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New article on 15seconds.com

Handling Database Concurrency Issues in .Net

My Tracking Visitors in ASP.Net article is on the Top Ten list at 15seconds.com

 

observations

Just a few scintilating opinions from a sometimes cantakerous software architect:

 

ASPToday.com is dead?

04/01/2003

Well, maybe it's not dead yet, but I have first hand knowledge that Wrox publishing is filing for bankruptcy. I know this because I wrote some articles for them recently, then received a letter that I would not get paid. Some have speculated that book sales dropped once they started using pictures of less than photogenic programmers on their covers.

Well, whatever the reason, I am sorry to see them go. They had a good thing going for a while!

 

hungarian notation is dead!

04/01/2003

Well, maybe it is not dead yet, but the debate over its demise is raging. My opinion is that with the excellent tools provided by Visual Studio.Net, variable names no longer need cryptic little prefixes to identify them. For instance, VS.Net provides "Intellisense", so if you are uncertain about a variable's type, all you have to do is hover your mouse pointer over the variable and a tooltip will appear with the definition for the variable.

Besides, if you design your classes and methods well, it should not be hard to determine what variables are for without Intellisense. So, do yourself a favor. Make your code more concise and easier to read by dropping Hungarian Notation.

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welcome!

04/01/2003

This day marks the release of my new site design, providing me with a home page for ranting about various subjects.

Isn't life great!

 

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