About two weeks ago Microsoft announced the release of Psscor2 – a managed debugging extension for WinDBG which is a superset of the awesome SOS debugging extension. This is an insanely useful tool when you are trying to debug problems on Production machines where you don’t (and can’t) install Visual Studio, or when you need…
Tag: .net
Debugging .NET Applications with WinDBG and SOS
Last night I gave a presentation for the Pasco County .NET User’s Group on Debugging .NET Applications with WinDBG and SOS. We covered some basics of the CLR and Memory Management in .NET, and then how to troubleshoot Crashes, Hangs and Memory Leaks when dealing with .NET applications in production. Debugging NET Applications With WinDBG…
Speaking at MIX10! – IronRuby for the .NET Developer
It’s official! Scott Allen had a scheduling conflict, so I’ll be presenting IronRuby for the .NET Developer at MIX10 March 15th-17th, which is the culmination of a whirlwind of speaking events before that – Tools for Agility and Lean/Kanban Principles at the Southwest Florida Code Camp Feburary 27th, and a Blackberry 101 / J2ME TDD…
Find the Bug – C# and Infinite Loops with Collections
See if you can spot the problem with the following C# code: var list = new List { “fish”, “and”, “chips” }; for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++) { list.Add(list[i].ToUpper()); } As the title points out, this will cause an infinite loop, and will eat up all of your memory. What happens...
DotNet Koans
For quite a while now, if you want to learn Ruby, you have the Pickaxe book, Why’s guide, and the fabulous Edgecase Ruby Koans on GitHub. The Koans are especially interesting because all you really need to do is setup a working environment and go. It tells you what you need to do next, by…
Essential Skills for Agile Developers – .NET Edition Scheduled for February in Tampa
Agile. Scrum. XP. Lean. It’s hard to turn anywhere without running into the signs that something is afoot in the development community. Next thing you know, your manager is asking you to deliver working software in a week – with code coverage metrics to boot! In this intensive, hands-on, 3-day session we cover the basics…
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException when opening an ASP.NET Project
This morning I was opening an ASP.NET project on my Win7 box in Visual Studio 2008, when a message popped up which only said: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException If you run into this, there are three things you need to do: Make sure you have IIS installed – This sounds silly, but since I had just rebuilt my…
C# Design Patterns
Do you know C#? Do you know Design Patterns? Do you know Design Patterns in C#? Well, heck, you just know everything, don’t ya! For quite a while, there has been a C# Design Patterns Group headed up by Damon Carr. It took a hiatus for a while, but is back in fashion. If you…