http://www.softdevarticles.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss/ UML, Agile, Java, .NET, Test, Project Management, SCM, ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:28 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:16:05 -0500 XOOPS WhatsNew 2.12 Whats New contact@softdevarticles.com contact@softdevarticles.com Copyright (c) 2010, http://www.softdevarticles.com en http://www.softdevarticles.com/images/logo.gif http://www.softdevarticles.com/ 125 60 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1978 Visual Studio is fine for most debugging purposes. Just occasionally, it isn't practicable, or there are other quicker ways of doing it with a user-mode debugger. Edward argues that debugging in MSIL or assembly language is a strangely liberating ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:16:05 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1978 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1977 Recursion can be a powerful programming technique when used wisely. Some data structures such as tree structures lend themselves far more easily to manipulation by recursive techniques. As it is also a classic Computer Science problem, it is oft ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:37 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1977 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1976 This article explains why such habits as using nested HTML Tables to position content in the right place on the browser page is bad practice and, nowadays, avoidable. It is just one 'Markup smell' that it discusses on the way to demonstrating the ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:42:30 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1976 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1975 People keep saying that Entity Framework is simple to learn. Simple? Well, finally, we're going to be forced to agree, thanks to James Johnson's new series on learning EF the 'hands-on' way Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:32 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1975 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1974 The Query Optimizer gets it right most of the time, but occasionally it chooses a plan that isn't the best possible. You can give the Query Optimiser a better idea by using Table, Join and Query hints. These come with a risk: Any choices you forc ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:31:17 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1974 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1973 Phil Factor's SQL Speed Phreak challenge is an event where coders battle to produce the fastest code to solve a common reporting problem on large data sets. It isn't that easy on the spectators, since the programmers don't score extra points for ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:27 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1973 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1972 Alex Kozak discusses some general issues surrounding disk space requirements for SQL Server databases and shows how to estimate Disk space usage and requirements. He gives tips on using DBCC CHECKDB consistency check and for estimating the space ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:25:02 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1972 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1971 Rodney describes in his own unique style how he, as a working DBA, goes about troubleshooting problem queries, and investigating various types of locking and blocking problems. In the process, he passes on valuable tips learned from practical, an ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:23:10 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1971 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1970 Python is increasingly used by DBAs as a general-purpose scripting language, despite the pressure to adopt Microsoft's PowerShell. They find it easy to learn, powerful, and reasonably intuitive. This article explains the attraction of Python and ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:53 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1970 Articles Directory http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1969 No list of mistakes is ever going to be exhaustive. People (myself included) do a lot of really stupid things, at times, in the name of "getting it done." This list simply reflects the database design mistakes that are currently on my mind, or in ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:59:29 -0500 http://www.softdevarticles.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=1969 Articles Directory