Javascript problems

Watching videos from a last CodeMash (at this point of time, they are hard to find, as for a CodeMash 2012 event). But check this out. An excellent presentation of an interesting behavior of a JavaScript language.

Major unsolved problems in CS

There is a nice discussion going on on a stack exchange about major unsolved cs problems, so if you are a math fun (as me) it is something to solve on your free time.

HTML5 support in VS2010

I wander, why it is not supported from the beginning.

What to do when a package information is too big in Nuget

Use Out-GridView:

get-package -listavailable -filter fluent | Out-GridView

JavaScript as I know it

I really like a JavaScript language. But I am concerned about all the buzz around frameworks like node.js, knockoutjs or spinejs. My worries concentrate on a language and a knowledge of it. Who knows what does ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] do? What about problem described in this article. There are so many pitfalls, and it's so hard to pass thru without stepping on a mine. There is not a single tool that I know that allowed writing a code in a JavaScript just like in a C# or Java - with a good warning, suggestion support, strong typing (I am willing to give up dynamic power in a JavaScript just to check for problems during compilation), or abbreviation support. I don't feel after reading books like JavaScript: The Good Parts, JavaScript Patterns, Pro JavaScript Techniques or JQuery Cookbook that I feel safer. I'm really curious what will happen in the future with the language, tools, and ideas of writing business logic or more control on a JavaScript side.

Temporary asp.net files

Visual studio, when it builds, runs, tends to create and use temporary asp.net files. Some compilation, and runetime errors, even when fixed are throwed/showed, because the cashed version of a logic is used, a code that does not exist any more in a project. Each time when I face this problem, I search a web, and it takes me some time to find this path:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files

Delete it all.

Excellent article abut BK-Trees

I love when ideas are presented in a simple way. BK-Trees are well known structures, but in a normal work as a typical programmer, when I need to implement a more advanced search that MS SQL or SOLR.NET (lucene) allows, I tend to do it in a simple way - by result combination of some sub queries. This approach makes me forget about some not often used data structures in a "day time" job. And when I find an article that is easy to follow, light in a form, and cool in a subjects that it touches, I simple love it.