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A series of short posts on small changes to coding style which can make a big difference to your quality of code. This opening post is all about using strings to get to collections.
Posted on 30 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
I recently managed to download the Umbraco source files via Mercurial and wanted to share with you a quick win if you are using the TortoiseHG GUI tools for viewing some of the issues/tickets/bug reports that each commit refers too.
Posted on 25 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
Unit tests make your code better, stronger, healthier but in the last year or so I've been writing less and less of them. Not because they are not good for me and my code but because they have fundamentally changed the way I code for the better. I've matured as a coder as a result.
Posted on 24 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
Every now and then you hear about a nugget of wisdom which rings true to a part of your life. The latest I've found is the title of this post and comes from the SEAL team who went in and "got" Mr Bin Laden.
Posted on 23 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
Mercurial allows you to list which files you want it to ignore (the ones that should not be in source control). Here is the one we use for our Umbraco sites.
Posted on 05 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
There are two main source control systems (Mercurial or Git) that are "the ones" to have at the minute. Both are very similar and are both a great leap forward from Subversion. But there is a bit of a divide as to which one to choose. Recently we've had to use both and that has helped us come up with our choices on why we'd pick one over the other.
Posted on 04 April 2012 by Pete Duncanson
It's been about 9 months since we took a big step and put our money where our mouth by setting up Cutting Edge Knives and it's time for the first report.
Posted on 26 March 2012 by James Young
There are a number of different web browsers on the market but as a developer the one I tend to use the most is the one that I find helps me do my job. But it is good to reaccess what is out there sometimes. Taste testing the different brands if you will.
Posted on 11 February 2012 by Pete Duncanson
I've been following the EU Cookie law for a while now in the hope it will somehow go away but it won't. So we have to look at how we can deal with it. There appears to be no clear cut solution.
Posted on 31 January 2012 by Pete Duncanson
Another quick little tip for those working with responsive designs and media queries.
Posted on 24 January 2012 by Pete Duncanson