Keep Email Subject as meaningful as possible,  Our emails are hosted on Google Apps and it combines mails with same subjects into one conversation and you can imagine what happens to threads with "Hi" and "Hello" in subject line. Always Always Reply All . No exception please. If [...]

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In this blog I am taking a slight detour from discussing pure technical stuff   In today's high stress work environment, we always have tons of pending tasks and tons of choices. You'll have tasks with different prioirity levels like  * Super Urgent * Urgent * Normal and severity [...]

Refactoring is what we all like. We all think that refactoring is the panacea for all problems and most of the times that's true.  Unfortunately refactoring has a Dark Side. This Dark side when exposed can kill your project, your budget and your morale. It happens when refactoring locks [...]

TypeSafeEnum coding pattern was a big time favorite in the past since Java did not have "enum". So people have to invent a way to implement enums. Anyways, Java introduced enum in the recent versions (v1.5+). So now one can use enum the similar way it was done in TypeSafeEnum patterns. [...]

I have been asked this question numerous times. Why interfaces exist in Java. First let me start with the answers I get. 1. Interfaces make you implement multiple inheritance in Java. 2. Make code reusable. 3. They are a contract.   Though you can use interfaces in Java in [...]

  Microsoft officially released a tool Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011  to the Visual Studio stack on 26 th July 2011. LightSwitch is a development tool targeted at Business Application developers who may not be versed in the art of programming. It is standalone tool for creating data-driven [...]

In my career which spans over 13 years I have seen all the OOP principles being compromised all the time but nothing beats encapsulation. Encapsulation is most important Object Oriented principle in my opinion and it's been compromised most. The easiest way to make mockery of encapsulation is [...]

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Have you ever wondered why Job Interviews are getting tougher and tougher to clear. In today's complex work environment, clients and employer need one thing from you. Yes, just one thing and that thing is “You walk on water”. OK, OK, for people who can not walk on water here are 3 tips. 1. [...]