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New Episode!

AJ Warnock — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:47:27 GMT

Do you want... an opportunity for FAME, Fortune, some GREAT information on Tools, Techniques and not too mention just plain fun?

(hmmmm, maybe some swag too.. who knows)

Then…

Make sure you make it to the Tampa Microsoft office by 6:15 PM EDT on 7/22/2009 for the Tampa .Net User Group meeting for the recording of the next episode of “It’s all about the Tools!” Or, if you can’t make that then definitely check out the other episodes and videos on Channel9 - Russ's Tool shed

To register for the meeting go to: www.fladotnet.net or for more information see www.devfish.net

PEX! DevLabs & More...

AJ Warnock — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:17:45 GMT

While attending a Microsoft Developer Event today (the VSTS Fire Starter in Tampa), I was reminded by Joe Healey that it is my civic duty to write a blog entry at least once a year. That being said, I find that next week would be the 1st anniversary of my last Blog post. To those who actually read my blog, I apologize and to those who didn’t I apologize for making you read this one

First, thanks to all who presented at the event, it was enjoyable and informative. To anyone who missed, I would recommend that you consider going to the Orlando .NET Code Camp (http://www.orlandocodecamp.com) and check out the VSTS sessions presented by Catapult Systems. Last but not least, if you are not aware of the Microsoft DevLabs site I would like to introduce you to it http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs. I, recently, stumbled across it due to one of the recent additions from last December…

Let me introduce you to PEX if you have not seen the project, it is an interesting project to implement “White Box Testing for .NET”. The name PEX is derived from Program Exploration and the tool produces a traditional unit test with high code coverage. Although, it is in its early stages of development, I must admit the concept of using automated code exploration and execution analysis to automatically generate a systematic and somewhat intuitive white box test is definitely a good thing. Yes, I know that using code coverage as a measure of testing and software quality is relative and not a true accurate measure of how well we test. However, when used in conjunction with other test quality metrics it does give a more complete picture of the quality of the code. So, I would check this one out The PEX Site.

And, by the way; while you are at DevLabs site, I would also recommend you check out the Code Contracts and Small Basic projects too. I, am looking forward to playing with all of these tools.

Enjoy!

South Florida CodeCamp!

AJ Warnock — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:31:01 GMT

Free Food, Giveaways, raffles, and GREAT Free Training.... Sounds like CodeCamp!

The South Florida CodeCamp is tommorrow, so don't miss this one if you can be there. You need to sign up at http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=122048

Don't miss this opportunity to learn, network and just have fun.

Visual Studio 2008 Links

AJ Warnock — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:26:15 GMT

With all of the information out there about the Visual Studio 2008 features, updates and requirements, it is hard to filter through some of it. However, if you are interested in learning more here are a few good places to look and check out.

Interesting Visual Studio 2008 C++ Beta Info (Thanks for the info MSDN Flash Newsletter!)

There is a Microsoft Foundation Class update in the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack beta, and we'd like to follow that up with a reminder that the Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is also available as a powerful and flexible development environment for creating native Win32 and Win64 applications, not to mention cool 2D/3D games. Also, Microsoft and The Game Creators have partnered to deliver the Development Kit for Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, a free 2D/3D game development library for Visual C++ 2008.

Also, for all those in South Florida; don't forget the CodeCamp this weekend!

So, if you find some time to research have fun.

Want to configure VS2008 for .Net Source

AJ Warnock — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:52:09 GMT

It appears that last week, Microsoft release the source code for several of the .Net 3.5 Framework libraries and according to ScottGu more will be coming soon. For a list of what is available make sure you check out Scotts Blog at http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/16/net-framework-library-source-code-now-available.aspx

So, if you want to see how to configure your VS2008, Shawn Burke has a great Blog entry here http://blogs.msdn.com/sburke/archive/2008/01/16/configuring-visual-studio-to-debug-net-framework-source-code.aspx. That gives all the details.

So, check these site out and Thanks Scott and Shawn for the Info.

Visual Studio 2008 Launch Event Registration

AJ Warnock — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:12:42 GMT

While the Microsoft Visual Studio Luanch event registration site has been up for the LA registration, it appears that they have opened registration to the public for most of the other locations. Yes, there are a few that are still not open so keep a watch but if your in one of the other lucky cities to have a chance you should check it out.

Be the first to register in your area....

Heres the link: http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/register/default.mspx

It's LAST DAY!

AJ Warnock — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:15:36 GMT

Again, it is LAST DAY! So, it is time to make all of those resolutions that we always intend to keep but often don't seem to quite achieve. So, if one of your resolutions is to get more involved with local development groups and learn all about the latest technologies then here are a few things to Checkout:

Sarasota .Net Developers -- http://www.sarasotadev.net
Sarasota SQL Developers -- http://www.sarasotasql.net
Tampa Bay IASA January -- http://www.eventbrite.com/event/89609023

You can find many links on both of these sites for other surrounding area development groups in Florida. Also, if you want to know the latest information on Microsoft Events, CodeCamps and More. Check out this site,

Joe Healey's Site -- http://www.devfish.net

Last but not least, check out these sites for more Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando Geek News and Activities.

Community Credit -- http://www.community-credit.com/
CodeBrew -- http://www.flacodebrew.net

Happy Last Day and Good Luck in the New Year!

Its a Disposable World...

AJ Warnock — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:55:00 GMT

While this is pretty old hat stuff, it appears that the statement “common sense is not always common practice” continues to hold true.

Recently while researching some code, I found several instances where someone neglected to call the Dispose() method on a SqlCommand object. It appears that they believe that calling the Dispose() method on the connection actually called the method on the associated command. Some developers believe that the disposing of the associated connection will dispose of the associated command. Neither of these are the case.

In the beginning, there were many Microsoft Examples that did not call the SqlCommand objects Dispose() method due to the fact that it did not override this method and only called the base method. Based on this knowledge, it was not really necessary to call this method. The problem occurs when we follow this practice for multiple objects and suddenly the method is overridden in a new release of the framework. Just by following this seemingly harmless and potentially logical technique, we have inadvertently introduced latent memory and resource leaks into the code.

The best technique for ensuring that this does not occur is to appropriately use the using keyword or ensure that the dispose() method is called in the finally blocks of any try-catch-finally exception processing to ensure that we always dispose of any object that is disposable.

A hard and fast rule of “If it implements IDisposable, then always call Dispose()” will always keep your code unambiguous and dependable regardless of any modifications in the framework.