Update: With striking proof that I'm dense and a Developer of Little Brain, Andrew points out that the results are sorted by date added. :- P On at least one torrent search site, our book is the #2 item when you search for WPF. Not searching for "WPF book", just "WPF". Rock on...

I've been working with the eap release of ANTS Performance Profiler from Red Gate. While I don't have a lot of experience with other tools of this nature, I've been pretty impressed. My intention was to hold off and blog a full review after I've had to time to really use the application...

When C# 3.0/.Net 3.5 was released one of the new features that was included was the 'var' keyword. Now I have to admit that when I first read about this new feature I immediately associated this 'var' with the Variant of VB6 or the var of JScript. But that could not be future from the...

Let me start of by publicly admitting this, I am have OCD (Obsessive-compulsive disorder) when it comes to code. My code must be clean and it must be uniform. And because I am a ReSharper lover my disorder is even more drawn out. Over the past month or so while I have been fixing bugs in our application...

This post is part 1 of a 2 part mini-series on why I both Love and Hate being a software developer.  This is mostly a semi-generic rant about my views on the software industry as a whole, and NOT about any one company that i have worked for. I have been a software developer for the past 8+ years...

I am pretty sure most of us have heard of the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle. But I would like to coin a new principle. This is the KIDD principle. So, what does KIDD stand for? K – Keep I – It D – Difficult D – Dummy Sadly it appears that way to many software developers follow the KIDD principle...

How many times as developers have we taken a look at someone else's code and said 'This stuff sucks' or 'WTF where they thinking'? I know I have said this plenty of time. I also am pretty sure that others have said this about my code. In fact I am KNOW I have said that about my own...

In celebration of Thanksgiving tomorrow, i thought i would list out some of things that i am thankful for in the development world. Open source tools RhinoMocks NUnit StructureMap Reflector The great blogs of the blogosphere Having 3 monitors (sooo much better than 2, trust me) Writing fun meaningful...

I'm sure that everyone has heard the riddle ' If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?' . This riddle is all about observation and knowledge of reality. Well, I have a riddle for software teams following TDD. 'If a build fails and no-one fixes...

This is WAY off topic here, but I just have to say this. Our society is way too connected. We have everything from 5 year olds with cell phones and 85 year olds with blog postings. But sometimes we need to just put the Blackberry down for a 3 minutes. A few weeks ago I was in the men's room and another...