Posts Tagged ‘coding’

Isle of Man: devG – C# language features

If you’re a .Net developer here’s an event you mustn’t miss here on the Isle of Man. It’s a talk about the new language features of C# and here are the details: Mike has agreed to share is knowledge with us, and will be giving a talk on the 3.5 language...

Dev Wednesday in the Isle of Man

My mate Zak is looking to try and set up a Developer Group here in the Isle of Man. I was speaking to him a couple of days ago, and it’s still uncertain what shape it’s going to take; which is excellent news for anyone wanted to get involved. It...

Javascript Gotcha: Invalid Assignment Left-Hand Side

I ended up scratching my head today over a line of Javascript that was just not playing ball. The line was this: opener.document.forms[0].plugin-media4pic.value = "avatar.jpg"; All I was trying to do was update a field on the parent form that called a popup with an image that had been uploaded by the...

Picking a Platform

Great post on ReadWriteWeb about 5 issues to keep in mind when choosing a web development platform. Regardless of what sort of platform you’re after, these ideas translate well to other technologies also. Here are the things to watch out for: Reach of the platform – the broader the target market,...

Vista SP1 – The Developer’s Perspective

Paul, from my office, has just sent me a link to a post by Tim Sneath entitled What does Vista SP1 mean to developers. In his post, Tim outlines some major changes in SP1 that developers need to know about. In a nutshell, his post talks about: A common codebase for...

Facts on Software Engineering

I came across a post on CodingHorror where Jeff pulls out a summary from Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass. There’s some great stuff in there that everyone working in software should know. And good advice is like? cheap glasses, you can never have enough! So...

10 ways to improve your code

Interesting post on The Reg about Neil Ford’s talk about how to improve you code. The talk was aimed at Java developers but there’s good advice for everyone in there. Here’s what he said in a nutshell: Write tests before writing the code Use static analysis tools Practice “good citizenship” by paying attention...

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