db4o Developer Community

July 2008 - Posts

• Debugging TA Enhanced Code and the Observer Effect

  Most of those who pair programmed with me know that I'm not very fond of debugging code by stepping through breakpoints inside an IDE. I'd much rather construct hypotheses on why the code is failing and systematically test them with carefully placed assertions Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:03 AM by Rodrigo B. de Oliveira | 3 Comments Filed under: Transparent Activation

• Performance Contest - for one more month

  Do you like profiling? Do you like tuning code? If you do, how about taking part in the db4o performance contest? We offer USD 6000 in prizes for the best contributions to make db4o faster. We have made it very easy for you to get started by providing Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:38 PM by Carl Rosenberger | 2 Comments

• Implications of instrumenting assemblies for Transparent Activation / Persistence in db4o - Part I

  As the popular saying tell us, there's no such thing as free lunch. It is no different for work related subjects. When we introduced Transparent Activation (TA) concept we knew that it could make developer's life easier (by presenting a simpler model Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 7:28 PM by Adriano Verona | 1 Comments Filed under: .NET, C#, documentation, db4o, deployement, Transparent Activation Attachment(s): VS Project Properties 2.jpg