December 2006 - Posts
Debugging Windows Services is a Pain
If you are taking time out to read this post, you have probably experienced the pain of debugging windows services. When I first started writing windows services, I looked far and wide for a solution that would allow me to hit the ol' F5 button in Visual Studio and be able to run everything fine. If you believe Microsoft's advice , it's not possible. The MSDN article on the subject suggests a six step...
Reflection and Generic Interfaces
I've had a need to dive into the Reflection API a lot lately and recently I had to start learning about it as it applies to generic interfaces. Although it is tedious to program at times, you can get some really powerful mojo from this set of technologies. It can be pretty confusing and there are quite a few different scenarios that you might come across. I'll try and go over the ones I've...
Learning WCF Basics
In my last article I told you that I've been learning Windows Communication Foundation. I have a system for learning about technologies like this (a loose system, I'll give you). My system has two steps: Read lots of articles that go over the basics of the technology Try and put together some samples that show me more about the performance metrics I could read a book from cover to cover (and do often...
Dynamic Type Composition at Runtime
I've been diving deep into some emerging technologies lately. One of the areas of interest to me has been Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and all of the goodies that comes with that in the .NET Framework 3.0. When I learn about a new technology, I typically like to learn the basics and then start out by really putting the technology through its paces. One of the new serialization classes...
Charity
I know, I know... you just blew all of your money on a new HDTV and you don't have anymore money to spend on charity (I saw you loading it into your truck at Best Buy on black Friday... don't try and hide it). Have you considered that not all charity is truely expensive? As I try and do every year, I want to mention my favorite charity by the guys at Penny Arcade , Child's Play . The Child's...
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