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Category Archives: Software Development
Workaround for weird Firefox bug where the textarea cursor will dissappear
Every once in a while I run across a bug in Firefox that basically hides the blinking cursor that is supposed to be in a textbox. It’s still there and I can still type, but I just can’t tell where … Continue reading
So 2008 is here…
Another year came and went already. I had a lot of fun in 2007 and I’m excited about the next year. There’s a lot of interesting things coming up in the .net world: .net 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 are … Continue reading
Quick Tip: Fullscreen Window in WPF
(aka Windows Presentation Foundation aka Avalon aka XAML) WindowState = WindowState.Normal; WindowStyle = WindowStyle.None; Topmost = true; WindowState = WindowState.Maximized; That’s it, nice and easy. Setting WindowState to normal before and then maximized after fixed an issue where it was … Continue reading
Just a quick thought about Google and Microsoft:
Google is a marketing company run by engineers; Microsoft is an engineering company run by marketers. I had this thought as I was walking to the kitchen. It’s not entirely accurate I’m sure, but a general impression from their outward … Continue reading
2 Hours With Castle MonoRail
MonoRail is one of those frameworks that I’ve been watching for a while, but I’ve never spent the time to actually dig in and start messing with it. MonoRail, if you haven’t heard, is a MVC framework for ASP.NET web … Continue reading
Avoiding the startup time for webservice xml serialization
The short version In the build tab of a project’s properties is an option called “Generate serialization assembly”, turn it to “On” to theoretically improve performance. The long version Recently I’ve been working on speeding up a web application that … Continue reading
Points to consider when evaluating a JavaScript framework
I found How to choose a JavaScript framework » d’bug (via Ajaxian). In it the author brings up several things to consider when evaluating a framework. It’s somewhat related to my earlier post on looking for a comparison of JavaScript … Continue reading
JavaScript syntax hightlighters
I found some really cool code editors and syntax hightlighters written in JavaScript and I thought I’d share. The best I’ve found so far is CodePress. It supports many languages, hightlights as you type, adds line numbers, and seems the … Continue reading
So many JavaScript libraries!
Just looking around for some JavaScript libraries to use in some new code, I came up with all these libraries: Prototype jQuery MochiKit MooTools script.aculo.us Dojo Ext JS ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) SimpleJS I … Continue reading
Trying to disprove some .net string memory usage myths
I’ve run into a few string/constants myths repeatedly and I thought I’d try to disprove them. Myth 1: constants use less memory. Myth 2: inline strings are always bad. Myth 3: String.Empty doesn’t create an object while “” does. I’m … Continue reading