Notes from a dark corner
Debugging anything that uses clock cycles
Current and Future Web Development looking cool
I was fortunate enough to attend the WebDD conference in Reading at the weekend. I could only stay...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/06/2007
DebugDiag version 1.1 is now available – great for troubleshooting hangs, memory leaks and other nastiness
Those of you that know and use DebugDiag will be pleased to know that a version 1.1 has been...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/19/2007
Using Visual Studio 2005 on Vista for web development
If you are using Vista as your web development platform with Visual Studio 2005 then the following...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/08/2007
A look at the WoW64 layer in the debugger
[1st edit 2 Jan 2007- updated to make the exercise slightly harder] When I first started using...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/02/2007
A final (?) post before the year end
Two months since my last post. So my first New Year's resolution will be to post more regularly in...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 12/29/2006
Don't block your UI thread
Even in the world of .NET, some things never change.You block your UI thread with a Sleep(10000) and...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/27/2006
New article on debugging .NET memory issues
The latest MSDN Magazine is now published and there is a great article about debugging .NET memory...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/17/2006
Index of articles on this site
Resources for load testing web applicationsResources for debugging .NET with WinDBG etc
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/17/2006
A reading list for debugging, .NET, CLR, WinDBG etc
I'm often asked "Where can I learn more about doing this kind of stuff?", this "stuff" being...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/17/2006
Warning: this coffee may be hot
I found this article about Google's new "code search" tool rather amusing. In a manner that reminds...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/10/2006
Is there a timewarp between here and redmond?
The reason I wonder that is because our dev teams seem to be pumping stuff out the door so fast at...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/06/2006
Technology articles the size of a bowl of Corn Flakes
If you're in the mood for reading something developer focussed but cannot stomach an entire banquet...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/25/2006
Resources about load testing web applications
I've justed added a short article about load testing web...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/15/2006
Testing Web Applications
You've written your web application and tested it to ensure it all works but how do you know it will...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/15/2006
A reading list for debugging, .NET, CLR, WinDBG etc
[Update 17th October 2006. The list in this blog post is now superceded by this article which will...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/07/2006
Could NOT LOad file or assembly - Part 1
The error message "Could not load file or assembly" can be quite a common error in ASP.NET...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/05/2006
ASP.NET - Windows authentication and local groups
Everyone has a pet project or two. One of mine is a little intranet website. The site is mostly...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/27/2006
I Really don't DO databases, so this one is for me..
I am no genius when it comes to database programming, in fact if there were a special IQ scale for...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/13/2006
17 random things I learned by using Windows Server 2003 x64 as my daily desktop
Sometime ago when I got new machine with Intel EM64T extensions I decided to make the switch to an...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/13/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now a free download!
There are probably dozens of articles around proclaiming this recent announcment but this is such...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/06/2006
Nine tips for a healthy "in production" ASP.NET application
The following are based on problems I see people having every day in production ASP.NET systems.1....
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/05/2006
ASP.NET - how it uses Windows memory
Sooner or later you are bound to run into the dreaded OutOfMemoryException and wonder, "why me, why...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/14/2006
Spyware and Malware - a never ending battle
As a support engineer, like most techies in the IT industry, I 'look after' the machines of a number...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/09/2006
Make exceptions the exception (rather than the rule)
Happy New Year to anyone reading this! I'm ashamed to realise that it is over a month since I last...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/05/2006
Application Verifier 3.0 is available
Before I forget to mention it, we've just shipped Application Verifier 3.0 on the web. This tool...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/28/2005
Determining the origin of a static root
A number of times when debugging managed code I've realised an object is ultimitely rooted in a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/25/2005
Why my corner is dark
Why did I choose to call this blog "Notes from a dark corner"?I work in an office where if you stop...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/18/2005