Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. --Bob Lewis

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Rule #1 - Be Consistent

Find out why "Be Consistent" earns the number one spot in The Programmer's Code and how it can be directly responsible for saving billions of dollars every year. Continue...

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The Programmer's Code

The following 27 rules are the distilled wisdom of decades of software development in a huge variety of software environments. From CERN to Microsoft, from mission critical to puttering for the desktop. Follow even a fraction of these rules and you'll be in constant demand. Continue...

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Easily Build An Atom or RSS Feed With C# and the Syndication Namespace

Learn how easy it can be to wireup a syndication feed for your site. The .NET framework allows you to build the feed content once and publish it using either the RSS or Atom protocol. Continue...

Developer Tips and Tutorials C# ATOM RSS

URL Rewriter for .NET - Examples

Many places document how to use URL Rewriter. Here we provide some practical examples of usage. Continue...

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Convert String to Int in C#

Three different ways to convert a string to an integer in C# and the pros and cons of each. Continue...

Developer Tips and Tutorials C#

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