Shooting down more Anti-VB'isms...
This guy states: “I just can’t LIVE without being able to do things like:” string oink = myHashTable[someKey] as string; if(oink != null) “Or” lock(this) { // yada yada yada } Hmmm… let’s ...
This guy states: “I just can’t LIVE without being able to do things like:” string oink = myHashTable[someKey] as string; if(oink != null) “Or” lock(this) { // yada yada yada } Hmmm… let’s ...
I can’t help it… this crap is so wrong that it MUST be discussed. It’s been picked up my many people in the blogsphere and used as “reference” material in forums. It’s wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG! Y...
To all those that didn’t get in on the SiN play testing that occurred yesterday, my apologies. There were only a limited number of seats available and I had to hand them out on a first come - first...
There’s officially no Geek Gathering for December, however, one of our members has extended an excellent opportunity… Did you ever play a game called SiN? Do you like the Source engine (Hal...
When: December 13th, 2005 Come to the event for you chance to win a free copy of DVDs containing both Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005! There are FIVE of these to be given away, so you chanc...
While working with VB 2005, I’ll try to take note of the little things that help make VB stand out above other development products. Here’s one that I haven’t really heard anyone speak upon and it ...
“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have made a difference in the world. Marines don’t have that problem” – Ronald Reagan Many people that know me think that I’m anti-establi...
Several questions arise surrounding performance with web applications. Many times it’s difficult to tell exactly where the bottleneck in the loading time of the page may be. Is it the page size, pa...
With VB’s snippet feature, every time you add a new snippet the coloring stays around until you close the file and re-open it. This can quickly lead to a lot of visual clutter while your developing...
It stinks… please fix it! OK, I know that’s being a bit harsh, but hang with me just a moment. Prior to the relaunch, after selecting the “tab” on the left Xbox, you’d be shown an HTML page that h...