Comments for Chuck Conway

Comment on All UTC times are not necessarily the same by chuck

chuck — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:56:55 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I disagree. There is no clock that is perfectly synced. While the differences are extremely small, there are still differences.

I changed the title, I liked your name better

Comment on PST file size versus Sql Server file size by Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:00:39 +0000

Hi Chuck !
This post was an interesting read !
However, could you detail a bit more on how you managed to get all the outlook data into SQL Server ?
Cheers
G

Comment on All UTC times are not necessarily the same by Ponnuvel

Ponnuvel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:18:21 +0000

While its true that the clock skews there, it doesn’t mean they are all different as the title implies. A better title would be ‘All UTC times are not necessarily the same’.

Comment on Insecurinator Developer by Marina

Marina — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:47:32 +0000

You have really interesting blog, keep up posting such informative posts!

Comment on Ooooh The Pain – Regions in C# by The CoatTails-Riding Developer

The CoatTails-Riding Developer — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:41:59 +0000

Equating region folding and OO misunderstands the best practices use for this feature in Visual Studio. I agree with you that logic that can be encapsulated into a class or method should not be instead used in regions. If anything in the region could operate on it’s own, a developer should consider of placing this logic in another class or method. Your argument has merit on these principles.

However….
Just because someone tries to screw in a nail with a hammer doesn’t mean the hammer is defective. Just means a moron is trying to use it. That goes the same way with code folding.
I will go out on a limb here and say what i consider Best Practices:
1) Separating code out into parts of the class. This would be separating your properties ,events, methods, back end store variables, etc so that you can find them as needed when you do use your little mouse wheel.
2) Folding out procedural code that is needed but muddles the high level reading of the class. Yes, this is a fine line. No this doesn’t mean you hide away the crap code. This means that the coder is the judge of what really needs another class. Does a 4 liner chunk of code need a whole new class (new address)? If it is used only once, fold it maybe. If you need that functionality later in another class, or during re-factoring you find a better way, promote it to a class, but not really before. Improper class creation (i.e. a bucket full of one line classes) is just as bad (IMHO) as what Atwood is complaining about.

By the way, all sorts of IDE ‘s have this feature… someone must think it is a good idea. http://bit.ly/j8Ot65

Comment on King of the Hill Developer by Mini-Me Developer

Mini-Me Developer — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:35:52 +0000

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