Jan Tielens' Bloggings
Joy, frustration, excitement, madness, aha's, headaches, ... codito ergo sum!
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Extending Intellisense: TypeFinder Macro
Namespaces in .NET are great! But how many times do you find yourself typing Private r As xmlreader, and then noticing that there is no Imports/using statement for the System.Xml Namespace? Then you would have to scroll to the top of your document and add the Imports/using statement by hand. Alternatively you could choose to add the namespace to your declaration: Private r As System.Xml.XmlReader. Since we are all developers, why not develop something to help developers with this tedious task of namespace lookups?
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Cool Color Scheme Utility
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Ever found yourself in need of a quick color scheme ? But no inspiration at all ...
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Remembering code snippets (eg. Global Error Handler)
Today I was searching for a code snippet that I had used some time ago. But I couldn't find it! I knew I had used it before in a project, but ofcourse I hadn't the source code with me. I work on different locations (customer's office, office, home) on different machines (customer's pc, laptop, desktop) and I don't copy all my projects to each pc. My next thought was: “No problem, just use Google!”. But when you really want to find something, the chances are high that you can't remember the exact title of the article or website you've read (Murphy's law). So no luck with Google today. Finally I went home and looked up the snippet in my old project...
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I'm back
I'm back from my honeymoon to Thailand. It was an incredible holiday, we saw so many beautiful things and the people were so kind: I can recommend it to everyone!
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Out of the office until the 4th of August (Honeymoon!)
Last weekend (12th of July (thx Mike)), Nele and me had our mariage. It was an incredible day, with very good weather (not too hot), a lot of moments that I will never forget, and a lot of people that made our day so beautiful. I want to thank all of you who sent congratulations!
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What's missing in VB.NET and C#?
Roy has made a very nice list what is missing in his opinion in VB.NET and C#. I listed Roy's points below which I totally support, and I added my own wishes too:
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As many pc's as I can dream of...
A few days ago I installed VMWare Workstation 4 on my PC.
VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for the desktop. Optimized for the power user, VMware Workstation runs multiple operating systems -- including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Novell NetWare -- simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines. VMware Workstation provides more choice, greater flexibility, and more powerful functionality than any other virtual machine software in the marketplace today. -
Hilarious article: How To Write Unmaintainable Code
Roy posted a link to a hilarious article about how to write unmaintainable code. Since last year I converted a VB6 application to ASP, I really understand Roy. I think the author of the original application must have read this article, before he started coding! ;-)
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TechEd 2004 in Amsterdam!
I know TechEd 2003 is still starting (and I am NOT there :-( ), but for me this is great news: next year TechEd will be in Amsterdam! Thanks Patrick, for the news! Since I live in Belgium (near the Netherlands) my company HAS TO LET ME ATTEND IT! I hope my manager reads this... ;-)
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My MSDN Belux Article online!
Today my article about Collections in .NET was published on the MSDN Belux site. The article is the first of two about the collection classes in the .NET Framework:
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When you lookup the System.Collections namespace in the MSDN Library, you will find over 10 different classes. Choosing the right one for using in your application can be hard. This article will provide an overview and give some guidelines for choosing the right collection. The next article in this series will focus on building custom strongly typed collections and applying advanced techniques on them, such as data binding and sorting.
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