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On Exceptions and Rules: Best Practices for Where, When, and How to Handle Exceptions

If an exception is raised in the declaration section of one's block, that block's exception section cannot handle the exception. That doesn't seem right. Why does PL/SQL work this way, and what does it mean for the author's coding practices? If an exception is raised in the declaration section of...

Tags: Exception, Best Practice, Programming Languages, Team Management, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-07-01

BlackBerry Patent app proposes Low memory manager for "graceful shutdown"

When one of our devices crashes or shuts down because of memory issues, one of the last words we would ever use to describe the circumstances is "graceful." Yes, but graceful is indeed part of the title of a just-published BlackBerry Patent application...

Tags: Message, Application, Operating System, Memory, RIM BlackBerry, Exception, Computer, BlackBerry Patent App, Memory Manager, Abstract, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Makamaka: Google's grand plan for social networking

David Greenfield points to a post by Google Operating System via Google Blogoscoped about a video explaining Google's plans to add a social fabric to its applications, a la Facebook. The video, which has been removed from Google Video, apparently comes from an in-house "tech talk" presentation by Google's Ben...

Tags: Social Networking, Google Inc., Network, Google Reader, Clustering, Exception, User, News, Makamaka, Mustang, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Muvixer (exe)

Do you play games such as Battlefield 2 that reset the recording device to 'Microphone' even though you actually use a different line such as Line 2? With Muvixer, you no longer have to worry. Muvixer allows you to select the line you always want to use and if Battlefield...

Tags: Exception, Muvixer, Firewalls, Games, Network Security, Networking, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-02

Actively Monitoring Peers in KAD

In recent years, a large number of DHTs have been proposed. However, very few of them have been deployed in real-life large scale systems. An exception is KAD, a DHT based on Kademlia that is part of the widely used eMule peer-to-peer system, which has more than 1.5 million simultaneous...

Tags: P2P, Monitoring, Exception, Peer, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

White papers 2007-01-17

Explore the Enterprise Library Exception Handling Block for .NET 2.0

The Enterprise Library Exception Handling Block provides all the underlying plumbing code required to handle exceptions. Stop writing repetitive exception handling code and learn how to use it in the own applications to make exception handling consistent and effective. In an ideal world, all the code one writes would always...

Tags: Exception, Enterprise Library Exception Handling Block, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-05-12

.NET Offers a "First Chance" to Squelch Performance-Killing Hidden Exceptions

Despite the fact that exceptions are expensive to process they are positively a great thing for debugging applications and making software more reliable. The challenge is when exceptions are used incorrectly; specifically, when they are used to respond to normal conditions instead of exceptional conditions. Using first chance exceptions in...

Tags: Performance, Exception, Performance Management, .Net, Middleware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-05-03

MSDN Architecture Webcast: Patterns & Practices Live - Enterprise Library Exception Handling Application Block (Level 300)

Exceptions happen...the question is what to do handle them. Poorly written applications behave unpredictably when exceptions occur and often this bad behavior results in crashes or security holes. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to create exception policies that can be consistently and quickly applied in application to...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Exception, Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts 2005-03-17

Defensive Programming - Level 200

This is the fifth webcast in the 15 part series “Modern Software Development in .NET Using Visual Basic”. Developers shouldn’t miss this opportunity to examine the following topics with renowned author Joe Hummel, PhD: Exception handling; Application and class design with exceptions; Assertions; Debugging.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Exception, Programming, Software Development, Development Tools, .Net, Application Servers, Digital Media, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: Exceptions Happen (Session 7): Optimized Exception Handling With Microsoft .NET - Level 200

Every developer deals with exceptions - they're part of the imperfect programming world. With so much unpredictability to account for, does person feel confident that it has enough knowledge of best practices to anticipate and handle each exception in an ideal way? In this webcast in the 14-part series "Soup...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Exception, .Net, Application Servers, Development Tools, Digital Media, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

Navigating Error Recovery Code in Java Applications

Java provides a program-level exception handling mechanism in response to error conditions that are translated into exceptions by Java VM. However, exception handling code is often widely scattered throughout an application and untested. This paper presents a program visualization tool ExTest that shows quite precisely all the handlers for exceptions...

Tags: Java Application, Recovery, Exception, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers

MSDN Webcast: Errors and Exceptions in SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)

Exceptions can occur in even the most stringently tested software, simply because one cannot check every condition in advance. Although one cannot always anticipate an exception, it is important to design software so that it can recover gracefully when and if one occurs. The attendee of this webcast will learn...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Exception, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Digital Media, Databases, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Data Management

Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom (Part 04 of 15): Exceptions and Faults (Level 200)

In a distributed system, exceptions that occur remotely must traverse process or computer boundaries before they reach the client. In a service-oriented architecture SOA, the boundary is a service boundary that may be located in the same process, or across process or computer boundaries. Beyond these distribution boundaries, there may...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation, Boundary, Exception, SOAP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Productivity, Web Services, .Net, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Webcasts

Additional Resources

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Please Speak FreelyAdmittedly, the subject matter was off-topic but adding the occasional non-relevant opinion is a very human thing to do, certainly not to be chastised, regardless of idealogical objection.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gpRE: Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Mitch you have at...

Tags: Blogging, political posting, blogger, survey

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox

The plug-ins, the add-ons, the "download and use with" programs. So many people have been on about the "porn mode" InPrivate feature, the coloured tabs and the accelerator features, but what seems to be missing from the blogosphere is the entire gallery of additional software for the product. ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Access Virtualization for Mac OS X - Aqua Connect ACTS 3.0

Aqua Connect is an exception. It focuses on providing access virtualization for users of Mac OS-based servers. (For those keeping track, the post, Aqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X, introduced the company back in December 2007.) This time, the good folks at Aqua Connect are in the process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Access, Operating System, Environment, Unix, Aqua Connect, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabs

Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now? While Google's Chrome team is cheering, Rishi Narang from Evil Fingers is typing and releasing a proof of concept for a denial of service vulnerability that is successfully crashing the Chrome browser with all tabs. According to Narang's advisory : "An issue...

Tags: Google Inc., DOS, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Phiaton MS 400 Moderna Series headphones

In a gadget world dominated by black, white, and silver, it's always refreshing to come across colorful tech. Earbud manufacturers already offer every color of the rainbow, but finding funky full-size models is more challenging. Skullcandy is a notable exception, and now more companies are joining the fray. Hot on...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Skullcandy, headphone, Phiaton MS 400

Product reviews 2008-09-01

2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD

Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...

Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.

Product reviews 2008-08-29

Philips NP1100/37

Digital audio streamers may seem like old news in 2008, but the reality is that the product type has only reached maturity in the past couple of years, with relatively affordable, stable products like the Squeezebox Classic and the Apple TV. Still, both of those products are upward of $230...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Monitors & displays, power button, Philips NP1100/37, Squeezebox Classic, Philips Electronics N.V.

Product reviews 2008-08-29