab bag of practices and techniques for boosting your programming productivity, regardless of language and platform.
How IE8 Determines Document Mode
A look at how Internet Explorer 8 handles compatibility switching, including a large flow diagram.
Announcing: TinyIoC – An Easy to Use, Hassle Free, Inversion of Control Container
Yet another IoC container for .NET. Sounds interesting though, will dig into it.
New Offers for Visual Studio 2010
Somasegar details two deals for moving up to [...]
First Impressions of Custom Post Type
Impressive how extensible and robust WordPress has become.
Designing User Interfaces For Business Web Applications
Describes the differences between web sites and applications, and outlines the process of building the latter.
Coding: Effect sketches and the Mikado method
Mark Needham shows an interesting way to analyze the dependencies between classes and their members.
The Seven [...]
When It Comes To IOC Containers, We Seem To Be Pretty Loyal
Reflector Pro has now been released!
Red-Gate’s first release of the super Reflector tool. Also the first version with a paid option.
Our "Extension Properties" Story
Jeremy Miller details the process of adding extension properties, akin to extension methods, to classes that cannot be directly changed. A [...]
VS 2010 / .NET 4 Release Candidate
Scott Guthrie blogs about a final pre-release of the upcoming Visual Studio 2010.
Why Git is Better than X
A feature comparison between Git and other source control systems. Biased towards Git, of course, but interesting nonetheless.
Master the Art of Photographic Composition
Good advice about setting up your shot, since the composition [...]
Are We Continuously Improving Or Just Continuously Changing?
Thoughts on the need to continually improve your work. Else, how do you get any better at it?
Warmup – Getting Started
Nice, a tool that can reduce the time involved in starting a new solution.
Implementing Domain Queries
Suggests a way to create and retrieve persisted domain data. I can use [...]
The WebForms Rant
A lively discussion on choosing between ASP.NET WebForms and MVC.
CodePlex now supporting native Mercurial
The open-source project hosting site now offers Mercurial as an option over TFS.
Analysis of Git and Mercurial
Google’s analysis of the similarities and differences between two popular distributed source control systems.
NDepend v3 is now 100% integrated in Visual Studio
Patrick Smacchia shares [...]
Designing the Moment sets the reader on the road towards better user experiences in common scenarios on the web. This is achieved through the use of casual writing and real-world examples.
jQuery Lint
A JavaScript tool to verify correctness of scripts written with jQuery.
Whither Alt.Net?
Ian Cooper comments on the apparent inactivity of the ALT.NET movement.
Constructor over-injection anti-pattern
Jeffrey Palermo suggests that it is possible to over-use constructor injection, and suggests a way to mitigate the issue.
Constructor over-injection smell – follow up
Jeffrey follows up on his previous post.
Firefox 3.6
The [...]
