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July 2004 - Posts
Making “Promote Local” make sense.
29 July 04 07:50 PM
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 it work.
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Whidbey Refactorings: Signature Change
25 July 04 03:51 PM
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 as Extract Method
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Answer Ron's questions about C# Refactorings.
25 July 04 12:19 PM
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 very little
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My blogroll
22 July 04 04:38 PM
I don't have a blogroll listed in the sidebar. I read in SharpReader , and maintaining two lists seems tedious. So, I've saved an OPML file that you can import into your reader if you're curious. Be sure to use “Save Target As”.
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What are named indexers?
21 July 04 09:49 AM
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# introduces a new
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Refactoring the XMLNotepad
20 July 04 03:14 PM
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 duplication
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Keeping disks defragmented
19 July 04 02:25 PM
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 one (Windows
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email = pain?
17 July 04 11:43 AM
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 hall,
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A way to do named indexers.
16 July 04 12:49 PM
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 WheelsHelper { readonly Car _outer;
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Off the cuff, off the top
16 July 04 12:35 PM
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 saying it, too.
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Dear postal resident
16 July 04 11:57 AM
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 like
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Want to work on [TOP SECRET]?
14 July 04 05:32 PM
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.
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RANU: Running Admin Tasks easily
14 July 04 10:01 AM
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, protecting
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Kevin seeking feedback on Formatting behavior
09 July 04 06:48 PM
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.
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Geek Nirvana
09 July 04 12:33 PM
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. This morning
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The hidden costs of a Refactoring
07 July 04 10:49 AM
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 realized
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Disclaimer
07 July 04 09:43 AM
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 of included
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Three days of boats and music
06 July 04 09:17 PM
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 are up
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API writability and the editor
06 July 04 10:54 AM
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
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More about the event class
02 July 04 03:46 PM
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. Since
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If test fixtures could be private
01 July 04 07:42 PM
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 from test
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Test Methods are neither Methods nor Tests
01 July 04 05:49 PM
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 that looks
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Popular patterns around events?
01 July 04 05:03 PM
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 pattern found
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Making regex less painful
01 July 04 03:09 PM
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
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Looking for guidance on exceptions
01 July 04 02:51 PM
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?
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Refactoring Party
01 July 04 12:24 PM
In What are my Goals? , Jim asked : How do you plan to "Develop a culture of energy, productivity, and learning on the team"? One of the activities I have in mind is a reoccurring Refactoring Party. It works like this: Each week we come together for an
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Language Readability vs. Writability
01 July 04 11:57 AM
In my previous post , I said: “Unfortunately, language readability is often at odds with writability.” And “Generic method type parameters are inferred from the concrete parameters” Here’s what I’m talking about: T
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Language design for Refactoring
01 July 04 11:39 AM
A question came up on the Yahoo! Groups Refactoring Group about what language design would be best to support Refactoring. We think about this quite a bit, but usually we phrase the question more generally: What language design would make it easiest to
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