08 September 2003

And another thank goodness - it seems all the ISPs I use (ooooh, yes sir, I use more than one ISP - OK, one of them is for MeadCo....) are on .NET 1.1. Verrrryyyy interesting - it would seem that framework upgrade amongst ISPs is a little faster than one might expect. VS 2003 here I come, ready or not...... posted at: 11:01:28 PM   "Is Evil.." titles are evil. Too excellent articles on Object Oriented Design: Why extends is evil and Why getter and setter methods are evil. Ignore the inflammatory titles: the subheading of the second article, "Make your code more maintainable by avoiding accessors", is a much better indication of their content. I picked up some great tips on proper use of OOP from reading them. In particular, the section on CRC cards made something click which hadn't clicked when I looked at them earlier this year for my ill fated University software project.[Simon Willison's Weblog] Oh thank goodness. I've never really understood why int get_myProperty() is supposedly any better than public int myProperty. The accessor encapsulates nothing, it was supposed to be OK and good because inlining reduces to a direct value access  - but any change in the value declaration has the same effect with or without the accessor function. I feel better about my code <G> (shhhhhh, I was grateful when someone explained that goto: was acceptable on occasion as well - having been lambasted for its use and going through silly hoops to get rid of it). Like everything in life really - things can be bad for you if not used in moderation. posted at: 10:49:41 PM   Server Application Unavailable Issue on Windows XP and ASP.NET Version 1.0. If ASP.NET has suddenly stopped working, then this is why. (You installed, probably faithfully accepting Windows Update recommendations, a patch. The patch was installed sometime after Aug 20. I don't know if I have the patch 'cos its not listed in add/remove but the workaround given by MS works). Moral: If something stops working, search the net with Google first - dont search the MSDN DVDs first. Moral: If something stops working, don't blame yourself first. posted at: 7:10:07 PM

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