Hello world, pt II
I’m starting up a “professional” blog on my company’s website. I thought it might be a good use of my time to share some of the things I learn on a more technical level from time to time. I’m going...
View ArticleTo “this.” or not to “this.”– that is the question
In my profession there are a lot of ways to accomplish specific tasks. Some of the ways to do things are better in a quantifiable way than others. Then, there are certain things which, while they may...
View ArticleSQL Saturday, anyone going?
I’m signed up for SQL Saturday this weekend – 9/17. Anyone else going? Here’s what I’m planning on attending: 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Professional Dev Breaking out of your shell: Cube Dweller to Leader...
View ArticleLovin’ me some POSH, part 2
So, I’m still riding the PowerShell train these days. I’ve written a few more scripts, and I wanted to share. Recently, I’ve written scripts… …that audit all of our TFS build definition retention...
View ArticleFun with Powershell, Part 1 – Intro/Twitter API
I’ve really been enjoying learning more about Powershell. I’ve actually gotten to the point that I think about using it first, and then writing a full-fledged application second. In the past, I’ve...
View ArticleFun with Powershell, Part 2 – Investigating code Issues
Since I missed posting something last week, I’m putting out two this week to keep up with my resolution. This is the second post in a series of posts about the fun I’m having with Powershell. Part of...
View ArticleFun with Powershell, Part 3 – Searching a codebase
One of the neat things about having Powershell in your toolkit is that it becomes an option when you need to solve a problem. This is a fairly simple code example, but I think it’s one that a lot of...
View ArticleCSV to Dynamic Object List
I’m working on importing some data from one system to another, and the output of the first program is a CSV. I want to clean up the data from the CSV and create some relationships out of the flat data....
View ArticleHow I Got Started in Computers and Programming
After coming across this article, I started thinking about how I got set down the path I’m on. So, if for nothing that to help me remember one day, I thought I’d write it down. I started playing with...
View ArticleExtension methods – do or do not?
I was in a recent code review at work, and we came across the following code which pre-dated the current release. So, it technically wasn’t up for review, but it sparked an interesting discussion....
View ArticleExtension methods – do or do not?
I was in a recent code review at work, and we came across the following code which pre-dated the current release. So, it technically wasn’t up for review, but it sparked an interesting discussion....
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