Jakob Christensen articles - 28 total
You owe it to your team to let them try F#
If you are the lead or senior of a team of developers that build applications in C#, this is for...
Filtering lists in F# without throwing data away
A while back I got a new assignment that was a bit different from what we usually see. We wanted to...
Go ahead, write your code in your native language
Most of us, the developers, probably write our code in English. We name our functions, variables and...
Performance for composition in F#
In a previous post I talked about how we at work simplified composition in an F# project because we...
Real life performance optimizations in F#
At work we are building our first major F# application. I work at a pension company, and the...
Getting the "nuget" package manager working in Visual Studio 2019
The other day I was working with a collegue on some quick file manipulation with F# interactive (.fsx...
Impeachment in a functional way
Functional Programming (FP) did not really click with me until I saw how it utili...
Today, I passed a 1,000 followers on dev.to 🤗😁🐎🐴😎🍰
I know, I know... it is not all that impressive compared to many others here on dev.to but for me it...
Why you shouldn't wear headphones while working
There are lots of good reasons why you’d want to don headphones and listen to music while coding....
Do you pay for the photos you use as cover?
I have noticed that lots of you here on dev.to use cover photos on your articles. Do you own or pay...
I am old enough to remember COM
This question by @ben brought me back to the late 1990s where I first started coding professionally...
Using single case union types for entity IDs in F# and making it work with Dapper
In C# it is a common and popular pattern to use strongly typed entity IDs instead of using integers...
Close the Circle
Some years back my wife introduced a new principle called “Close the Circle” into our house hold. It...
Users are in for a bad experience with the Mojave app restrictions
With the Mojave update to macOS, Apple has introduced a couple of restrictions on what your apps are...
How do you document your code?
Discussion of tools and ways of writing documentation.
Next step Git for those that already know add and commit
When I first started using Git a while back it seemed pretty straight forward a...
Should you Fire a Coworker for Making an Honest Mistake?
A while back my hairdresser accidentally cut my ear. It was just a small cut an...
Some Advice for Beginners
If you are new at programming, here is some sane advice for you. The list is built from my own...
Deploying ASP.NET Core Applications from Bitbucket to Azure
Deployment of a website is boring and errorprone. Azure offers a very simple way to deploy websites directly from your code repository.
Creating Your Own Visual Studio Project Template
A few tips on to work more effectively on Windows.
Working Effectively with Windows as a (non-)Developer
A few tips on to work more effectively on Windows.
Which is better for teaching? C# or F#
Discussion on whether an OO language such as C# or a functional language such as F# is better for teaching beginners.
Changing Work Item Templates on Team Foundation Service
How to upgrade your work item templates on TFS
Building C# 7.0 on On Premise TFS 2015
A short post on how to build C# 7.0 code on a TFS 2015 server
Be a responsible developer
This post first appeared on my personal blog. The world is evolving around sof...
Setting up ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio 2017 with npm, webpack, and TypeScript: Part I
The days of page refreshes on web sites are long gone.
Hi, I'm Jakob Christensen
My introduction post