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Shallow Copy vs. Deep Copy in Ruby
Recently I have started a new part-time thing, mentoring students who are attending code camps on various major universities. This has caused me to delve into subjects and areas of programming that I...
read articleSettings for a Git-Bash Tab in ConsoleZ
This article describes how to setup Git-Bash as its own tab inside of ConsoleZ, the command prompt replacement application. So here I go again. In using Chocolatey, the package manager for Windows,...
read articleSimplified MEF Export Provider using MEF Property Exports
All of my projects recently use MEF to handle all dependency injection in both the service layer and in the view models (PRISM). I recently needed to be able to inject a different...
read articleTest Driven Development in Python
TDD is a mindset Test driven development is a way of designing as much as it is a way of developing. I have been trying to use it on and off for a several years now without much success. I think I...
read articlehtml id: 187 title: 'Project Euler... again' date: 2013-08-31T08:44:05-04:00 author: John layout: post.html guid: https://johngilliland.wordpress.com/?p=187 permalink:...
read articleConsole2 Tabs for GitBash, Cygwin, Powershell & More
I recently rebuilt my work machine, with a new SSD. But that meant I had to setup Console2 again… I recently rebuilt my work machine. I have had my Dell Precision M4600 for almost two years now and...
read articleUnit Testing ViewModels In Prism Modules
PRISM + WPF = MVVM All of my recent projects at work have been WPF applications designed using the Microsoft PRISM framework for composite/modular applications. PRISM provides the ability to...
read articleGit Bash & Console2, Finally!
I have seen this information in various places and in various pieces and finally have taken the time and effort to put it together and implement a working solution on my work machine. First a bit of...
read articleVS 2012 Code Mapping!
This is just a quick note to extoll the smoothness of the new Code Mapping feature in Visual Studio 2012. I am working on some of the model classes for the Whistle project I mentioned in a previous...
read articleWhist Card Game in C# and WPF
Greetings all, I am hopefully going to have some time over the next few weeks as my current project at work ramps down and I await the next one. I have begun a new side project to use some of this...
read articleStill Walkin
Yes I am posting again. I refuse to give up on my blog. I have been away from my hometown and my work for the last year and a half or so and I am now back and getting back into my routine. Much to my...
read articleYes I am Still Here
I am working from home, thru my Elusive Development company, on a side project to develop a windows forms app with several components. It is a very interesting project so far, but I am only a couple...
read articleGithub
Well I finally joined Github, which is the coolest of course. I started with just a little project for an httphandler to apply filters to images. Something I need for work. I have the project's...
read articlejQuery Plugins
I thought that due to the fact that I have been working on pretty much nothing but jQuery at work for the last month or so, that I could come up with a post about some of what I have been doing....
read articleA Brief Note
This will be a brief post. For one, I did want to post something because I haven't in a while and I need to write another decent article. In fact I have the notes and outline for a post about the...
read articleProject Euler Journey Begins
What, Project Euler? This post is an introduction to what I intend to be a series of posts that detail my journey through the problems of Project Euler. I am hoping to post as I solve, or attempt to...
read articleC# Extension Method and Lambda Expressions
Recently I have been trying to learn more about the new language features in C# 3.0, and I have enjoyed what I have found thus far. Especially both the var keyword and extension methods, but I had...
read articleArgument Validation using C# 3.0 extension methods
After some research into reusable arg validation ideas on GOG (good ole google) I have found something that, after some simplification of course, will serve the projects meager argument validation...
read articleGoogle Base, Reporting Xml, and VS Unit Testing
I have been working on an interesting project here at work. I had previously been working on some fixes for a windows service (written in C#) that uploaded our catalog items to Google Base, based on...
read articleNo really this time I mean it
I am going to try to keep up my blog again. But, this time I am going to use a wordpress.com blog instead of my own domain. I am tired of putting it up and then letting it expire and then forgetting...
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