I've been out of work this week sick (which really sucks...I don't do very well with idle time, plus I haven't been sick enough to miss work in many years), so what better time to catch up on some blogging. We had an interesting scenario at work recently whereby we needed to dynamically attach...
I was recently working on implementing a provider based design for a project I'm working on which also happens to make heavy use of generics throughout the provider architecture. The signature of the type to be used in the <providers> section of the config file is MyType<T, V>, however...
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on 06-17-2007
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I've got a pretty firm grasp on generics such as when to use them, why they are useful, etc. I'm with the rest of the .Net camp when I echo how extremely useful they are. I've also learned that if you're fighting the compiler on generics for more than a few minutes, there is a reason...
Just a few hours ago, Community Server 2007 was released into the wild! From the CS.org announcement : Today we’re proud to announce the immediate availability of Community Server 2007 – the best version of Community Server yet! There are a number of new improvements, but by far the largest is the new...
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on 04-16-2007
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[Update] Apparently the TryCast keyword was introduced in VB 2005. That miffs me a little. Actually, that miffs me a lot since this project is on .Net 1.1 with no plans to move to 2.0 any time soon. [/update] I've been plagued blessed by inheriting a VB.Net app as one of my projects at work. I am not...