Should the name of a department be encoded in a namespace?
One thread of discussion going through our internal community is this: should the .Net namespace include the name of the…
Should our next generation of languages require us to declare the applications' architecture?
As languages ‘improve’ over time, we see a first principle emerge: Move responsibility for many of the ‘good practices’ into the…
Just how to best describe an interface
We have a pretty good solution for portal code interface in our team. We’ve been using a home-grown portal for…
Interesting tool for schema-first design
I guess it goes without saying that you cannot communicate in a language unless at least two people are using…
Killing the Helper class, part two
Earlier this week, I blogged on the evils of helper classes. I got a few very thoughful responses, and I…
Are Helper Classes Evil?
First off, a definition: A helper class is a class filled with static methods. It is usually used to isolate…
Whose name is in the namespace?
There’s more than one way to group your code. Namespaces provide a mechanism for grouping code in a heirarchical tree,…
A Case For and Against the Enterprise Library
I’ve been an architect for a while now, but, as far as being an architect within the walls of Microsoft,…
Atlas = Ajax = asp.net 2.0 script callbacks and more
The marketplace of ideas is an amazing place. When Microsoft came up with the notion of Remote Scripting (many years…
Having a High Bus Factor
A friend of mine pointed out an interesting post by Scott Hanselman that used a clever phrase: “having a High…