I developed this method here, works up to TB. private static string FormatBytes(long bytes) { string[] Suffix = { “B”, “KB”, “MB”, “GB”, “TB” }; int i; double dblSByte = bytes; for (i = 0; i < Suffix.Length && bytes >= 1024; i++, bytes /= 1024) { dblSByte = bytes / 1024.0; } return String.Format(“{0:0.##} … Read more
Read Michael Feather’s book “Working effectively with Legacy Code” This is a GREAT book. If you don’t like that answer, then the best advice I can give would be: First, stop making new legacy code[1] [1]: Legacy code = code without unit tests and therefore an unknown Changing legacy code without an automated test suite … Read more
Can you not do: priceDetails.GroupBy(priceDetail => priceDetail.Code) .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.ToList())
You sound as if you’re looking for three major things: code templates, refactoring tools, and auto-completion. The good news is that Xcode 3 and later come with superb auto-completion and template support. By default, you have to explicitly request completion by hitting the escape key. (This actually works in all NSTextViews; try it!) If you … Read more
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There is no way to turn refactoring off in the settings. My guess is that the project’s cache/indexes are corrupted. I had a case once where refactoring, especially renames, stopped working. A re-index solved it for me. Go to File >Invalidate Caches, invalidate your caches, restart IDEA, and let IDEA re-index the project (progress is … Read more
Use join string.Join(System.Environment.NewLine, errorMessages);
It is an interesting question. I know what works for me and it is interesting to see what others use. I decided to take a more scientific approach to determine the most commonly used refactoring commands. Eclipse has a Usage Data Collector (UDC) feature built in. The data is publicly available. I took the data … Read more
Having just started on pretty much the same thing a few months ago (on a ten-year-old commercial project, originally written with the “C++ is nothing but C with smart structs” philosophy), I would suggest using the same strategy you’d use to eat an elephant: take it one bite at a time. 🙂 As much as … Read more
Pick yourself up a copy of Martin Fowler’s Refactoring. It has some good advice on ways to break down your refactoring problem. About 75% of the book is little cookbook-style refactoring steps you can do. It also advocates automated unit tests that you can run after each step to prove your code still works. As … Read more