Ashley Henderson

Melbourne, Australia

Developer, primarily in the Microsoft technology stack.

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Why does C# not provide the C++ style 'friend' keyword?

c# c++ design-patterns oop friend asked Oct 15 '08 at 3:23

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67 votes

Web scraping etiquette

html screen-scraping etiquette asked Jan 7 '10 at 16:56

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54 votes

Dealing with awful estimates

architecture project-management estimation asked Feb 14 '09 at 19:15

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49 votes

Localization and internationalization, what's the difference?

localization internationalization asked Feb 3 '09 at 11:20

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42 votes

Javascript as a functional language

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34 votes

Exclude specific words in stackoverflow search

feature-request status-completed search asked Sep 1 '09 at 2:28

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33 votes

Designers and developers working together

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33 votes

Is Thread.Sleep(1) special?

c# multithreading asked May 16 at 9:58

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29 votes

LINQ Distinct operator, ignore case?

c# linq string comparison distinct asked Nov 12 '08 at 4:38

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28 votes

Is .NET “all COM underneath”?

.net c++ com asked Feb 17 '10 at 12:44

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How to use HTML Agility pack

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Practical usings of “internal” keyword in C#

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Get current System.Web.UI.Page from HttpContext?

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Making code internal but available for unit testing from other projects

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Database development mistakes made by application developers

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Is it considered bad practice to use absolute positioning?

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Detecting an “invalid date” Date instance in JavaScript

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Free XML Formatting tool

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What is the best way to do loops in JavaScript

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Which built-in .net exceptions can I throw from my application?

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How do you add a timer to a C# console application

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Business Logic: Database or Application Layer

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How much mathematics and physics should a programmer know?

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Coupling, Cohesion and the Law of Demeter

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XDocument.Descendants() not returning any elements

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.NET: WebBrowser, WebClient, WebRequest, HTTPWebRequest… ARGH!

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How to detect the currently pressed key?

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Change textNode value

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Why is DoubleBuffered disabled by default?

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Compiling/Executing a C# Source File in Command Prompt

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Retrieving Selected Text from Webbrowser control in .net(C#)

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Best javascript syntactic sugar

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What programming languages do you consider indispensable in your experience?

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How can I tell what RAM will fit my computer?

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C# Test if user has write access to a folder

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Should I learn Firebug or IE8 Developer Tools?

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When to use a SortedList<TKey, TValue> over a SortedDictionary<TKey, TValue>?

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Classes to avoid (code complete)

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Windows App or Windows Service to run a periodically between 0800-1700

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