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Already familiar with ASP.NET Web API? You sure? - Ido FlatowI had no idea Web API was so extensible and configurable. You can change pretty much everything in it’s pipeline; message handlers, filters, parameter binding, formatters and so on. Turns out Web API can be cached, but you have to do... [Read More]

How frameworks can kill your projects and patterns to prevent getting killed - Sander HoogendoornThis talk wasn’t entirely about bashing frameworks but the speaker was keen to point out numerous problems associated with their usage:CostLearning curveConvincing management it’s a good ideaConvincing other developers it’s a good ideaFinding the right oneMissing... [Read More]

This was the first paid conference I have attended so I was expecting big things. By big things I mean lots of free stuff and nice food, oh and some good talks. I didn’t finish the first day empty hearted. There were lots of good talks, two memory sticks of... [Read More]

This is possibly the best description of why programming is enjoyable I've ever read. It's taken from The Mythical Man Month by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr."Why is programming fun? What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward?First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud... [Read More]

I had a discussion with a colleague about code coverage the other day where I suggested that 100% code coverage meant very little because you may have covered every line of code, but not necessarily every path through the code. After the conversion ended I thought I'd better check I... [Read More]