The Daily Six Pack: July 16, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Developer Superhero Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Harry Potter, Pinal Dave Other C# Specifications: Using Visual Studio 2013 to compile a DLL and EXE, Sam Stokes The 10 commandments of documentation, Jason Mark Microsoft…

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The Daily Six Pack: July 15, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Destroy Programmer Productivity How to destroy Programmer Productivity, George Stocker Other i, j and k should die, Dave Bush Software Gardening - Storing Seeds (Software Branching Practices), Craig Berntson Async event loops in C#, Oren Eini…

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Destroying Programmer Productivity

There is much to be said for the programmer that can zone themselves out from all the noise in the office. I used to work with such a programmer. She would sit and code with her headphones on (not uncommon for most programmers), but what made Taryn unique was that she was very good at programming. She had her ‘thing’ down to a T, and would pump out excellent code in copious amounts of C# or Visual Basic on a daily basis. (more…)

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The Daily Six Pack: July 14, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Free Ebooks 15 Free Ebooks For Mobile App Developers,  Azzief Khaliq Other Become a Social Developer (Get Involved),  Scott Hanselman The Great Works of Software, Paul Ford Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever, Eric Ligman Formatting…

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Microsoft MVP Award for Visual C#

I want to take the time to thank Microsoft and the MVP Community for awarding me the MVP Award for contributions in Visual C#. I would also like to thank Hande Kayadeniz Torkan, MVP Community Program Manager for MEA for all her support and assistance.  My hope is to continue contributing to the C# (and other) communities and share, collaborate and connect with individuals with a passion for technology.

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Market Yourself As A Software Developer By John Sonmez Reviewed

As a software developer, my goal is to try and be as close to the best at what I do. I then got to thinking… what is it that encompasses ‘what I do’? There is no template that will fit every software developer out there, but for me an on-line presence was an important part of this. Unfortunately for me at the time I had to feel my way around this aspect of my professional life. There were no guides or definite ‘how to’ tutorials marketed specifically to me, a software developer.  (more…)

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The Daily Six Pack: April 22, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Installer Projects Visual Studio Installer Projects Extension, Tony Goodhew Other The Binary Numeral System, Sean Sexton Sharing code across platforms, Immo Landwerth How to access an Azure Website with the local IIS Manager, Code…

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