Windows Server 2008 Backup: a True Masterpiece of Absurdity
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worseMurphy’s Law I was looking for a backup solution for a new computer with Windows 2008 Server. Naturally, first I […]
More on CAB Dependency Injection
In the previous post I covered why CAB dependency injection is limited. Now let’s see why it is entangled with other stuff. There are several things I want to mention […]
CAB Dependency Injection
I am currently working on a CAB-based project, and I must tell you I am very disappointed in CAB IoC capabilities. Its IoC functionality is a) limited and b) intermingled […]
Framework Design Guidelines Book – Part V
C# coding style conventions I like how the main body of the book is divided into 9 chapters, and Chapter 9 is followed by Chapter A. Some would consider it […]
Framework Design Guidelines Book – Part IV
Common Design Patterns A number of “design patterns” are described in this section. I put the words “design patterns” in quotation marks, because the patterns are not described in a […]
.NET: no trace TextWriter…
I wanted to create a logger that writes either to a file, or to the System.Diagnostics.Trace. To my astonishment, I found that .NET class library does not have a TextWriter […]
Unmanaged Hosting API Gotcha
I was playing with .NET 2.0 unmanaged hosting API. I am trying to customize assembly loading and “fix” some assemblies on the fly. I found an interesting gotcha, that I […]
.NET Assembly Format: Too Tight?
I am playing with the binary format of .NET assemblies, described here. .NET metadata is stored inside regular Windows executable PE file. I explored PE file format in detail when […]
Framework Design Guidelines Book – Part III
This is part three of the series. Type Design (continued…) p 89: Struct design: DO ensure that a state where all instance data is set to zero … is valid. […]
Framework Design Guidelines Book – Part II, Interfaces vs. Abstract Classes
This is a second portion of my comments on the “Framework Design Guidelines” book. See also Part I. This post is devoted to the following recommendation we find on page […]