dotNetDave Rocks Global Azure Bootcamp 2018

On April 21st, I will for the second time be speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp in Southern California. I am looking forward to this great conference and I hope to see you there. I will have some cool tour swag to giveaway. I will be doing the session below. Rock Your Development With A Real …

Bulletproof Disposable Types in .NET Core

Whenever I do code review on .NET projects, hands down the number one issue is developers not calling .Dispose() on disposable objects. Ever since .NET was released, I have been preaching how important this is. If not done properly, it’s most likely to create virtual memory issues that will eventually cause the application to stop …

If I Ran a Software Company – Part 2

This is part 2 of my article on this subject. I hope you read part 1 before reading this post. If you didn’t, then this continues what I would do if I ran a software company or team. Top of the Line Computers and Tools Computers All developers should get a new computer at least …

dotNetDave Rocks the San Diego .NET User Group

I hope you will join me at the monthly meeting of the San Diego .NET User Group on Wednesday March 14th at 6pm. I will be presenting the session below. I hope to see you there. Rock Your .NET Code Performance The performance of code is always something that is very important. Even more important …

Quality of Software Is Getting Worse, Not Better (2018)

For many years now the theme for all my conference talks has been “Improving Code Quality, One Developer at a Time™”. My only goal with my sessions for the foreseeable future is all wrapped around this idea for these reasons I will discuss. First, as a contractor, the code that I see is for the …

dotNetDave Rocks India (2018)

I'm very excited to speak at the C# Corner Conference this year on April 13th-15th with other great speakers like Mads Torgersen, Magnus Martensson and the #1 Indian speaker Pinal Dave. I had an awesome time last year and meet hundreds of awesome developers in India. I cant wait to see everyone and enjoy some …

Interviewing – Have an Awesome Resume Available

Going on an interview soon? The first thing you need to do is to create or update your resume. Below is an excerpt from my eBook titled “Rock Your Technical Interview”. I plan to write more articles on interviewing, so check back often. It is very important to keep your resume up to date. I …