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December 2003 - Posts

'Twas the day before Christmas

I hope that Ryan will forgive me for yet another off-topic post (my New Year's resolution is going to have to be to make sufficient progress with WhaTBI? that I've got something .NET-related to blog about - however, I've got Civilisation III: Conquests Read More
posted Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:38 AM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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Woohoo! [was temporarily Boo-hoo :(]

Have just jumped to #3 in a Google search for my name. Not quite sure what exactly triggered this, but I'm not complaining... UPDATE: And now I'm back down to #47 - what a fickle electronic world it is that we inhabit... UPDATE 2: And now it's #3 again. Read More
posted Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:00 AM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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If MasterCard sponsored Southampton FC

Getting knocked out of Europe by Steaua Bucharest: badGetting knocked out of the Carling Cup by Bolton: worseBeating Liverpool at Anfield: niceBeating Portsmouth, again: priceless Read More
posted Monday, December 22, 2003 10:24 AM by pdbartlett | 4 Comments
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Celebrity comments

Just when you think no-one is reading anything you write, this happens - a comment from Randal L. Schwartz, no less. For sheer surprise value I think this even beats the fact that the first comment left here was from Chris Sells... Read More
posted Monday, December 22, 2003 10:18 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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XAML is for now, not just for Longhorn

Have just noticed that Xamlon works with version 1.1 of the .NET framework. I must have had my Longhorn filter switched on when I read the post the first time... Read More
posted Friday, December 19, 2003 1:17 PM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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New look for Christmas

Just in case anyone reads the HTML version of my blog (well, that's assuming anyone reads it at all :), I've been fiddling with the CSS in order to get something I like. What do people think? Obviously the snow flakes will not be a permanent feature, Read More
posted Friday, December 19, 2003 11:07 AM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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Kata for the dojo

My understanding of Japanese culture is not up to much, but it did strike me that any dojo worth its salt ought to have some kata. By implication then, a GeekDojo probably ought to have something technical, and what better than the Code Kata from "Prag" Read More
posted Friday, December 19, 2003 9:47 AM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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At least I'm not this bad

From Kent Tegels. Enjoy... Read More
posted Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:56 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Unit testing for presentation and data tiers

There are two more unit test frameworks that I shall definitely be having a look at in the near future: NUnitASP - which I've known about for some time, but have never gotten around to trying TSQLUnit - which I found out about recently, via an edition Read More
posted Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:26 AM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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More on FOR

I've just posted a comment to a CodeProject article on another usage of the FOR batch command, in addition to the one I mentioned previously. This time it's in building date/time-based file names, such as the example below which names a log file after Read More
posted Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:39 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Object-relational mapping

When I embarked on WhaTBI? I was intending to look at ObjectSpaces "at some point", but not too urgently as they would not be around until Whidbey. However, I definitely intend to have a good look at NEO in the very near future, not least because it's Read More
posted Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:07 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Another gem from Joel...

Via Sam Gentile: Joel has written another must-read essay on Software Devlopment and Bi-culturism. While many have in the Microsoft community have leaped on the obvious witty end-slap, the entire essay is actually one of the most balanced and best attempts Read More
posted Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:08 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Dynamic NAnt

Have just finished updating the NAnt build script for WhaTBI? so that a large chunk of it is auto-generated from an XML component definition file. The master build file uses the <style> task to generate a subordinate build file, which it then runs. Read More
posted Friday, December 12, 2003 4:02 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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And the silver medal goes to...

Bizarrely enough, my couple of attempts at writing on CodeProject have earned me silver membership status, which I am now displaying proudly in my "News" section. The eagle-eyed amongst you might notice that I only actually qualify for bronze membership Read More
posted Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:21 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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FreeTools.NET?

Though I do have access to VS.NET 2003 at work, I am currently working on WhaTBI? using free tools, namely: Framework SDK V1.1 jEdit NAnt NDoc NUnit FxCop Reflector This is mainly so I can legally work on it at home, though as I've mentioned Read More
posted Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:11 PM by pdbartlett | 9 Comments
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A BoyWonder-ful recommendation

Yes, BoyWonder.NET himself, Robert McLaws likes the stuff here at GeekDojo. He mentions the .NET stuff in particular, which pretty much rules me out for now at least, but it might just earn him a place on my "edited highlights" blogroll.  I guess this Read More
posted Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:47 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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WTL 7.1 released

If, like me, your day job still makes heavy use of "classic" (substitute your own synonym for "old") technologies like COM, ATL, WTL and unmanaged C++ then this may be of interest... Read More
posted Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:38 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Object-oriented JScript articles

Chris Waldron has written a series of three CodeProject articles on JScript's OO capabilities, which I suspect will answer my question as to whether classes can be handled a bit more elegantly than I do in JsGrep. Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Read More
posted Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:38 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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WhaTBI? update

My WhaTBI? GDN Workspace has just made its first release. It's not particularly exciting, just the NDoc-generated .CHM file for the first couple of interfaces, and null implementations of them, but it does show what NDoc can achieve (and implicitly what Read More
posted Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:59 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Cliches, or Management Patterns?

Most developers take some amusement from managers' use (or overuse, or even abuse) of the latest cliches (synergy, win-win and leverage all spring immediately to mind), but it occurred to me this morning that some of them may actually have value as "Management Read More
posted Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:58 AM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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GDN workspace for "my big idea"

As I suggested I might in my previous post, I have created a GotDotNET (GDN) workspace where I shall the development as time permits. It's called WhaTBI?, for "What's The Big Idea?". Hopefully I can at least get the basic interfaces up there pretty Read More
posted Monday, December 01, 2003 1:14 PM by pdbartlett | 2 Comments
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JsGrep - another update

The article is now here on CodeProject - enjoy! Read More
posted Monday, December 01, 2003 9:22 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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