Jesse Bunch

Before I began working on a recent .Net Windows application, I was checking out some of the new data access methods in .Net Framework 4.0 and came across LINQ to Entities, which was available in .Net Framework 3.x, but was vastly improved in Framework 4.0. Today, I’m going to spend a few moments talking about the LINQ language and, more specifically, LINQ to Entities and what it means for object-oriented C# programmers.

Sometimes it seems that there aren’t many hard-fast rules in programming. What works here, may not work there. What is best for this developer may not be best for another. One area where this is noticeably the case is the debate over coding standards and code-cleanliness. For me, this is always evolving as I discover new ways to make my code more maintainable, more readable, and just downright more beautiful. How well your code reads and looks is almost as important as how well it performs and is considered your first impression when another developer is tasked to maintain your code. Today, I will be suggesting a few techniques I use to write beautiful JavaScript code that is less prone to bugs and easier to maintain.

I had to develop some SVN hooks to automate our push to staging at Paramore|Redd. I decided to take it a bit further and include PHP Syntax validation. Check out the scripts here and modify/use them as you need.

Open source and available for both Mac and Windows, HostsFileHelper is a small application designed to take the hacker out of hosts file editing.

If you’re anything like me, you like snappy (you like to find what you’re looking for and find it quickly), and slow load times can greatly impact your workflow. Turns out we’re no different than most web users. In this article, I’ll give you a few reasons why you should worry about web site optimization and show you some simple technical things you can do to speed up your site’s load time and responsiveness.