jaybaz [MS] WebLog

I wanted to post a short note about all the different job opportunities available today in C#. We have 3 areas of focus: C# IDE (Refactoring, intellisense, etc. - what I work on) C# Compiler (command line compiler + IDE integration) Visual Studio Debugger...

Take another look at Safely firing an event . According to Grant , there’s another issue here. The JITter may optimize away locals in situations where you think want them for thread safety. So the recommendation to make a local copy is not as valuable...

In our bug database, when resolving a bug, you have to select a “Resolution”. Obviously you can resolve as “Fixed”. Other options include: By Design - this isn’t a bug, we meant it to work this way. Not Repro - you were mistaken, this bug doesn’t exist...

This question came up on a customer chat today. It’s probably interesting to a wider audience, so I’m posting it here. I'm currently doing TDD with NUnit. With the upcoming testing tools in Whidbey, how do you see the separation of tests from production...

In the United States , today is Labor Day . Now that I’m a manager, I don’t labor too hard, but I took the day off anyway. We’d talked before about taking the little one on a ferry ride, but hadn’t done it yet. Today seemed like the last good chance to...

Back in da day, I used to go to VC/VS themed conferences and talk about the debugger. Even though I wasn't a very good speaker, the talks were very well received. Lots of technical content, tips for how to be more productive with the debugger. When I...

The idea popped in to my head, so I wrote it down. I’m not sure what it’s good for, but here it is: class C { private C() { } public static class Factory { public static C New() { return new C (); } } } class Program { static void Main ( string [] args...

Earlier I talked about the challenges of shipping software . You want Whidbey, and we want to give it to you. To make that happen, we need to fix the remaining bugs & shut this product cycle down. We want to focus our attention on this work, so we...

...is no less sane than a man talking nonsense , not to himself. The full text of the previous subtitle: It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of sapho that thoughts aquire speed. The lips aquire stain, the stain becomes...