Many programmers are dedicated, or even obsessed, with writing good code. Often we follow certain patterns and practices because we believe they are the best solution for the problem, or because the experts tell us to. In this session, we will discuss what good code really is and what benefits it brings. The talk covers concepts related to code readability, and walks through a number of refactorings on an example web application.

Please follow me over to qedcode. My adventure, like so many others of my generation, started on a plastic box built by two guys named Steve in a garage in Los Altos, California. After that first machine, I went on to an Apple IIe, v.

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Random rants on programming, technology, and related stuff. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Build API documentation with Sandcastle Help File Builder. A couple of weeks ago, I gave. This presentation to the Sacramento . The presentation explains how to build first-class API documentation using Visual Studio, Sandcastle.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Using MailChimp with uSkinned Newsletter Signup Form. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Migrating a database from Azure SQL Database to SQL Server 2008 R2. This is fairly simple, but most searches turn up info on migrating to Azure SQL Database and not to SQL Server.