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Get the Application Data path for the current OS

If you need to find out what the application data path is for your Windows application, you can call a Windows API function to find out: SHGetSpecialFolderPath.

Business Applications with SilverLight

Business applications need to have a professional, but how many of us have a full time designer on our staff?

GUI Scripting with Zenity

"One advantage to using Linux is that there is a plethora of powerful commands available on the command-line; however, many users prefer not to use the CLI or are intimidated by it.

The "Years of Experience" Myth

Here's an excerpt from an excellent blog entry from "Coding Horror."

Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is the .NET development tool of choice for a vast majority of programmers world-wide. It has all the tools and resources to build the latest .NET applications and web sites you need.

What determines a "senior" developer?

"In many industries, a senior level position is based mostly on the length of time that person has been working and maybe a standardized test or two.

Balance of Views

There are people who live and breath Microsoft and preach Microsoft and poo-poo any open source project. Then there's another group of people that believe Microsoft is the anti-Christ and loudly proclaim they have been freed by converting their entire desktop to Linux and all things open source.

Introduction to Demeter and it's laws

If you hang around any of the object-oriented mailing lists, chat groups, or Usenet newgroups, you'll notice that the name "Demeter" keeps popping up every few months or so on a regular basis. Usually it is in the form of a question asking "What is Demeter?" or "What is the Law of Demeter? Other times it is used in passing as an obscure reference (which usually prompts the earlier questions just stated).

YANGI

YouArentGonnaNeedIt is an ExtremeProgramming practice which states: "Always implement things when you actually need them, never when you just foresee that you need them."

Test-Driven Development

Techniques for Successful Evolutionary/Agile Database Development

Test-driven development (TDD) is an evolutionary approach to development which combines refactoring and test-first development where you write a test before you write just enough production code to fulfill that test.

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