Old Dog's Blog

I've been doing some very preliminary performance tests comparing the new generic collections in .NET 2.0 to the performance of non-generic collections. Based on these first results, I think I can say that there are definite performance improvements. Read More...

Generics are one of the important new features of the .NET CLR for Whidbey. But .NET is not the only platform that will eventually support Generics -- also known as "parameterized polymorphism". In googling around the internet looking for articles and Read More...

Session DEV411, Steven Walther A very, very interesting session. Steven went through a number of scenarios, comparing the time to get the data and render it on a page. There were some expected results, and some surprises. For example, I guess it is common Read More...

Or I might subtitle this one “RTFM more carefully” Over the weekend I began some initial trials of a custom server control for the purpose of writing a review. I won't name the contol here, but when the review comes out it will be obvious Read More...