I saw today this line of code in a newsgroup and couldn’t resist to compare it to the same code written in C#. array<System::Data::DataRow^>^ rows = myTable->Select("…"); Now, […]
Anonymous method trivia
Can you guess how many times will this console application output the current date? class Program { private static Tubo tubo = new Tubo(); static void Main(string[] args) […]
Visual Studio Team System Testing tools and multithreading
If you’ve been doing testing with Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) you have probably noticed that each test might be run in different thread. And the same is […]
Make XtraVerticalGrid fast as a bullet
Recently I’ve discovered that XtraVerticalGrid, a nice vertical grid from [DevEx], has some serious problems with speed when doing batch updates. Usually you should enclose batch updates within […]
LLBLGen Pro got even better
Frans released a new major version of his [LGP] ORM. Basically, a top notch ORM product got even better. Make sure you check the what's new list – and if you […]
Team Foundation Server 2008 and all of the 64 bits
[MS] is lately trying to go 64 bits with their OS. Vista x64 isn’t going anywhere due to the lack of 3rd party drivers (hey, it is hard […]
Orcas beta 2 wave is heating up the summer
As Somasegar and other softies announced, Orcas beta 2 (and .net 3.5 beta 2 with go-live license) is available for download. Silverlight 1.0 RC will follow shortly. Go get […]
Creating SpinComboBoxEdit control
I saw a question about how to extend [DevEx]’ ComboBoxEdit control to include spin down and up buttons in their forums. The buttons should cycle through available items. […]
Can you spot the problem?
Check out this code: static void Main(string[] args) { string test = null; Console.WriteLine("Is test null: " + test == null); Console.ReadLine(); } And guess the output without […]
To Dispose or not to Dispose
The question whether “I need to Dispose some object” appears fairly often in newsgroup, wrong answers and myths appear even more often. So I thought of writing my comments on […]