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Archive: 09-2012

• SQL Server database developer interview questions and answers

  Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these open-ended SQL Server proficiency interview Q&As useful.

  Posted by Tony Patton | September 28, 2012, 5:41 PM PDT

• Poll: Developers, are you part of your company's sales process?

  Are you part of your company’s sales process? Answer the poll, and then let us know in the forum what you think about developers participating in the sales process.

  Posted by Justin James | September 27, 2012, 1:49 PM PDT

• Why you need to clean out dead code paths

  Justin James describes how a dead feature he left in place caused a bug. He encourages other developers not to get into the bad habit of never deleting dead code.

  Posted by Justin James | September 24, 2012, 8:28 AM PDT

• Poll: Are the Windows 8/.NET 4.5 developer docs up to snuff?

  If you looked at the Windows 8 or .NET 4.5 documentation, do find it accurate and complete? Justin James has not.

  Posted by Justin James | September 21, 2012, 10:53 AM PDT

• Typekit makes it easy to use fonts on the Web

  Typekit lets you license fonts for use on the Web and easily put them on your site. Read about Toolkit’s browser support and affordable pricing plans.

  Posted by Justin James | September 18, 2012, 1:59 PM PDT

• Poll: Have you looked at alternative runtime languages?

  If you program against a system like Java or .NET, have you tried the alternative languages on it? Let us know by taking this poll.

  Posted by Justin James | September 13, 2012, 6:14 AM PDT

• Five common programming mistakes

  Justin James describes (and even confesses to committing some) programming gaffes and explains why these particular behaviors can be problematic.

  Posted by Justin James | September 12, 2012, 8:47 PM PDT

• What Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 offer developers

  Find out how to build powerful applications via the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, how VS 2012 integrates with other Microsoft products, and more.

  Posted by Tony Patton | September 11, 2012, 5:48 AM PDT

• Why Java developers should check out Scala

  The Scala programming language has three major improvements over Java. Find out what they are.

  Posted by Justin James | September 6, 2012, 4:40 AM PDT

• In-app purchases in Windows 8

  Justin James walks you through how to check your code to determine whether a feature is purchased in your Windows 8 app.

  Posted by Justin James | September 5, 2012, 6:02 PM PDT