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Naming Conventions in Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning
In this article I am going to discuss the importance of naming conventions in ML projects. What do I mean by naming conventions? I mainly mean using descriptive ways of labelling features in a data set. What is the…
Using private partial classes to hide implementation details of an interface. Workaround for package level protection in C#
I miss very few things from the Java language, one gem I really miss is the package-private accessibility modifier. This was so useful, your IDE colour coded your package classes in another colour so you knew they were…
Solid Principles: Part Two - Open Closed Principle
'Software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension but closed for modification.' [R. Martin] The OCP is a set of strategies based on inheritance and polymorphism that aims to make code…
Solid Principles: Part One
Over the coming weeks I plan to do a bit of a study on the SOLID principles. SOLID stands for: The term was coined by Robert Martin [http://cleancoder.posterous.com/]. The five principles if used judiciously should…
A faster, better sql server and sql azure log appender for log4net
After much effort, trying to get the default DatabaseAppender working in log4net I decided to write my own, so with the help of one of my alpha geeks (Tnx Chinsu) we created this awesome (its awesome because it uses…
Understanding Nancy - Sinatra for .Net
For a project we are currently working on here at PicNet we decided to forgo the bloat of ASP.Net and Mvc and go for a super light weight web platform. We tried Kayak but this was a little too 'bare' so we then shifted…