Eric Wise

CodeBetter

With so many of my favorite blogger compatriots moved over to codebetter... I have decided to join them.

I may cross post for a while, but to be assured of new content better link to http://codebetter.com/blogs/eric.wise/

Available for work

If anyone in the Cleveland area is looking for a .NET contractor with a specialty in ASP .NET feel free to contact me.

If you're not in cleveland, and don't mind a virtual employee feel free to contact me.

Avoiding Try - Catch

Grant Killian has a good article about why a coder shouldn't use try-catch blocks in just any situation. I am ashamed to admit that back when I first started using .NET I was guilty of the sin he speaks of.

What I wanted to add to his post was another very common poor usage of try-catch I have seen many inexperienced coders (including myself at one point in time) do.

   try
   {
      ddlMyDropDownList.Items.FindByValue(myValue).Selected = true;
   }
   catch(Exception ex)
   {
      //Do nothing or display some kind of warning message
   }

Bad Bad Bad! Try this instead:

   ListItem li;   li = myDropDownList.Items.FindByValue(myValue);
   if(li != null)
       li.Selected = true;

Coming Soon - Easy Assets .NET: Source

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A splash of organizational management

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Of Patterns and SQL Stored Procedures

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Can't... resist... stupid... quiz

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Broadband?

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HOWTO: Configure a datagrid template postback from a textbox

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Nerd Score

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Thoughts on Joel

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Most popular posts

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Year End Summary

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Paint .NET 2.0

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HOWTO: Code a Domain Manager

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