July 2007 - Posts

we're moving backwards
Published 07-20-2007 11:49 AM | jokiz
This is technically another rant (long overdue), sorry to the guys involved. 1. From test-driven development to deadline-driven development We are practicing test-driven development and continuous integration (okay, just some!). I saw the following code...
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Web application projects and build server issues
Published 07-20-2007 10:52 AM | jokiz
Normally, you don't have Visual Studio installed in build servers. Unless you're using the setup and deployment package which can only be compiled by the IDE executable devenv.exe, that's the time that you install VS. As such, you only have...
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Attacked by reserved keywords
Published 07-18-2007 7:05 PM | jokiz
One of our shipment application are used by a number of countries. It has a functionality to write files in an organized manner using country and gateway codes. In other words, files for Manila gateway are written inside PH->MNL folder. It has been...
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Resharper's GetHashCode() and the number 29
Published 07-16-2007 5:30 PM | jokiz
I blogged last year last year about Overriding Equals and GetHashCode . You provide an Equals override if you want to provide value equality on your business objects and normally, you'd use the logical key fields (DB lingo) for comparison. GetHashCode...
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27th jokiz day today
Published 07-13-2007 11:37 AM | jokiz
Three and a half years in the .NET industry and still learning. So what's new? I have a job offer from a Singapore bank to join the masters as you've heard it. My requirements are still being evaluated as of the moment and there's a possibility...
log4net is not logging!
Published 07-05-2007 3:32 PM | jokiz
I have been using log4net for a year and a half now and there are scenarios where I'm expecting it to log some data only to find out that it's not logging. I know two possible reasons of log4net not logging: 1. It is not yet configured to log...
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HashTable and Dictionary Difference
Published 07-04-2007 5:59 PM | jokiz
So far, I have been using just two classes of the System.Collections.Generic namespace, List<T> and Dictionary<K,T>. At first I thought that Hashtable and Dictionary<string, T> are of the same fruit, the difference is the eliminated...
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A data item was not found in the container. The container must either implement IDataItemContainer, or have a property named DataItem.
Published 07-04-2007 2:44 PM | jokiz
I'm working on a GridView and I'm databinding a List<BusinessObject> to it. All is well until I tweaked some code and suddenly, I got this System.Web.HttpException with message A data item was not found in the container. The container must...
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We've got MVPs in the house
Published 07-03-2007 4:05 PM | jokiz
In case you don't know, we currently have three DevPinoy bloggers who are of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional status - Rodel Dagumampan (suddenserenity/dehranph), Andre Cruz (cruizer), and Glenn Gamboa (ggsubscribe). Congrats bossings, keep up...
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