If you’re a Software Developer, hopefully you understand the concept of Defensive Coding. If you’re not familiar with the term here is a quick example to explain the concept. public string SomeMethod(string prefix, string rootWord, string suffix)
{
// Ensure Parameters contain values.
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix))
throw new ArgumentNullException("Prefix cannot be null");
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(rootWord))
throw new ArugmentNullException("RootWord cannot be nu...
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If you were one of the developers at one of my talks that was tempted to try Windows Azure, but didn’t want to pay to give the platform a shot, here is your chance. Previously, the only way to get some time on Azure was to have an MSDN Subscription but Microsoft noticed that a lot of their audience that wanted to try out the Azure a Platform didn’t have a subscription.
Microsoft has announced the Windows Azure Introductory Special which offers 25 free hours per month on a Smal...
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