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Written by | Imar Spaanjaars |
Posted | 07/01/2010 15:45 |
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Don't you just hate it? You read an interesting programming related article on the web that comes with source code. You downloaded the source so you can look at it later. When you open the file later, you've long forgotten where you got the file, or which concept it was supposed to demonstrate. Worse, the download contains a gazillion files, making it pretty impossible to find the stuff you're looking for yourself. Rather than two or three files demonstrating the topics originally discussed in the article you read, you're faced with a gazillion ReSharper cache files, useless .suo and .user files, obj folder and more. Take, for example, this article "Using Dynamic Views In ASP.NET MVC 2" (note: I am not picking on the author here personally; it's just an example I ran into recently that shows most of the problems I face with code downloads; it's easy to come up with many other examples). The relevant code is only 18 lines long (7 in the View and another 11 in a controller class), yet when you unpack the zip file you get 79 files. Granted, some are needed to run the example as an MVC site, but with a bit of clean up, the number of files can easily be reduced to 27 plus 1 by following these simple tips.
This sample code is a supplemental download for the article: "Changing the Login Control to Display a List of Users" You can view the original article here: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/409/changing-the-login-control-to-display-a-list-of-users If you have questions or comments about the article or code download, use the Contact page on my web site or the Talk Back feature at the bottom of the article on my web site. Have fun, Imar Spaanjaars http://imar.spaanjaars.com
Note: I am guilty of not following the last rule for all my content I've published on my web site consistently, but I am updating downloads while writing this article. Let me know if you find one without a readme.
By following these steps, you'll make it easier for your reader to work with the code you're supplying.
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