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Five common programming mistakes

Justin James describes (and even confesses to committing some) programming gaffes and explains why these particular behaviors can be problematic.

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    C# developer interview questions and answers

    Software development hiring managers and potential interviewees will find these open-ended C# proficiency interview questions and answers useful.

    Posted by Tony Patton | August 13, 2012, 1:53 PM PDT | Latest comment by jhalaka@...

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    SQL Server database developer interview questions and answers

    Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these open-ended SQL Server proficiency interview Q&As; useful.

    Posted by Tony Patton | September 28, 2012, 5:41 PM PDT | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson

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    A developer's predictions for 2013

    Justin James reflects on the Java and .NET ecosystems and looks ahead to 2013. Let us know if you agree with his predictions about the development landscape.

    Posted by Justin James | December 31, 2012, 2:45 PM PST | Latest comment by Dethpod

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    ASP.NET development interview questions and answers

    Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample ASP.NET proficiency interview Q&As; useful.

    Posted by Tony Patton | October 22, 2012, 9:46 AM PDT | Latest comment by Pete6677

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    JavaScript interview questions and answers

    Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample JavaScript proficiency interview Q&As; and code snippets useful.

    Posted by Tony Patton | December 14, 2012, 1:07 PM PST | Latest comment by belli_bettens@...

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    Let users pick a file to open via OpenFileDialog in VB.NET

    Whenever you need to allow a user to open a particular file without forcing the user to type the full path and file name, you can use the OpenFileDialog class. OpenFileDialog has a number of...

    Posted by Irina Medvinskaya | August 23, 2007, 3:01 PM PDT | Latest comment by RumeshBandhu

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    What Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 offer developers

    Find out how to build powerful applications via the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, how VS 2012 integrates with other Microsoft products, and more.

    Posted by Tony Patton | September 11, 2012, 5:48 AM PDT

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    Updated advice about agile, the cloud, HTML, and web apps

    Justin James shares his new perspectives about agile methodologies, the cloud, HTML, and web applications.

    Posted by Justin James | January 10, 2013, 11:24 AM PST

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    Write a resume that will land you a programming job

    Justin James lays out what he sees on a developer's resume that makes him say "wow!"... and what makes him say "ugh!"

    Posted by Justin James | October 8, 2007, 10:10 PM PDT | Latest comment by aliyadesouza

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    Configuring SQL Developer for MySQL

    I rant against Oracle products a lot in this blog, but I have to admit I actually like a few of their products. One of them is SQL Developer. Strangely though, the feature I kind of like best is...

    Posted by Rex Baldazo | November 27, 2007, 5:56 PM PST | Latest comment by MariposaLibre

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    Two approaches to redirection in ASP.NET

    ASP.NET provides a few ways to move to different pages. Tony Patton looks at these options and provides commentary on when you should use which approach.

    Posted by Tony Patton | October 14, 2008, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by mandlaanilbabu

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    CSS interview questions and answers

    Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample CSS proficiency interview Q&As; and code snippets useful.

    Posted by Tony Patton | January 10, 2013, 12:12 PM PST

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    ASP.NET basics: the page life cycle

    This overview of the ASP.NET page life cycle covers how and when page elements are loaded and corresponding events are fired.

    Posted by Tony Patton | April 24, 2012, 12:52 PM PDT

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    Download files over the Web with .NET's WebClient class

    The System.Net namespace includes the WebClient class for uploading and downloading files via HTTP. You can copy or read files with only a few lines of code. Tony Patton details how the WebClient...

    Posted by Tony Patton | June 27, 2008, 4:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by hushcat

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    Creating a Web service with VB.NET

    VB.NET allows you to use Web services as if they were entirely local objects since most of the marshaling between the client and the server is taking place in the background. This tip shows you...

    Posted by Irina Medvinskaya | October 4, 2007, 12:05 PM PDT | Latest comment by nimblebits

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    Sun's Java certifications: Are they worth the effort?

    Peter Mikhalenko provides a quick overview of Sun's Java certification offerings and shares his thoughts on how much stock he puts put into these certifications.

    Posted by Peter Mikhalenko | November 29, 2007, 7:16 AM PST | Latest comment by Kavitha27

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    Seven ideas for learning how to program

    When you want to learn to program, taking classes and reading texts are useful exercises, but Chad Perrin says it's not enough. To really learn programming, you need to start writing programs.

    Posted by Chad Perrin | November 4, 2010, 4:16 AM PDT | Latest comment by Justin James

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    Learn how to use the DateTimePicker control in VB.NET

    Visual Studio .NET's DateTimePicker control offers a convenient way to allow users to make a date/time selection. In this quick tip, Irina Medvinskaya creates a sample that uses the DateTimePicker...

    Posted by Irina Medvinskaya | July 26, 2007, 10:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by harshalj90

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    Windows 8: An unprecedented opportunity for enterprise developers

    Sanjay Bhatia says the real opportunity for Windows 8 developers is not in making a $10 app that anyone can clone, but in providing solutions that offer businesses a six figure ROI.

    Posted by Guest Contributor | January 14, 2013, 9:17 AM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest

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    Develop PowerShell code within Visual Studio

    Former PowerShell skeptic Tony Patton describes how the PowerGUI Visual Studio Extension brings PowerShell development into Visual Studio.

    Posted by Tony Patton | March 16, 2012, 2:30 PM PDT

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