Jason Bock had a similar title to this post awhile back … and I found a forehead-slapper today when reviewing some code in a app I’m working on during my free time. I seriously said “What the <ExplativeGoesHere>”.

Here’s the code:

There is absolutely no need to do this. This is exactly WHAT the IPAddress class does. The worst part is that the programmer who developed this knew that the IPAddress Class existed.  I’m amazed daily.

I will be presenting at the 5th Twin Cities Code Camp on October 11th.

My session is entitled …

Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine Within WCF

Ever changing business logic requires rule systems that are flexible to business demands. The majority of the time the business requires that these rules systems must be consumable by other applications. Come see how we can utilize the Rules Engine within Windows Workflow Foundation to evaluate our rules and simplify our rules configuration. We will then encompass this functionality within a Windows Communication Foundation Service which will enable consumers to utilize the service.

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