Eric Gunnerson's Compendium
Microsoft & Java communities...
TheServerSide.Com has a post up that references what Don Box and I wrote, and there are some...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/12/2004
Decreased performance when compiling with no options...
One of the things that we've done in Whidbey is add some extra IL instructions to improve the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/12/2004
Le Tour
This week starts part of my favorite part of the summer, “Le Tour de France”. The tour...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/08/2004
Century Training
A few people have asked me what training I did for my century ride. I'm currently riding 4 days a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/08/2004
JavaOne 2004: Final Thoughts
JavaOne 2004 FinalThoughts Before you read my summary, I encourage you to read the daily posts I...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/08/2004
Beta1 Suggestions and bug reports
For a long time, sending a bug or suggestion to Microsoft has been a bit of a challenge. For the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/07/2004
JavaOne: Day 4
JavaOne Day Four This is the last of my daily posts. I've got a list of bigger topics I'm going to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/01/2004
Extending existing classes
One other point that came up in the static import thread was extending existing classes. It's not...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/01/2004
Taken to task on my static import post...
Darren took me to task on my post on static import. Despite the fact that he said, “I code in...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 07/01/2004
JavaOne Day Three
JavaOne Day Three Last night I went to a couple of BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions). The first one...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/30/2004
Why static import is bad...
John Rusk asked me to elaborate on why I think static import is bad. It's all about readability....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/30/2004
More on AOP scenarios
The big scenario that always comes up WRT AOP programming is logging. I agree that that whole...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/30/2004
C# and Aspect Oriented Programming
One common question I've heard recently is “Are there any plans to add AOP support to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/29/2004
Uncontrollable Urge
I can handle the “Who” music playing in the background in bars, but I'm afraid that I...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/29/2004
JavaOne: Day Two
Still having problems with my wireless, after two BIOS updates and a driver update. I'm back to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/29/2004
Power Collections
Brad writes about a new effort to extend the .NET collections
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/29/2004
JavaOne: Day One
Today was the first real day of JavaOne. I woke up, worked out, and got to the convention center in...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/29/2004
JavaOne blogger Meetup
I'm planning on going to the JavaOne Blogger Meetup on Monday night. It should be an interesting...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/27/2004
JavaOne: Day 0
I flew down from Seattle this morning to attend JavaOne. I'm currently in a lounge, where the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/27/2004
Avril
A while back, Gus wrote about his ultimate devotion to Avril. Well, that's not exactly how he put...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/27/2004
Whiteboard with Anders session
(Turns out we got a bad video file for this, so the session isn't up right now. I'll repost when it...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/25/2004
Technorati
I'm a big fan of Technorati. I pay them $10 a year, and they provide me with a feed that tells me...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/25/2004
Sun Blogs...
I've been subscribed to the Sun blogs for a few weeks now, but I haven't found much of a reason to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/25/2004
Build Comment Web Pages
In VS2003, there is a feature known as “Build Comment Web Pages” that was designed to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/25/2004
Grouping classes in an assembly
This useful bit of information crossed my desk today: When it comes to packaging in separate...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/24/2004
C# chat for today cancelled
Due to unforseen technical difficulties, the chat for today has been cancelled. I apologize for the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/24/2004
Off to JavaOne
Sunday I'm flying out to San Francisco to attend JavaOne. I haven't been to a competitor conference...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/23/2004
Last post on Risk...
I've enjoyed reading the responses to my post on risk, and I'm happy that I've provoked some thought...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/23/2004
Anonymous methods and collections in Whidbey
There are some nice new methods on the collection classes in Whidbey that I think will make your...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/22/2004
Risk analysis and estimation...
I hadn't planned on writing a followup on my risk post, but one comment compelled me to write some...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/22/2004
Risk, Filtering, and what you love.
A good friend of mine wrote in response to my recent post: Every person that I have ever known that...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/21/2004
Chat on the C# TechEd talks
If you were at TechEd and had a question about a C# talk, or if you weren't at TechEd and you are...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/19/2004
Close one chapter. Open another?
A few days ago, I said that I was considering a big decision (for me) that would simplify my life....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/18/2004
The Lunar Men
The time: The early 1700sThe place: England, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In this...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/15/2004
The W in Seattle
Last night, my wife surprised me with a night at the W in downtown Seattle as a late birthday...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/12/2004
Life Simplification
A good friend of mine recently resurfaced after being out of touch for about 18 months. The last...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/10/2004
Strangely Compelling
I'm thinking of setting up a new category named “Strangely Compelling”. I came across a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/09/2004
How an idea becomes a C# language feature?
In a recent email, a customer asked for a delegation feature. He wanted to do something like (purely...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/08/2004
Java Developer Resource Center
There's a new resource center for Java users who want to interop, evaluate, or migrate to the .NET...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/07/2004
DEV 322 Visual Studio 2005 C# IDE Enhancements - Walkthrough available!
Joe did a great job with this presentation, and he's now posted his walkthrough. If you want to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/06/2004
Visual Studio Breakpoint Helper
Visual Studio Breakpoint Helper
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/06/2004
.NET Framework Bootstrapper
The .NET Frameowrk Bootstrapper makes it easy (er) to distribute the framework as part of your...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/06/2004
Math.NET
I came across this on one of our internal aliases. Math.NET is a cool mathematical framework. It...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/06/2004
The Difficulties of Language Design
Phil Haack writes about the difficulties of language design. And no, I'm not linking just because he...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/01/2004
Nullable type support in the community preview
One reader commented that nullable types don't seem to fully work in the community preview drop....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 06/01/2004
TechEd from a Java Persective...
I've been reading a series of posts by N. Alex Rupp on his experiences at TechEd, and his thoughts...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/28/2004