Chris Ballance

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window.onload vs document.onload

javascript javascript-events asked Feb 25 '09 at 21:45

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53 votes

How do I mark a method as Obsolete/Deprecated?

c# .net asked Nov 18 '09 at 21:53

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31 votes

Intercept page exit event

javascript javascript-events internet-explorer asked Nov 9 '09 at 22:56

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15 votes

Design Patterns (or techniques) for Scalability

design-patterns scalability high-availability asked Sep 17 '09 at 15:02

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12 votes

How to check for valid xml in string input before calling .LoadXml()

c# .net xml exception-handling asked Sep 17 '08 at 18:46

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10 votes

How do you promote a culture of peer code review with your team?

coding-style tfs code-review teamwork asked Aug 12 '10 at 19:18

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8 votes

SharePoint 2007 - RunWithElevatedPrivileges - Pitfalls of using this

asp.net sharepoint sharepoint2007 asp.net-3.5 elevated-privileges asked Oct 6 '09 at 14:30

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8 votes

Possible to simulate the mySQL functionality ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE with SQL Server

sql sql-server sql-server-2008 concurrency merge asked Jul 26 '10 at 22:47

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7 votes

Are there any benefits to using HtmlTextWriter if you are not going to benefit from adaptive rendering?

c# stream conventions htmltextwriter asked Feb 21 '09 at 20:49

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7 votes

Adding an extension method to the string class - C#

c# .net string extension-methods string-formatting asked Nov 4 '09 at 19:54

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