Yeah, but you're just saying that because you are a stinky doo-doo head. ;) +1 jdn...
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Nathan Palmer
snowpalmer
Jul 17, 2010 4:25 am
I believe you were the first Charlie, and I agree with your sentiments. Let's move forward and get some good constructive discussion happening here. Nathan...
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Adam Miller
millerar1980
Jul 20, 2010 8:39 pm
+1...
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Adam Miller
millerar1980
Jul 20, 2010 8:42 pm
SOLID, YAGNI, DRY...
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Dotan N.
ndotan
Jul 20, 2010 9:05 pm
Its been a while since i've posted the question, and i've come to think that it might be easier to read static code. The safeguard that the static typing gives...
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Mauricio Aniche
mauricioaniche@...
Jul 21, 2010 9:25 am
Hi, I am very proud to announce that Restfulie.NET 0.5.0 has been released. It is the .NET version of the famous restfulie for ruby. It runs on top of asp.net...
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Mauricio Aniche
mauricioaniche@...
Jul 21, 2010 9:27 am
And don't forget to write a good documentation about it. It is maybe the most boring part but very important to your users! :) Regards, Mauricio Aniche ... And...
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Richard Dingwall
rdingwall@...
Jul 22, 2010 9:55 am
Hi guys, Was wondering if anyone has any experience with installers other than Visual Studio *.vdproj MSI installer projects? VS Installer projects are easy to...
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hadi.lists@...
hadihariri
Jul 22, 2010 10:03 am
Re: [altdotnet] Alternative to Visual Studio MSI installer projects? I've used InnoSetup for many many years and am very happy with it. It's OSS and uses...
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Dotan N.
ndotan
Jul 22, 2010 10:08 am
Have you looked at WiX? (http://wix.sourceforge.net)...
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Matt Burton
matt.burton
Jul 22, 2010 10:08 am
I've had pretty good experiences with Wix# thus far: http://www.csscript.net/WixSharp.html...
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Sergio Pereira
tjokerbr
Jul 22, 2010 1:47 pm
Just post this cheat sheet on everyone's cubicle walls :) http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/07/clean-coding-cheat-sheet-starts-solid.html ...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Jul 22, 2010 2:17 pm
I've moved away from vdproj installer projects to the use of WiX. It's a bit more work though, and I've been thinking about alternatives. Charlie...
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Simone Busoli
simone.busoli
Jul 22, 2010 7:44 pm
We're experiencing with Wix after moving from Wise, and so far the impressions are quite good. Also Wix# sounds interesting as the learning curve for Wix is...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Jul 22, 2010 10:36 pm
For an entirely different direction, I've also been meaning to try out Inno Setup. Charlie...
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Simone Busoli
simone.busoli
Jul 22, 2010 11:14 pm
I've read good reviews about Inno Setup, but I was looking for something MSI-based. On stackoverflow there are some interesting discussions on the topic....
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Matthieu Guyonnet-Duluc
matthieugd
Jul 25, 2010 4:18 pm
I need to change my current playlist for the workout :) And I'm wondering what's your favorite podcasts ? It doesn't necessary be only .NET ones or even...
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Boris Karaberberov
lists@...
Jul 25, 2010 5:40 pm
Here's my list, most are 1 hour thought: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/ http://www.coderpath.com/ http://www.hanselminutes.com/ http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/...
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GandalfTheMage
Jul 26, 2010 1:59 pm
Well, these are usually a little longer also, but I love almost all the podcasts that are part of the TWiT network, especially This Week in Tech, Security Now,...
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Adam Miller
millerar1980
Jul 26, 2010 2:08 pm
Nice, printed it and put it in my consultants cubes. :) +1...
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Hendry Luk
hendrypa
Jul 27, 2010 1:48 am
Hi all, I've heard way too many times people arguing against the benefit of compiler in static languages. The common argument is that compiler-check is just...
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Sergio Pereira
tjokerbr
Jul 27, 2010 2:08 am
I see your point with sympathy. Static vs. Dynamic is the good old trade-off game; and the presence or absence of unit tests can't be the sole factor that will...
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Hendry Luk
hendrypa
Jul 27, 2010 2:43 am
That's true, integration-test can catch many of the inconsistency problems between components. I'm not sure if there's a tendency to write more ...
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Matthieu Guyonnet-Duluc
matthieugd
Jul 27, 2010 1:08 pm
Thanks for the list, I have a lot to listen now, great workout ahead :)...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Jul 27, 2010 5:25 pm
I'll stick my neck out and say that while the view you are opposing is not quite a straw man, it's a pretty uncommon view - at least in this group. I for one...
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Tuna Toksoz
mutlaksifir
Jul 27, 2010 5:53 pm
Hello guys, We have decided to giveaway a number of MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to successful/promising OSS projects. MVPs at Codebetter...
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Boris Karaberberov
lists@...
Jul 27, 2010 6:53 pm
I totally agree. For small systems or well isolated small modules dynamic languages + unit/integration tests are great. But real world massive applications...
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Greg Young
gumboismadeo...
Jul 27, 2010 9:34 pm
http://codebetter.com/blogs/gregyoung/archive/2008/05/18/revenge-of-the-statically-typed-languages.aspx its very different with a theorem prover. ... -- Les...
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Michael Letterle
michaeldotnet
Jul 27, 2010 10:21 pm
Compiler time checking ONLY checks that the code is syntactically correct, it does NOT prove behavior. Syntactic checking may have some value, but it means...
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Michael Letterle
michaeldotnet
Jul 27, 2010 10:27 pm
WIX IS nice. If you can handle the XML... ... -- Michael Letterle IronRuby MVP http://blog.prokrams.com...