Git Subtree Merge –The Quick Version
Image by Ville Miettinen | Some Rights Reserved The Subtree Merge Workflow offers a relatively painless mechanism for managing shared library source code as a component of a larger project. If you have ever had a shared library,...
Splitting and Merging Pdf Files in C# Using iTextSharp
I recently posted about using PdfBox.net to manipulate Pdf documents in your C# application. This time, I take a quick look at iTextSharp, another library for working with Pdf documents from within the .NET framework. Some...
Working with Pdf Files in C# Using PdfBox and IKVM
I have found two primary libraries for programmatically manipulating PDF files; PdfBox and iText. These are both Java libraries, but I needed something I could use with C Sharp. Well, as it turns out there is an implementation...
Java: Checked Exceptions, Revisited Part II
Continued From Part I – Java: Checked Exceptions, Revisited (or, a closer examination of a flawed mechanism) This thing is long. Here are some navigation links to topic headers: Use Exceptions for Exceptional Circumstances?...
Java: Checked Exceptions, Revisited (or, a closer examination of a flawed mechanism)
This post is a re-examination of some topics I discuss in an older post. This one got long, so I broke into two. I am also going to provide some navigation links: The Original Post: Things to love about Java: Exception Handling...
.Net DataGridview: Change Formatting of the Active Column Header to Track User Location
I bumped into a question on StackOverflow this evening that I felt might make a short post. Accompanying code is available at my Github repo. The guy who posted observed that the standard .net DataGridview control provides a...
C#: A Better Date-Masked Text Box
John on Google CodeProject Let’s face it. Managing date information within the .net framework (or any framework, really . . . Java is not much better) is a pain the the ass. Really. What makes it even worse is managing user data...
Getting Started with Git for the Windows Developer (Part III) – Working with Files Using Bash
CodeProject Up to this point . . . This is the third part in a series focused on getting familiar with Git for Windows developers. The series assumes little or no experience using the command line. If you missed the first few...
Getting Started with Git for the Windows Developer (Part II) – Get Acquainted with Bash
This is the second installment of a multi-part series about getting your feet wet with Git for Windows Developers. If this is your first time here, you may want to review Part I of the series. If you have been following along so...
Basic Git Command Line Reference for Windows Users
CodeProject While there are GUI interfaces available for GIT (some good, some bad), familiarity with at least the basics of git’s command line interface can only enhance your ability to use the tool to maximum effectiveness....