Zi's Blog http://www.zimakki.com/blog Bits and bobs from a .Net developer Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 en zimakkihttp://feedburner.google.com 28th May 09 - WebForms vs MVC - the fight of the titans. There can only be one…. or can there? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zimakki/~3/GAXaO88s6fs/ http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/28th-may-09-webforms-vs-mvc-the-fight-of-the-titans-there-can-only-be-one-or-can-there/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 20:15:17 +0000 zimakki Uncategorized http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/28th-may-09-webforms-vs-mvc-the-fight-of-the-titans-there-can-only-be-one-or-can-there/ ]]> http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/28th-may-09-webforms-vs-mvc-the-fight-of-the-titans-there-can-only-be-one-or-can-there/feed/ http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/28th-may-09-webforms-vs-mvc-the-fight-of-the-titans-there-can-only-be-one-or-can-there/ 10th March http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zimakki/~3/1t3H_4HY6pg/ http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/05/10th-march/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:18:44 +0000 zimakki London .Net User Group http://www.zimakki.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/05/10th-march/

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73> ni -type file -value “<crap></xml>” -name “crap.xml”

    Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\projects\depot\Test

Mode           LastWriteTime       Length Name
—-           ————-       —— —-
-a—    24/07/2008    19:36           12 crap.xml

74> test-xml .\crap.xml
False
75> ni -type file -value “<hello></hello>” -name “valid.xml”

    Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\projects\depot\Test

Mode           LastWriteTime       Length Name
—-           ————-       —— —-
-a—    24/07/2008    19:37           15 valid.xml

76> test-xml .\valid.xml
True
77> test-xml .\crap.xml -ErrorVariable
Test-Xml : Missing an argument for parameter ‘ErrorVariable’. Specify a parameter of type ‘System.String’ and try again.
At line:1 char:35
+ test-xml .\crap.xml -ErrorVariable <<<<

 

This will help me out when I fiddling around with all the nAnt build scripts I seem to be playing with these days!

 

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Conchango
36 Southwark Bridge Road,
London,
SE1 9EU

 

When

25th June 2008 @6.30

 

What

We are going to have two speakers, Ian Cooper and Ben Lamb. Ian is going to be talking about CRC cards. Below is a description of what Ben is going to be talkin about.

How to Write Crap Code in C# - Anti-Patterns for Performance
Most developers want the best possible performance from their code. Inspired by the idea of “proof by contradiction” this talk looks at how to write slow code and how the .NET platform, Windows and the processor will try and sabotage your efforts. A variety of techniques for inefficient coding will be covered including:
Flow control with Exceptions
Abusing Threads
Misuse of the Heap

It’s one man against some of the brightest minds in Redmond, seeking an answer to the question “How Slow Can It Go?”

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Everyone is welcome. Please log onto the wiki for more details and to sign up.

Let me know if you have any problems.

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Click here for wiki and more more details.
Click here for restaurant details and map.

Hope to see some of you tonight!

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If you would like to come along sign up here.

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