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Do you work for Microsoft?
I was communicating over email with recently and they assumed that I worked for or at Microsoft, when questioned why they think that (this wasn’t a technical email or any other factors) they pointed...
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MVP for a third time :)
364 days ago& 829 days ago, I blogged about being awarded a MVP from Microsoft and I am proud to announce that I have been awarded a MVP for a THIRD time! Thank you to all that were part of making...
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You never debug standing up
Being a professional developer means following standards, standards that are set by smart people (smarter than me at least) and when you start to break those standards will wrong. I know this! However...
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MVP Award Time Again
January first - most people celebrate the ability of gravity working for another year and other physics related awesomeness at midnight however for 943 people they get a special celebration at about...
View ArticleAn Aphelion
Aphelion is the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is farthest from the Sun.-- WikipediaTomorrow, July 31st will mark an aphelion in my career – I am leaving BBD today after 5 fantastic...
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My toughest bug of 2014!
The first sign of a problem was when the app crashed while I was testing a new feature I put in. The error in VS indicated a XAML issue which was odd, since I wasn’t working with XAML at that point. I...
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Why I am proud of my planet sized unit test
I am having a lot of fun with a new project, one where the customer said we had to do unit tests (how rare is that ). It is still VERY early days in the project so by the end maybe I will realise this...
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I dropped a large binary object in Git ... now what?
or how do I remove a file from Git, including the history. This came out of a discussion with some ALM Rangers (in fact the title was from Willy-Peter himself!) and I thought it is too good not to...
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Xbox Live Gold? Don't forget this trick to get free games!
Each month Xbox gifts their Xbox Live Gold members a number of free games. Something remember is that you get ALL the games, regardless of the console you own! That means, if you only have a Xbox 360...
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Events you should attend
What’s New RoadshowStarting next week the What’s New Roadshow (or as it is officially called, Dev Day) will be happening in Johannesburg (already sold out), Durban& Cape Town. This should be a...
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What is in your bag?
The developers I know who refer to themselves as “craftsman” will, at length, tell you how methodology, principals & practise are all that matters to becoming a successful developer – tools are not...
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The one that got away: A Windows Phone bug that can not be solved
A project I was recently working on ran up against an interesting bug and, unfortunately, it was a bug we had to ship the app with in the end. My main reason for sharing this is in the hope that should...
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CSS Media Queries + Visual Studio = Easy
CSS media queries used to scare me. The problem is that I know CSS, but media queries look so much more complex & having to rely on browser tools to help get them correct was never a great...
View ArticleSlides from my DevDay (March 2015) talks!
First off, let me thank everyone who attended – this was one of the best events I’ve been involved in and that is all down to the great audiences we had. Not only was it fun and exciting but I learnt...
View ArticleWe need your help!
The Developer User Group is running it’s annual survey. It is short and will help us a lot with regards to planning and ensuring we provide you with the best experience. PLEASE give us 3 min of your...
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Index Initialisers (C# 6)
Want to learn about other C# 6 features? Check out the full list of articles & source code on GitHubC# 6 adds in a new feature which is called Dictionary Initialisers or Index Initialisers, because...
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Exceptions: What happens when an exception occurs inside a catch or inside a...
Want to learn about other C# 6 features? Check out the full list of articles & source code on GitHubExceptions, the bit of code that makes everything break! Here are some interesting thoughts...
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Auto-properties with initializers (C# 6)
Want to learn about other C# 6 features? Check out the full list of articles & source code on GitHubA big design trend in C# 6 is the removal of ceremony from code. Ceremony is the amount of code...
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Read-only auto-properties (C# 6)
Want to learn about other C# 6 features? Check out the full list of articles & source code on GitHubContinuing on from the previous post with auto-property initialisers, the second enhancement to...
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Static Using Statements (C# 6)
Want to learn about other C# 6 features? Check out the full list of articles & source code on GitHubStatic using statements are a new feature of C# 6 designed to improve the readability of code....
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