We’re sitting around watching a video from a usability study. A subject has been exploring the Refactoring menu, and has just tried Promote Local . With the help of the very specific error messages I wrote (yay exceptions), he finally gets...

Almost 4 months after the first post in the series … not bad! There are 3 Signature Change Refactorings: Remove Parameter Reorder Parameter Promote Local I rank these as “Tier 2” – they’re not as important...

On the Yahoo! Groups Refactoring DL, Ron Jeffries asked some questions about Visual C# 2005 Refactorings. "Can you say how you expect the Microsoft refactorings to stack up against the existing ones that are out there?" I've personally spent...

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Someone asked me about this, so I decided to write up the answer here in case other folks are interested. Indexers are pretty well documented on the web; I’ll quote some here. http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive140.html C#...

I’ve been reading Extreme Programming Adventures in C#. Currently reading Chapter 28 (Undo). Through most of the book, there has been a bit of Refactoring that the code has been crying out for. At first I thought Ron was waiting to until the...

I want to keep my disks defragmented, with these constraints: · Don’t consume the disk IO resources while I’m working · Don’t make me remember to launch defrag before I go home · Defrag all my disks, not just...

A while back I took a training class called "Action Management!". Say it with a deep superhero announcer voice. The idea is that we receive requests for actions from many different sources. Email, voice mail, someone asks you to do something in the...

In this entry on Ladybug , a customer asked for named indexers in C#. Here’s one way to get it: class Car { object [] wheels; public WheelsHelper Wheels { get { return new WheelsHelper ( this ); } } public class...

Looking over the top-10 lists on Ladybug , I realized there's an excuse to speak up. So, here goes: Suggestions #1 - C# Edit and continue. Dude. Yeah. Totally. We've been saying for a while that this is our #1 customer request. Now you're...

When you enter an issue in Ladybug you should always get a response from us. We have a goal of responding to every issue you report. When I write my response, I identify myself clearly, so you can come complain if you don't like what I say. I also...

I was reading job descriptions today and came across this one . Cool thing is, I actually do know what it's about. But I can't tell you.

A while back I described the set of shortcuts I use to run things as Administrator, even though I'm logged on as a Limited User. I've packaged them up for dowload . Enjoy. Overview Logging on as a restricted user greatly increases security...

Based on some feedback from the Beta, we're tuning the behavior of the VS 2005 Formatting Engine. We'd like to hear what you think of the changes.

Yesterday I got it to work. All of it, at the same time. Even though I was outside, I was still connected . Tablet PC -> USB -> Bluetooth dongle -> radio -> cell phone -> GPRS -> internet So, it's not fast, but it does work...

Looking over our oldest C++ code, there is, of course, a lot of potential for Refactoring. That’s a nice way of saying that it sucks. We learned about Refactoring because we wanted to build good tools for our customers. Along the way, we also...

My employer says I should have a disclaimer. I suggested “Not for use by minors” but they declined. This disclaimer applies to all posts on my blog: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use...

This weekend was the Wooden Boat Festival on Lake Union . Of course, we had to be there. Saturday Wake up at 6:30am, decide to start getting ready right away, before the family wakes up. End up reading EPAiC# for a 1/2 hour, miss my window; they...

Steve Clark talked about usability of APIs, and a snag some users hit when writing against ADO.NET, and some possible ways to help. It should come as no surprise that I think the ideal solution for this problem relies on the editor. (Because my team makes...

In Popular patterns around events? , several folks mentioned that a usage example would be a good idea. As I put one together, I found some small changes to make to the code. Just goes to show you that thinking about your consumer is a good idea. ...

Last one for the day, then I go home. You’ve read Test Methods are neither Methods nor Tests . You’ve dried off & are fully recovered. This is the practical reason why NUnit should remove the ‘public’ requirements...

Put on your life vest & tankini. We’re heading off into the deep end again. You’re doing TDD . You are happy with the results, enjoying the thrill of going fast . As with most C# projects done test-first, you have some code...

In Properties with events: another attempt , Omer said: I would rather have a protected virtual OnSet method and AfterSet event than just an OnSet event (also consistant with the naming convention ;). I know understand that this is a common...

So, Regex is darn powerful. But they’re hard to write correctly, hard to read, and hard to verify. To wit: Regex repositories around the ‘net, where you can find regexes instead of writing them. ( google ) Regex tools – Eric’s...

Are there any books or other media that have good guidance on the use of exceptions in code? I'd like to get really deep here, so we can get a good understanding of how & when to use exceptions correctly. What's your favorite?