James Horan

Frequently, documentation gets lip service and not much else. Everyone who develops software will tell you how important good code commenting is to the maintainability of applications. But in the same breath they will tell you that they are rarely given the time to properly docum... (more)

Here are some tips on how to improve the performance of your .NET applications. Use the StringBuilder Object Instead of Concatenation In the old Visual Basic 6 world, string manipulation was a performance issue that many developers spent time dealing with. In the .NET Framework, t... (more)

In this day and age of cost-cutting layoffs and job insecurity, you've probably found yourself in some challenging situations. Recently, I found myself in the position of being the sole developer of a .NET application using SQL Server 2000. So I did my best to design a solid data... (more)