The ‘ref’ and ‘out’ keywords for parameters are rarely used, so I thought they’d make a great tip o’ the day. Enjoy, and take it easy on the ‘ref’ and ‘out’ keywords. The ‘out’ keyword on a parameter basically is like making that variable an additional return type value. However, if the ‘out’ keyword is... Continue reading →

Focus Points: There are two primary focus points for staying up to speed with software development. Maintaining these key focus points is invaluable to one’s self for career promotion and personal meritocracy, career integrity, and keeping the stress levels low! Language Features and Technology Some of the key points to be aware of in the... Continue reading →

I got up after a development all-nighter a few days ago. The GF and I hit the computers at about 10:00pm. We both played WOW for a bit. She kept up the adventures of WOW while I jumped into dev mode about 11:15pm. From 11:15pm until 5:00am I coded away with .netTiers, Windows Apps, and... Continue reading →

I’ve finished what I wanted to of my basic diagrams. I need to add the description of what I am trying to do now to elaborate what exactly the brain storming diagrams entail. The following are the remaining brain storming diagrams that I’ve come up with that will at minimum, get my pet project started.... Continue reading →

O/R mappers and generator I’ve been doing a moderate amount of research into tools that generate data access layers, entity or object tiers, and other layers for enterprise (or non-enterprise) applications. One of the tools I’ve picked up lately per some encouragement from a coworker is LLBLGen Pro. One can download a demo at the... Continue reading →