Study notes 70-553 Section 1 part c

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Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections. (Refer System.Collections.Generic namespace) all V2 classes pretty much impmented as generic versions of the 1.1 classes.  Faster because there is no boxing/unboxing• Collection.Generic interfaces • Generic Dictionary … Continued

Study notes 70-553 Section 1 part b

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Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections. (Refer System.Collections namespace) • ArrayList class – implements IList• Collection interfaces   ICollection – defines size, enumerators, and syncronisation of collections  IComparer – used with Array.Sort and Array.BinarySearch.  Allows customisation of … Continued

Study notes 70-553 Section 1 part a

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Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using .NET Framework 2.0 system types. (Refer System namespace) • Value types (bool, byte, char, decimal, double, enum, float, int long, sbyte, short, struct, uint, ulong, ushort)  • 2 categories – structs  ( numeric types, bool, user defined) – … Continued

Vista + 2GB RAM = :)

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I installed Vista RC2 when it was first released and have been struggling with performance using a Dell 9300 with1GB RAM, 7200 HDD, 2Ghz M cpu, 6800go GPU. Today my new RAM arrived from AusPCMarket – 2 sticks of Corsair … Continued

Tech.Ed feedback

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Thought it’d be easier to put the comments here than make a GIANT comment on Frank’s blog. Comments on Tech Ed that most come to mind: Tech Ed The venue – in general it was well layed out and had … Continued

New Polygons in Virtual Earth

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A nice new feature in Virtual Earth is the addition of polygons. If you have used polylines then with one additional line of code to set the fill colour you can do polygons. function DrawPoly(id,points,width,color) { poly = new VEPolygon(id,points); … Continued

How angry am I?

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 Looks like i’m not as angry as i thought:   You Are 44% Angry  Generally, you are not an angry person.But you’re easily frustrated and enraged. You have one heck of a temper.And because of your anger, you tend to … Continued

The cost of elections

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The amount of resources at our election on saturday got me thinking about how much it costs the tax payers of Australia. Did you know a federal election cost in excess of $100 million?http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/when/elections/costs.htm Cost of the 2004 federal election: … Continued