> The regular price is $249, but a Microsoft rep mailed attendees saying we can take two more people for free. If you are interested use this URL: http://go.netdesk.com/CommunityDays/EventInfo.aspx?Event=220&RSVP=isvfree You can attend next Mon or Tue (Sep 27th + 28th) and it lasts all day, I’ll be there on Tuesday so as not [...]
Archive for September, 2004
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Atlanta’s Java User Group is excellent. Tonight Justin Gehtland talked about his new book Better, Faster, Lighter Java. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening, even with the numerous (and almost all inaccurate) .Net jibes. Prior to the main event Burr Sutter (who I already knew) led a great discussion with the audience on a raft [...]
If you only buy one programming book in your life, buy this one. Many of you will have heard me rave about Code Complete and Rapid Development. These are both by Steve McConnell and my successful programming career owes an enormous debt to them, most of my ideas on projects seeded from these books. Back [...]
GIGO, Garbage In, Garbage Out; Even before my first high school Computer Class back in 1982 this term was well known to me and my few programmer friends. It is up there with Goto considered harmful. This blog tries to explain the why GIGO is no excuse for failure in your own code: Recently, while [...]
