LINKBLOG for December 2, 2007

• I want one of these without reflection, please! - Nuno Silva
  coding horror: ' string[] a = (string[])Array.CreateInstance(typeof(string), 10); '


• Analyzing NHibernate.dll with NDepend - The Bolla Blog
  DId you know you can literally use statements like WARN IF Count > 0 IN SELECT METHODS WHERE IsUsing "System.Web" AND IsUsing "System.Data.SqlClient" in NDepend to prevent you from bad practices


• Compiler Features in C#3 and VB9 - Daniel Moth
  nice overview of the intersection of features in VB9 and C#3


• Design Principles To Live By - Steve Rowe
  


• Microsoft and Innovation - Jonathan Holland
  ' Next time you visit an AJAX enabled website, or correct your spelling in a document, remember that Microsoft innovation is the reason you have it (...) '


• The Mother of Exception Handling Anti-Patterns - Billy McCafferty
  just swallow and be done with it


• Clog - Client Logging, WPF Edition - Daniel Vaughan
  ' A customizable log provider system that allows you to harness your existing logging system to log client side messages to your server using WCF. Includes WPF sample applications '


• Let the tool building commence (about PLINQ)! - Mitch Denny
  


• Watermarked edit controls - Aaron Lerch
  


• Wordpress footer follies - Scott Rosenberg
  Wordpress has it's share of problems, as even Al Gore finds out (and still is at this moment)


• Why Giving Away Your Code Is Not Dangerous - Abhijit Nadgouda
  ' Code sure is important, but just part of what you offer, a solution '


• Double-checking Dawkins - John Graham-Cumming