The Daily Six Pack: May 21, 2015

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Packt Free Learning Library Packt Publishing Free Learning Library, Ricardo Peres Other A developer’s guide to Windows 10 and the best of //build MVA, David Voyles Use Conditional Breakpoints with Methods Return Value in Visual Studio 2015, Abhijit…

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The Daily Six Pack: May 19, 2015

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio 2015 Custom Window Layouts Visual Studio 2015 Tips and Tricks – Custom Window Layouts, Senthil Kumar Other C# Futures: Method Contracts, Jonathan Allen Is Visual Studio Online Online? VSO Status Indicator Extension, Greg Duncan Hidden command…

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Introducing Code Contracts – Writing Better Code

Introducing Code Contracts – Exactly what are code contracts and how can they help me in my daily coding tasks? How do code contracts make my code better? Well as I have said before, user input is evil. All user input. Code contracts provide a way for a developer to specifically check what values are coming into their methods and catch issues easily. Here is an introduction to code contracts. (more…)

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Simil Is An Algorithm Used To Find Similar Strings – And It Is Awesome!

Simil is Awesome

Simil is one of the coolest algorithms I have come across in a long while. Developers usually know that all user input is evil, and we really need to implement code contracts and all the fail safes afforded to us by the numerous development standards out there. Unfortunately, spelling mistakes are human and we all make them. (more…)

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