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- Employ refactoring via Visual Studio to write better code
- Refactoring is the practice of making your code cleaner and clearer without affecting the functionality. Find out what's included in Visual Studio's Refactor menu, and discover a couple of Visual Studio add-ins that bring refactoring to the Visual Basic community. by Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
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- Refactor! Pro 3.2.3 (Windows)
- Never before has a developer tool been so easy to use. You don't have to be an architect or designer to reap the benefits from using Refactor Pro. Tasks you do all the time are suddenly much easier with Refactor. Simply highlight the code you want to change smart tags...
- Software downloads 2009-02-19
- SQL Refactor 1.3.0.207 (Windows)
- SQL Refactor is a Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio add-in that can reformat SQL code in a query window according to a configurable format. It can also perform a smart-rename of SQL objects, updating all references across the database at the same time.
- Software downloads 2008-07-29
- The benefits of code refactoring
- The benefits of code refactoringRefactoring is, very simply put, the revision of code in order to make it more efficient, maintainable and easier to work with. This TechRepublic download covers the subject in detail:http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10548-5642838.html[b]The download makes the case for code refactoring, but how many developers in the TechRepublic community actually...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- Employ refactoring via Visual Studio to write better code
- More than just Extrreme Programming!I just wanted to point out, refactoring is used by everyone or should be used by everyone when needed, not just people using Extreme Programming. Not only does it help you to keep your code clean, but it also is a good way to perform an...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Developers and managers. What does refactoring mean to you?
- After belatedly noticing a truly scary response from someone heavily involved in IT management consultation, where refactoring was described as a waste of resources and a get out of jail free card for incompetent developers, I thought it would be wise to raise the profile a bit.Refactoring is changing implementation...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Give SQL Professional Toolbelt a Test Run
- Are you a SQL Server DBA that wants to streamline work? Or maybe you are a Network Engineer that just inherited SQL Server tasks to do your job. If you are new or a seasoned veteran, there are specific tools available to help you with your day-to-day SQL...
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Test-driven development lets you eliminate bugs as you code
- In software development, bugs are a fact of life. However, test-driven development can reduce software bugs to a minimal annoyance. See how to set up a system for your next project.Project post mortems often focus on how many bugs were discovered and how they were managed. Take any process evaluation...
- Technical articles 2003-09-30
- How to Think Like a Programmer: Part 3
- This is the third of a three part series regarding how to think like a programmer.One of the biggest mistakes that I continually see in the world of technology is the problem of short term expediency versus long term solutions. All too often, a programmer takes shortcuts based on what...
- Blog posts 2006-05-12
- extreme vs rad
- what is extreme programming?http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules.htmlwhat is rad?http://csweb.cs.bgsu.edu/maner/domains/RAD.htmthe questions:which is a better model, and why do you think so?what are the drawbacks to both models?okay since no-one want to start...if I have an option I use a mixture of procedural and object oriented instead of either.if I have to work with one...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-07
- How to omit or include optional arguments in VB6
- How to omit or include optional arguments in VB6article rootUse Multiple Methods Not Optional ArgumentsAlthough VB6 and many other languages as well support optional arguments in methods, this is really not the best solution to the programming problem.There are typically two scenarios where programmers use optional arguments. One, a...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-26
- Watch a server room cabling nightmare become an organized dream
- More InfoThe photo gallery is nice, but I'd like to know more. Like what did it cost, how many man hours did it take? Are the cables labelled? Is this new cabling documented?Maintenance of rack-mount serversCongratulations on a good job of tidying up this server rack. ...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-21
- Enforce development standards with code reviews
- Good Idea, In TheoryI've been coding for 25 years, primarily as a consultant. I've been in exactly one shop that tried to do code reviews, one of which I actually know happened.I think they are a great idea, but has anyone worked in a shop that has the discipline to...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-16
- What do you do
- What do you doWhen you get bored at work? Ok I know every one is compleatly swamped and all they have to do is fix things and do not have any time for fun or to explore. Well if you get free time what do you do with it? I...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-28
- Overloading in java
- Why return type is not cosidering in java overloading?Never seen the reason explicitly defined butShould be two foldFirst it would be very inefficient interms of compiler optimisation. The second and the key point is , if the reurn value is differennt then you are not really overloading.Overloading is achieving the...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- Save time and prevent coding headaches with nullable types in C-sharp 2.0
- Oneheadache for C# developers before C#2.0 was the inability to assign a null value to certain types. Forinstance, if you declared an int, you could never set that variable to a null value. Thesame held true for DateTimeobjects. This limitation forced application developers to come up with their own solutionsand...
- Technical articles 2006-08-03
- Sloppy Software Development
- I'm curious. Does anyone else out there among us developers run into this all the time?I'm working on a "team" of 15 to 20 developers. Some are older, many are newer. The application has existed for quite awhile now.Over the years I have managed to get good...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- .NET: A guide for managers
- As a project manager, you’ve often heard of .NET, but you may not have had an opportunity to work on a .NET project since the strategy is relatively new. I've found that companies aren't exactly jumping over hurdles to migrate to .NET—at least not yet. The .NET Framework is still...
- Technical articles 2003-05-02
- A pragmatic methodology book for programmers of any level and language
- As a developer who did not learn programming formally in school, I have had to pick up on important ideas and techniques on my own. While I may know that a certain idea or technique is important, I don’t always know why. I decided not long ago that I needed...
- Technical articles 2003-03-17
- Simplify request processing with a wait-notify technique
- Employing multithreading programming techniques results in significant improvements in application performance and functionality. Java has enhanced and simplified operations with threads but left other issues to developers. One such issue is an object's wait-notify procedure, which is important for applications that require waiting for certain conditions to occur. Here's a...
- Technical articles 2003-07-31
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