Merrion
Junior Contributor
When does something become an "application block" - is there a special requirement or test? In fact any documentation on this that I should read before I go off pretending I know what I'm talking about?
Application blocks and tigers and bears...(oh my)
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Merrion
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Things like this: The Logging Application Block...
Derek Stone
Exalted One
It's essentially a term invented by the product teams at Microsoft. An application block is nothing more than a ready-to-use chunk of code or component that a developer can drop into the core of their application to perform a single, focused task. Persons outside of Microsoft have contributed various blocks themselves, and a majority of them can be found on the GotDotNet Workspaces.
Merrion
Junior Contributor
OK - and I have set up a workspace there for my own "application block" to be...
Merrion
Junior Contributor
The full shock of my lack of knowledge on this can be experienced on this GotDotNet workspace
Well here's my full shock of lack of knowledge:
What real purpose does this serve?!
Anybody who is going to do anything that does anything really useful isn't just going to post it up there for the world to have... so what's going to be up there? newbie stuff? things like: here's a code block for iterating through an array of strings and find the strings that are longer than 6 characters? Maybe there is a purpose to the thing that I'm too naive too see... but all I see it as is a Examples forum to real programmers, and a gold mine for script kiddies. (Script kiddies or 'kids' who call themselves programmers (some call themselves hackers of all things) but really only know how to search the internet for other peoples work and string it together with some sloppy code (such as 16 deep nested if thens))... if I'm off that's fine... just school my naive brain
What real purpose does this serve?!
Anybody who is going to do anything that does anything really useful isn't just going to post it up there for the world to have... so what's going to be up there? newbie stuff? things like: here's a code block for iterating through an array of strings and find the strings that are longer than 6 characters? Maybe there is a purpose to the thing that I'm too naive too see... but all I see it as is a Examples forum to real programmers, and a gold mine for script kiddies. (Script kiddies or 'kids' who call themselves programmers (some call themselves hackers of all things) but really only know how to search the internet for other peoples work and string it together with some sloppy code (such as 16 deep nested if thens))... if I'm off that's fine... just school my naive brain
Derek Stone
Exalted One
Microsoft (and other sources) have released a dozen or more application blocks to date that I'm aware of. I suggest you browse their site prior to making such statements.
Correct you are Derek... yet another knee-jerk reaction by Brian... maybe Brian should read more than the first couple of sentances next time (script kiddies are a sore spot for me because someone stole something of mine a while back...) sorry for the outburst guys! 