Getting SignalR and ELMAH to Play Nice
This article describes how to keep SignalR errors from filling up your ELMAH log. [more...]
Programming
Thoughts on More Effective Beta Testing
I recently ran a successful two cycle beta test for a greenfield mobile application. After the beta test, the app was successfully released to a national sales [more...]
Don’t Misuse “Else”
Over the years, I’ve taken over maintenance of quite a few systems. I have made quite a few enhancements to one of the systems I took over maintenance for a year ago [more...]
Stopping a Hung Windows Service without Rebooting
Every Windows system manager has tried to stop a service and had it hang in a STOP_PENDING state and received the dreaded “Service did not respond to shutdown [more...]
Cool VB.NET Features – Extensions
Extensions are a great way to call often used methods to tweak a value while shortening code length and improving readability. [more...]
Free Software – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
There are many different types of free software available--some good and some bad. I'll share some of my experiences in this multi-part series. [more...]
Cool VB.NET Features – Nullable Types
All of the built-in types are nullable--not just String! [more...]
Cool VB.NET Features I Wish I Knew on Day One
Introduction to a series on cool VB.NET features that newbies might easily overlook. [more...]
Computers are not Human
Your response might be “Duh! I know that”, but the point I’m trying to make is that when you hire cheap, unqualified programmers to write code for you, you [more...]