October 2006 - Posts

Performance Guideline: Use ExcludeSchema Serialization Mode while Exchanging Typed DataSet Over Network
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline for review from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. Use ExcludeSchema Serialization Mode while Exchanging Typed DataSet Over Network Applies to .NET 2.0 What Read More...
Posted 27 October 06 08:47 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Using MadLibs to Create Actionable Principles/Practices
MadLibs can be an interesting approach to capturing or identifying principles, practices, values ... etc. Here's an example attempting to encapsulate principles of agile development: Write code to pass tests over __________ Measure progress by working Read More...
Posted 19 October 06 06:54 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use HandleCollector API when Managing Expensive Unmanaged Resource Handles
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline for review from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. Use HandleCollector API when Managing Expensive Unmanaged Resource Handles Applies to .NET 2.0 What to Do Read More...
Posted 13 October 06 11:15 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use Promotable Transactions when Working with SQL Server 2005
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline for review from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. Use Promotable Transactions when Working with SQL Server 2005 Applies to .NET 2.0 What to Do Use new .Net Read More...
Posted 12 October 06 04:11 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use AddMemoryPressure while consuming Unmanaged Objects through COM Interop
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline for review from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. Use AddMemoryPressure while consuming Unmanaged Objects through COM Interop Applies to .NET 2.0 What to Do Read More...
Posted 09 October 06 07:36 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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How To Write Prescriptive Guidance Modules
Here's a quick reference for writing guidance modules. Guidance modules are simply what I call the prescriptive guidance documents we write when creating guides such as Improving Web Application Security , Improving .NET Application Performance and .NET Read More...
Posted 07 October 06 02:57 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Writing Prescriptive Guidelines
These are some practices we learned in the guidance business to write more effective guidelines: Follow the What To Do, Why and How Pattern Keep it brief and to the point Start with Principle Based Recommendations Provide Context For Recommendations Make Read More...
Posted 07 October 06 02:14 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use Generics To Eliminate the Cost Of Boxing, Casting and Virtual calls
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline for review from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. Use Generics To Eliminate the Cost Of Boxing, Casting and Virtual calls Applies to .NET 2.0 What to Do Use Read More...
Posted 06 October 06 07:24 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use Token Handle Resolution API to get the Metadata for Reflection
Here's the next .NET Framework 2.0 performance guideline in the series from Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, Girisha Gadikere and Claudio Caldato. ... Use Token Handle Resolution API to get the Metadata for Reflection Applies to .NET 2.0 What to Do Read More...
Posted 06 October 06 02:43 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Performance Guideline: Use TryParse Method to Avoid Unnecessary Exceptions
Prashant Bansode, Bhavin Raichura, and Girisha Gadikere teamed up with Claudio Caldato (CLR team) to create some new performance guidelines for .NET Framework 2.0. The guidelines use our new guideline template . ... Use TryParse Method to Avoid Unnecessary Read More...
Posted 05 October 06 04:09 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Guidelines Template
Sometimes the guidelines in our guidance such as Improving Web Application Security , Improving .NET Application Performance and .NET 2.0 Security Guidance are missing some of the important details such as when, why or how. To correct that, we've created Read More...
Posted 04 October 06 11:00 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Guidance Explorer Beta 2 Release
We released Guidance Explorer Beta 2 on CodePlex. Guidance Explorer is a patterns & practices R&D project to improve finding, sharing and creating prescriptive guidance. Guidance Explorer features modular, actionable guidance in the form of checklists, Read More...
Posted 02 October 06 11:40 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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