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Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 12
Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2622 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures...Objectives of Chapter 12Explain the different types of objects and layers in a...
View ArticleNew User Group Name and October Presentation
For reasons that I will not discuss here the Chicago Architects Group has changed its name to the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. It is the same great group of people discussing...
View ArticleReview: Head First Design Patterns
Design patterns are an important part of understanding the best practices of software development. Head First Design Patterns is another great book in the Head First series which takes a more story...
View ArticleOctober 2010 Chicago Information Technology Architects Group Wrap Up
Earlier this week Mike Vogt and I presented an introduction to design patterns. While I think that all developers should understand design patterns I don’t believe you can be a good architect unless...
View ArticlePro SQL Azure is out! (from APress)
It's been a ride! Over six months ago Scott Klein and I started to write a book on SQL Azure. It is now officially out and available. You can find the book on Amazon here:...
View ArticleExams are over, time to really start learning
So my UNISA exams are over for the year – and I can finally dedicate some time to professional learning. Since my last development blog post I have had the opportunity to be exposed to some great...
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Notes from Visual Studio Live! In Orlando November 14-17th.
I was lucky enough to attend Visual Studio Live! in Orlando on November 14th-17th. There were so many great speakers and the networking was great. I met a lot of really cool people and we talked about...
View ArticleMultitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available
Cloud computing is about scaling out all your application tiers, from web application to the database layer. In fact, the whole promise of Azure is to pay for just what you need. You need more IIS...
View ArticleThou shalt not put code on a piedestal - Code is a tool, no more, no less
“Write great code and everything else becomes easier” is what Paul Pagel believes in. That´s his version of an adage by Brian Marick he cites: “treat code as an end, not just a means.” And he...
View ArticleVirtual Brown Bag Recap: JB's New Gem, Patterns 101, Killing VS, CodeMav
At this week's Virtual Brown Bag meeting:JB showed off his new SpeakerRate Ruby gemClaudio alerted us to the Refactoring ManifestoWe answered the question "How do I get started with Design Patterns?"...
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If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I would say.
Silverlight is a great product right off the shelf. I use it, love it and spend a lot of time helping the community understand it. This however, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that it can get better....
View ArticleVBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading
I presented at VBUG last year and can confirm that they put on a really good event. This year I stood aside for my “replacement” Steve Plank to work his magic. Worth checking out…VBUG SPRING...
View ArticleWP7 Training & Information Resources 2
(these are lifted verbatim from Microsoft here, here and here and are presented below only because it’s convenient to have them lumped altogether…)Getting Started with Windows PhoneWindows Phone...
View ArticleBook Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET–Kyle Baley and...
I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and finally did!!Don’t let the title fool you, it could have been “Modern Object Oriented development with .NET”. In the context of improving an existing...
View ArticleDon't hire bad developers - period.
There has been quite a furore in the last couple of weeks about a blog article published by David Barrett entitled "CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire .NET programmers". You can find it at...
View ArticleVirtual Brown Bag Recap
I haven't posted a recap lately, because the Virtual Brown Bag recordings weren't being uploaded for a while. That was fixed two weeks ago, so I had a lot of meetings to catch up on. Here's an...
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Basic Design Patterns
I have been doing a rushed brush up on my contemporary concepts programming course – only to encounter more design patterns… so as revision I have listed some details below…Today I am going to briefly...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part1
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 1 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)This series of shorts is targeted at those .NET developers who glaze over at...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part2
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 2 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)Every .NET Architect, developer and even some business users have some...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part3
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 3 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)Continuing our discussion from Part-2 we ask.What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF)...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part4
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 4 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)Continuing our discussion from Part-3 we ask.What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF)...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100–Part5
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 5 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)Continuing our discussion from Part-4 we ask.What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF)...
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Applied Design Patterns Series
Overview of the “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” Project(I’ll be posting on this series here. It will be based on the presentations I’m creating for thePhillyNJ.NETuser group a subgroup of...
View ArticleAdventueWorks Design Patterns Project - Part 1
This is the presentation I did June 29, 2011 at PHILLYNJ.NET. It is the first in a multi-part of a series on the Applied Design Patterns. The solution files are working code with design pattern notes...
View ArticleSome Class definitions in C#
For some unknown reason I have decided to make some sausages with my pasta tonight and write couple of line about Class definitions in C#. I hated the smell of sausages and just decided to have my...
View ArticleSingleton Design Pattern
Design Patterns sounds like an Italian recipies. If you you tell your grand mother that you cooked Bolognese and Pasta for evening, she wouldn't ask you how, as the recipie is famous enough to make...
View ArticleSelf Improvement
What differentiates a great developer from an average one? I've recently started a self-improvement campaign to further expand my skills as a developer and as my first task, before diving into anything...
View ArticleWorking on part 2 of series for PHILLYNJ.NET
Just an update .... I'm currently working on the next presentation in the multi-part of a series on the Applied Design Patterns project called “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” .It has been a busy summer...
View ArticleMy Journey, so far
Everyone has a journey. You start off young & stupid, and 2 decades later, you're closer to understanding the nature of reality. That’s one of the main goals in life, to seek knowledge (justified,...
View ArticleIs Microsoft targeting “low-end” developers really a bad thing?
I found a blog post by Davy Brion (one of my favorite bloggers on the ‘net) that spoke about the .NET world’s current state. He mentioned that Microsoft’s products (such as WebMatrix and LightSwitch)...
View ArticleBe Balanced When Deciding on Application Architecture
Something that took me a while to learn is how to be balanced when deciding on how to architect an application. Since at my current job I was thrown into a hybrid Architect/Developer position due to...
View ArticleMy Programming Reading List
I've made a list of programming books I've read, am reading and am going to read on the Bookshelved Wiki; would anyone care to recommend good books for a web-oriented, C# Agile programmer which I've...
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List of recommended books on TFS, Visual Studio, C# and C++ coding, Design...
UPDATED Jul 3rd 2013: Added Art of Unit Testing Version 2UPDATED Apr 11th 2013: Added Instant TFS 2012 and Project Server 2012 Integration How-toUPDATED Jan 12th 2013: Added Prof TFS Server 2012,...
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Some myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and why they are wrong
During the last months, I was (for some reasons that are not related to programming) working for a dev shop where software development was done the 'traditional' way: You just write your application's...
View ArticleAdvice for Young Developers: Learn to Make Your Own Decisions
Everyone has an opinion. When you embark upon your first real job as a programmer you will find this out very quickly. I have found that software developers can be some of the most opinionated and...
View ArticleMy Introduction
Hello All, I am Srihari.Ganadinni,I have 42 months of experience in .Net design and development,I have worked on Winforms,WCF,Build Automation using code,Linq,Lambda Expressions,Expression...
View ArticleLearning to learn!
This is my first post in this new year and was thinking about a topic to write on. Lately I have been working on varied things that flexes the brain muscles and things which I haven't done before. So...
View ArticleMy upcoming Talk: Introducing PRISM/MEF for the Agile Developer - February 2012
I would like to share that I will be speaking at the Deerfield Beach Coders Café on February 7th, 2012 6:30 PM on concepts behind PRISM and MEF including IoC Containers, Composition, Dependency...
View ArticleInvitation to the IASA SE Florida Chapter Meeting on 02/21/2012
IASA SE Florida ChapterSoftware Design PatternsNina GrantcharovaSoftware Architect at LL Global 02/21/2012 6:00PM Meet 6:30PM PresentationSign up at:...
View Article3 Reasons You Need To Know Something About Every Technology
I make my living as a consultant and a general technologist. I credit my success to the fact that I have never been afraid to pick up any product, language or platform needed to get the job done....
View ArticleVideo on Architecture and Code Quality using Visual Studio...
Find the video HERE.Updated June 28th 2012: Marcel has blogged about this too. Adam Cogan did a great Web TV interview with Marcel de Vries and myself on the topics of architecture and code quality....
View ArticleSerializing Singleton Objects (C#)
Technorati Tags: Serialization,ISerializable,Singleton,Design Patterns You know that when you serialize an object and then deserialize the main object and the deserialized one are different objects...
View ArticleBook Review: Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns by Scott Millett
In the next few lines, I will be providing a brief review of Wrox’s Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns by Scott Millett.Design patterns have been a hot topic for many years as developers looked to do...
View ArticleWhen is my View too smart?
In this posting, I will discuss the motivation behind keeping View code as thin as possible when using patterns such as MVC, MVVM, and MVP. Once the motivation is identified, I will examine some ways...
View ArticleBook Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4
The past few weeks have been particularly busy as I continue to dedicate a bigger portion of my free time to refreshing my memory and enhancing my knowledge of best practices pertaining to technologies...
View ArticleBuilding Enterprise Smartphone App – Part 4: Application Development...
This is the final part in a series of posts based on a talk I gave recently at the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. Feel free to leave feedback.Application Development...
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2012: Study Plan Year in Review
Over the past year I went into study overdrive: I learned A LOT about C++, Maths, Algorithms, Finance & JavaScript. It was a great year in terms of knowledge acquisition.pro amore scientiam !C++C...
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February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary
2013 continues to roll on. This month our meeting landed on one of the coldest day of this winter. We were lucky enough to have our co-founder Carl Franklin presenting on Google Cloud Platform. We...
View ArticleAPress Deal of the Day 22/Mar/2013 - .NET Test Automation Recipes
Today's $10 Deal of the day offer from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430250777 is .NET Test Automation Recipes"This book presents practical techniques for writing lightweight software test...
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