Tips and tricks from the point where XMPP, Networking, and .NET come together. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/BlogId/3/Default.aspx en-US support@coversant.net Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:37:43 GMT Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:37:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.2.0.29758 Some sample code that shows that caching really does sometimes require volatile variables or locks. This example works in debug mode, and release mode under a debugger, but fails when run outside a debugger in release mode. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/47/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/47/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=47 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT 2 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=47 I recently gave a 3 day XMPP training course to an audience full of US Military and related personal. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/46/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/46/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=46 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT 1 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=46 I'll be presenting to the Bay.Net group on July 18 at the Microsoft Office in San Francisco. I'll be focusing on application tuning - both Memory Tuning and Performance Tuning. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/45/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/45/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=45 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT 4 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=45 Our first pass at an integration of SoapBox with Facebook is alive and well. Facebook approved it as an application late last night, and we're now available for adding to your Facebook profile. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/43/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/43/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=43 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:00:00 GMT 3 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=43 I'm going to be presenting on Concurrency and Multi-Threaded development at the Bay.Net User Group on June 14. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/41/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/41/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=41 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT 7 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=41 Allowing Collection Iteration in a Framework in such a way as to be concurrency friendly is tough. I've done it several wrong ways, and now, I think, I've stumbled onto the right way. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/40/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/40/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=40 Sat, 19 May 2007 08:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=40 Object Pools are critical for managing expensive resources, and for memory management in a server application. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/36/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/36/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=36 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT 1 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=36 The ReadOnlyCollection class is in no way makes the guarantee that your collection is Read Only. Don't make the assumption that you can treat it as Read Only. http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/34/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/34/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=34 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=34 Using Unicode & .Net to solve a Programming Perl of a problem http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/30/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/30/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=30 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:00:00 GMT 2 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=30 A mechanism for manipulating DNS via code is needed. WMI never quite seemed to work, and no other mechanism exists. This blog entry explores using DNSCMD.EXE to manipulate your Microsoft DNS SErver http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/27/Default.aspx http://www.coversant.net/Coversant/Blogs/tabid/88/EntryID/27/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.coversant.net/Default.aspx?tabid=88&EntryID=27 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:00:00 GMT 3 http://www.coversant.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=27