Mr Haack posted recently about a topic near and dear to my heart: inheriting from Exception. To keep FxCop quiet, there is a surprising amount of code to write when creating your own exception types, as Phil notes: make it serializable, implement four constructors, etc. It can be tedious to do that every time you create [...] Read more »

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It looks like another PDC is about to wind down. Just like last time, the amount of information is overwhelming. Nothing revolutionary this time, but some exciting stuff nevertheless. By far the most exciting is LINQ (Language INtegrated Query): it’s got a catchy name and it’s got unbelievable power and potential. The coolest thing about [...] Read more »

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Given my natural distaste for Computer Books, and my penchant for lists, here are my picks for Computer Books That Don’t Suck (.NET Version): Essential .NET by Don Box. You’ll need a quiet room for this one. Windows Forms Programming in C# by Chris Sells. The reference for WinForms. Advanced .NET Remoting by Ingo Rammer. [...] Read more »

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Phil Haack has decided to fork .Text, my blogging engine of choice, and I couldn’t be more excited. I batted around the idea of writing my own from scratch, or forking it myself, but I just didn’t have the balls. Fortunately, Phil does have the balls. Since I’ve been using .Text for almost a year, [...] Read more »

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Firefox is my default browser. I imagine others have the same default browser. These bug reports in the Product Feedback Center will help you out: To avoid the issue: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 ignores default browser when debugging. I prefer this one; I just switch VS’ default to IE. Saves me tweaking Firefox settings. It [...] Read more »

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