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The Death of Flash & Silverlight

2011-11-11T00:51:00.001-08:00

The Death of Flash and Silverlight This week there has been news that Silverlight 5 might just be the last version of the technology that never really seemed to get any real traction. This morning I woke to several stories about Adobe killing any further development of it's flash mobile plugin. Both Microsoft and Adobe seem to understand the future of client development does not lie in a

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 Microformats | Speckyboy Design Magazine

2011-01-25T05:08:00.000-08:00

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 MicroformatsJanuary 24, 2011 - 6 CommentsWritten by Jake RocheleauCategories → HTML,Web DesignFor years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These allow developers to contextually describe page elements for better representation

Five tips for deciding whether to virtualize a server | TechRepublic

2011-01-25T05:03:00.000-08:00

Five tips for deciding whether to virtualize a serverJanuary 21, 2011, 8:26 AM PSTTakeaway: Not all servers are suited for virtualization. Be sure you consider these possible deal-killers before you try to virtualize a particular server.Even though server virtualization is all the rage these days, some servers simply aren’t good candidates for virtualization. Before you virtualize a server,

Infographic: Laziness in the Workplace - My Modern Metropolis

2011-01-24T05:54:00.000-08:00

Infographic: Laziness in the Workplace - My Modern MetropolisIt's difficult not to lose focus during a typical work day. Whether you find yourself gossiping over the water cooler, updating yourself on Facebook, or checking out your favorite websites, getting distracted is simply a part of life. This infographic shows us some interesting facts about our inefficiencies...

Ashwin Jayaprakash's Blog: Txn.commit() - Are you sure?

2010-09-28T01:32:00.000-07:00

Ashwin Jayaprakash's Blog: Txn.commit() - Are you sure?Transactions - do we need them and are people really using them like they are claim to?We know that transactions are theoretically the best way to keep data consistent, but it might not always be the most practical way to do it.Remember - if Transactions work for you and all your systems support it, then go for it.Having said that, there

How to Create a Mobile-friendly Shopping Website - Entrepreneur.com

2010-08-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

How to Create a Mobile-friendly Shopping Website - Entrepreneur.comHow to Create a Mobile-friendly Shopping Website As smartphones become more advanced, your business should be prepared to make it even easier for customers to buy online. Eddie Davis | August 25, 2010 URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217255Remember when people actually debated whether e-commerce was for real? As

HTML5 Support In Visual Studio 2010

2010-08-09T19:43:00.000-07:00

from Raihan Iqbal's blog... I know I am going to need this later. HTML5 Support In Visual Studio 2010I was trying to play around with HTML5 assuming that VS 2010 had shipped with HTML5 support but to my dismay it was not the case. Bummer! So I did a bit of homework and came up with an easy workaround. If you try googling for html5 visual studio 2010, the first link that you will see is HTML 5

Google Apps for Your Business: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2010-08-03T09:38:00.000-07:00

Google Apps for Your Business: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Our comprehensive review of the search-engine giant's battery of web-based tools. By Jonathan Blum | August 02, 2010 URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/technology/gear/article207688.html In case you hadn't noticed, it's not Bill Gates' world any more. Sure,

InfoQ: Does the Cloud Need Server Virtualization?

2010-07-21T04:25:00.000-07:00

InfoQ: Does the Cloud Need Server Virtualization?: "Does the Cloud Need Server Virtualization?Simeon Simeonov, former Chief Architect of Allaire, who has brought to market Cold Fusion, one of the first Web Application Server, wrote an essay on the future of virtualization after VMWare CTO, Steve Herrod commented: We are committed to making Spring the best language for cloud applications, even

Breaking Up with IoC Containers - Justin Bozonier's Blog

2010-07-20T04:23:00.000-07:00

Breaking Up with IoC Containers - Justin Bozonier's Blog: "Breaking Up with IoC ContainersStraight UpI've stopped using or caring about IoC containers. I used to use them because they were so quick and easy and they kept my code looking pristine and beautiful. Now I do manual dependency injection and the results on non-trivial systems are very interesting and look even more beautiful. At the end

High Scalability - High Scalability - DynaTrace's Top 10 Performance Problems taken from Zappos, Monster, Thomson and Co

2010-07-14T08:03:00.000-07:00

DynaTrace's Top 10 Performance Problems taken from Zappos, Monster, Thomson and Co:Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 7:33AMDynaTrace in Top 10 Performance Problems taken from Zappos, Monster, Thomson and Co, has provided a useful compilation of performance problems, with potential solutions, that they've found while working with their clients.

Guides > .NET and Windows Programming

2010-07-13T02:03:00.000-07:00

"Risk, Lost Opportunity, and Other Hidden Upgrade Costs"Last updated Jul 9, 2010.Somebody asked me recently why I'm not writing about .NET 4.0 yet. 'I would have expected you to be all over that, running the beta and giving us advance information of what's to come.' I wish I had that luxury, but we're in the 'final release' stage of our product and changing platforms would be an unnecessary

The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek

2010-07-12T06:15:00.000-07:00

The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek: "The Creativity CrisisFor the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.Experts assess 10 drawings by adults and children for signs of out-of-the-box thinking. View gallery.How Creative Are You?Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a

Is it Time to Upgrade to a Database?

2010-06-16T18:34:00.000-07:00

Is it Time to Upgrade to a Database? 5 clues that you've outgrown Excel From Business on Main | June 16, 2010 URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/technology/managingtechnology/article207034.html Dan BriodyI'll never forget the first time I watched a true power user work the tables and formulas of an Excel spreadsheet. I sat in awe of the complex calculations,

PhatStudio - free Visual Studio plugin for fast file navigation

2010-06-15T17:24:00.001-07:00

PhatStudio - free Visual Studio plugin for fast file navigationPhatStudio is a free add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that lets you quickly navigate files in large projects with just a few keystrokes. It lets you navigate files either by the Open File dialog (bound to Alt+O by default), or the PhatStudio Explorer tool window.It also includes a header flip/switch to related

BlinkSync - free command line file and directory synchronization tool

2010-06-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

BlinkSync - free command line file and directory synchronization toolBlinkSync is a free file and directory synchronization tool. It works both locally and over a network. It has a command line interface and is particularly suitable for scripting. Common uses include build processes, deployment/publishing, and content updates.

How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites - Smashing Magazine

2010-06-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites - Smashing MagazineHow To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular WebsitesBy Cameron ChapmanJune 11th, 2010Design62 Comments AdvertisementWe all have an increasing number of sites and online services we’re members of, and sometimes it all gets a little overwhelming. At times, we just need to delete our memberships to some sites,

SELECT * FROM XML - Jacob's Blog

2010-06-09T14:44:00.000-07:00

SELECT * FROM XML - Jacob's Blog

CSS generated content techniques - Opera Developer Community

2010-06-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

CSS generated content techniques - Opera Developer CommunityCSS generated content techniques By Divya Manian · 1 Apr, 2010Published in: css, accessibility, htmlIntroduction The content property was introduced in CSS 2.1 to add generated content to the :before and :after pseudo-elements. This is now supported on all major browsers — Firefox 1.5+, Safari 3.5+

zen-coding - Project Hosting on Google Code

2010-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

zen-coding - Project Hosting on Google CodeZen Coding — a new way of writing HTML and CSS codeFollow us on Twitter @zen_coding Zen Coding is an editor plugin for high-speed HTML, XML, XSL (or any other structured code format) coding and editing. The core of this plugin is a powerful abbreviation engine which allows you to expand expressions—similar to CSS selectors—into HTML code.

Rietveld, or “How to revamp your code review process” - Kyle Baley - The Coding Hillbilly - CodeBetter.Com - Stuff you need to Code Better!

2010-06-02T06:22:00.000-07:00

Rietveld, or “How to revamp your code review process” - Kyle Baley - The Coding Hillbilly - CodeBetter.Com - Stuff you need to Code Better!WTF's per minute... Awesome!

Code Standards | Isobar

2010-05-11T16:12:00.000-07:00

Code Standards | Isobar Code Standards Back to top This document outlines our de-facto code standards. The primary motivation is two- fold: 1) code consistency and 2) best practices. By maintaining consistency in coding styles and conventions, we can ease the burden of legacy code maintenance, and mitigate risk of

There should be no business logic in a controller

2010-04-06T16:54:00.000-07:00

Rails Worst Practices: 13 Coding Nightmares You Should Avoid | Pathfinder Development | Software Developers | Blogs: "Chubby Controllers Must DieThere should be no business logic in a controller.Read that again.There should be no business logic in a controller.Controllers do two things: they take data from the params or session and send it to the model. The MODEL performs all the necessary logic.

Software architecture document guidelines - Coding the Architecture

2009-12-07T17:23:00.000-08:00

Software architecture document guidelines - Coding the Architecture: "Software architecture document guidelinesThe purpose of the software architecture document (SAD) is to provide information that is complementary to the code. At a high level, this might include: 1. An outline description of the software architecture, including major software components and their interactions. 2. A common

Methodic approach to CSS coding: Four Bubbles Model – woorkup.com

2009-10-10T08:44:00.000-07:00

Methodic approach to CSS coding: Four Bubbles Model - woorkup.comMethodic approach to CSS coding: Four Bubbles Model by Antonio Lupetti / October 9, 2009 / Posted in: Web Design Which approach is better to write CSS code? In general I always prefer to use a methodic top-down approach I want to present you in this post. I called this process Four Bubbles Model. The model is based on four

Enterprise architecture is for entrepreneurs, too | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com

2009-09-16T11:26:00.000-07:00

Enterprise architecture is for entrepreneurs, too Mike Kavis asks an intriguing question: “Is enterprise architecture only for big companies?” Small companies can’t afford to throw money away on the wrong systems One’s first thought would be yes — it would seem that a larger organization would have a greater need for EA, since there are likely to be many systems, applications, and user groups to

Location,Location,Location | mobiForge

2009-06-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

Location,Location,Location | mobiForge: "Location,Location,Locationjonarne's picturePosted by jonarne 1 day 2 hours agoSee also... * Kind of a 'sunshine transcoder story' * Character Encoding Issues and the Mobile Web * LBS in Opera Mini? * What, no GPS? * Fennec Delivers!Location based services (LBS) has been a buzz word and a hype since birth of mobile services. I'm not saying that it

Anti-Patterns and Worst Practices – Utils Class

2009-06-01T09:30:00.000-07:00

Anti-Patterns and Worst Practices – Utils Class If you ever start typing “Utils” or “Utility” stop and think a bit; if you need some help, ask a fellow developer a question of what this code actually does. This anti-pattern is caused either by lack of domain knowledge, or laziness, sometimes both. The problem isn’t with the functions that these Utils are performing, but what they’re called

Anti-Patterns and Worst Practices – You’re Doing it Wrong!

2009-05-26T15:29:00.000-07:00

Anti-Patterns and Worst Practices – You’re Doing it Wrong! When shown ideal code, I think developers understand why it is favorable. When it is regarding Separation of Concerns (SoC) or Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) the consensus is something along the lines of “of course, that makes sense”. But not always do these same developers actually practice the techniques or principles.

25+ Best ASP.NET MVC Tutorials and Articles | AjaxLine

2009-05-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

25+ Best ASP.NET MVC Tutorials and Articles Wed, 2009-05-20 12:50 | 1 comment

Java vs .NET Developers - Greg Young [MVP] - CodeBetter.Com - Stuff you need to Code Better!

2009-04-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Java vs .NET Developers - Greg Young [MVP] - CodeBetter.Com - Stuff you need to Code Better!: "Java vs .NET DevelopersDavy Brion has an interesting post discussing his recent interviews with .NET and Java developers. I have to say that I agree with some of his assessments. Much of what we discuss in .NET is far more common in Java as Java has a far healthier community than Microsoft. You will

The Accidental Geek - I Spose I’ll Just Say It: Still Waiting For a GOOD Reason to Learn MVC

2009-04-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

So why should you at least learn MVC?"It will expose you to a different architecture. MVC definitely has its place – whether you are talking about desktop apps or web apps. MVC leads you to think about keeping a clean separation between different application concerns. It however doesn’t force you to do so. It is still possible for you to completely violate those rules, but it at least starts

Consultants: It's not the theory, it's the execution | IT Consultant | TechRepublic.com

2009-04-24T06:27:00.000-07:00

Consultants: It's not the theory, it's the execution Date: April 22nd, 2009Author: Chip Camden Project success has less to do with the adoption of a specific methodology or theory and more with how well the people involved can adapt the procedures to new challenges.

Encoding and Decoding Binary data using Base64 with C# | Martijn's C# Programming Blog

2009-04-21T19:36:00.000-07:00

Encoding and Decoding Binary data using Base64 with C# | Martijn's C# Programming Blog: "Encoding and Decoding Binary data using Base64 with C# - 1If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It is often necessary to convert binary data to and from strings. One common way of encoding such information is through Base-64 encoding. The following post shows you

Validate an XML file quickly

2009-04-21T18:30:00.000-07:00

Validate an XML file quickly: "Validate an XML file quicklyThis is a utility class (with a static ValidateXml method) that will allow you to quickly validate an XML file against its XSD. The code makes use of the XmlReaderSettings class as well as an XmlReader class. The crunch work is done in the ValidateXml method. The XmlReaderSettings class takes a callback delegate that is called only when

Duck copying (or copying values between objects of different types)

2009-04-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

Duck copying (or copying values between objects of different types): "Duck copying (or copying values between objects of different types)Seeing as duck-typing is a buzz topic and quite the rage at the moment, I thought I'd try and introduce my own spin on this, namely duck-copying. As the title suggests, it's more like copying values between objects of different types having have properties that

Implementing your own copy constructor in c#

2009-04-21T18:12:00.000-07:00

Implementing your own copy constructor in c#: "Implementing your own copy constructor in c#I feel that one of the short-comings in C# is the lack of default copy constructors for classes and, to add to my frustration, the help provided in MSDN about this topic just doesn't cut it. I decided to implement my own 'generic' copy constructor, which is by no means feature-complete, but certainly

Cheaters turn to Web to game certification system - SD Times On The Web

2009-04-21T16:10:00.000-07:00

Cheaters turn to Web to game certification system - SD Times On The Web: "Cheaters turn to Web to game certification systemBy David WorthingtonMarch 24, 2009 —Don't judge a developer by his or her certifications. Cheaters are coordinated, and the answers to exams are easily located on the Web.Websites, including certcollection.org, examcollection.com and (until recently) sadikhov.com, host forums

Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo's Blog - NAnt Starter Series

2009-04-21T06:22:00.000-07:00

Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo's Blog - NAnt Starter Series: "Wednesday, May 10, 2006NAnt Starter SeriesWednesday, May 10, 2006 6:09:06 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( Agile | Tools )Currently some of my links in dasblog are not working correctly and some people are having problems with accessing the entire NAnt series of posts. To ensure that everyone can read them in their entirety here are the

What is Vertical Align?

2009-04-21T05:08:00.000-07:00

What is Vertical Align?: "What is Vertical Align?* 4/20/2009 — 26 Comments *by: Chris CoyierCSS has a property called vertical align. It can be a bit confusing when you first learn about it, so I thought we could go through it’s use a little bit. The basic usage is like this:img { vertical-align: middle;} Notice in this usage case, it is being applied to the img element. Images are naturally

Software Startup Lessons (Part 7) – Versatility

2009-04-20T12:13:00.000-07:00

Software Startup Lessons (Part 7) – Versatilityfrom LavaBlast Software Blog by JKealey This is Part 7 of an ongoing series of lessons learned during the first years of our software startup. Feel free to take a look at our first year (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) and our second year (Part 4, Part 5, Part 6). Today we'll talk about of the key lessons that we learned in university that helped us during

Intercepting Every HTTP Request with IHttpModule

2009-04-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Intercepting Every HTTP Request with IHttpModuleBy Paul Kimmel Introduction The Global.asax file contains the Global Application Class that is the object representation of your running web application. You can use the Global Application Class to handle application events like Start, End, and Error, and user session events like Start and End. The Global Application Class

24 HTML Form Elements Customization Techniques | NetWaver

2009-04-17T10:45:00.000-07:00

24 HTML Form Elements Customization TechniquesBy NetWaver on April 17, 2009 HTML form elements do not render consistently across all browsers. While some form elements such as textbox and textarea can be styled through CSS to look the same on most browsers, others are ugly enough which can’t be ruled by CSS. Here are 24 solutions you can use to customize your form elements. Checkbox and

It's Time for Seat-Based Software Licensing to End | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog

2009-04-16T18:06:00.000-07:00

It's Time for Seat-Based Software Licensing to End | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog: "It's Time for Seat-Based Software Licensing to EndPosted by Kas ThomasFriday, April 10, 200910:32 AMEconomic downturns tend to accelerate change in the IT world: People with budgetary authority find themselves taking a fresh look at what they're spending money on, how and whether IT investments are paying off,

Ten Ways to Use Texting for Business

2009-04-15T10:51:00.000-07:00

Ten Ways to Use Texting for Business Confirm deliveriesWith texting you can track packages and maintain inventory levels every time as stock arrives. Messages give exact times and dates, so you know you can take the appropriate action. Send product alertsThrough text messages powered by bulk short message service (SMS) software, you can give excellent customer service

OpenLayers: Free Maps for the Web

2009-04-14T14:00:00.000-07:00

OpenLayers: Free Maps for the Web: "OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. MetaCarta developed the initial version of OpenLayers and gave it to the public to further the use of geographic information of all kinds. OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source JavaScript, released under a BSD-style License."

I don't have time to test

2009-04-14T07:04:00.000-07:00

"I don't have time to test!" Please pardon me while I rant a bit... How many times have we heard this response when we press our co-workers to test the code they are writing. This argument is often made when the team is up again tight deadlines and excessive pressure from management for delivery. I've even made the argument myself before, but find it increasingly harder to say it with a

CSSKarma - Finding balance between design and development

2009-04-10T09:52:00.000-07:00

Form Security with Autocomplete I was looking through my blog this morning because I could have sworn I already wrote this post. I know I’ve had this conversation with Phil Nash of Unintentionally Blank. But I guess I never wrote it down? Oh well… One of my pet peeves when filling out a form is when I click in the payment field and my credit crard / bank account number drops down

Google Reader (80)

2009-04-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

Related Pages – How to do it rightfrom Johann Burkard Showing pages related to the page the visitor is viewing helps people discover new content. I am using a jQuery plugin to pull in related pages using Yahoo! Search BOSS – other bloggers might be using a plugin in Blogger or WordPress. What I’m trying to answer is how many related pages should be shown andif showing more related pages increases

10 skills developers will need in the next five years | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

2009-04-08T06:03:00.000-07:00

10 skills developers will need in the next five years | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com: "10 skills developers will need in the next five years * Date: April 1st, 2009 * Author: Justin JamesIf you’re a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. Justin James lists the skills you’ll want to work on now to

Google Reader (39)

2009-04-08T05:45:00.000-07:00

Feature Crews: kanban systems for software engineering in the largefrom Lean Software Engineering by Corey Ladas The Feature Crew process was originally developed at Microsoft for managing the Office development program, and has since spread to other parts of the company. Feature Crew is an iterative process which has some resemblance to other contemporary iterative processes like those of the

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website | How-To | Smashing Magazine

2009-04-07T17:59:00.000-07:00

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website | How-To | Smashing Magazine: "15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your WebsiteBy Lee Munroe, April 7th, 2009 in How-To | 20 Comments | ForumAdvertisementYour website is designed, the CMS works, content has been added and the client is happy. It’s time to take the website live. Or is it? When launching a website, you can often forget a number of

The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist | Our Blog | Box UK

2009-04-07T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist | Our Blog | Box UK: "FEB17The Ultimate Website Launch ChecklistPosted by Dan Zambonini on 17th Feb 2009We’re developing a checklist that all websites should be checked against before launch. Let us know if we’ve missed something out, or if something needs further clarification. Some well-known and well-documented tasks (such as validation and accessibility

10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS | How-To | Smashing Magazine

2009-04-07T17:55:00.000-07:00

10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS | How-To | Smashing Magazine: "10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMSBy Paul Boag, March 5th, 2009 in How-To | 215 Comments | ForumAdvertisementBy Paul BoagChoosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly deﬁned set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then

Software Startup Lessons (Part 5) – Being a software startup in a recession

2009-04-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

Software Startup Lessons (Part 5) – Being a software startup in a recession: "April 6, 2009 10:47 by author JKealeyLeigh Hilbert Photography captured a Lava Blast! We're six months late to inform people that you can/should still start a software company in a downturn as this has been covered already here, here, here, here, and here. Why are we six months late informing you of this, you ask

Performance Anti-Patterns | Haytham El-Fadeel

2009-04-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Performance Anti-Patterns | Haytham El-Fadeel: "March 13, 2009 – 6:01 pmPerformance Anti-PatternsWant your apps to run faster? Here’s what not to do. By: Bart Smaalders, Sun MicrosystemsPerformance pathologies can be found in almost any software, from user to kernel, applications, drivers, etc. At Sun we’ve spent the last several years applying state-of-the-art tools to a Unix kernel, system

Ten ways to make your boss love you - and save your job | Tech News on ZDNet

2009-04-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ten ways to make your boss love you - and save your job | Tech News on ZDNet: "By Andrew Donoghue ZDNet.co.ukPosted on ZDNet News: Apr 02, 2009 7:20:06 AMNo matter where you happen to be perched on the IT career tree, the branches are probably looking shaky right now. From chief information officers to IT admin staff, the days of taking continued employment for granted are over.When it comes to

Coder, your days are numbered | InfoWorld | Weblog | April 2, 2009 | By Neil McAllister

2009-04-03T07:04:00.000-07:00

Coder, your days are numbered | InfoWorld | Weblog | April 2, 2009 | By Neil McAllister: "Coder, your days are numberedCommunication skills, not coding skills, are a developer's greatest asset in a bear economyBy Neil McAllisterApril 2, 2009Programmers care about languages. Opinion on the topic is generally divided into two schools of thought. One holds that a good programmer will be versed in a

Resizing images without loss of quality - Gunnar Peipman's ASP.NET blog

2009-04-02T11:54:00.000-07:00

Resizing images without loss of quality ASP.NET provides us with System.Drawing namespace where we can find classes we can use to manipulate with images. There are many people out there who mistakenly think that Image.GetThumbnailImage is best choice for image resizing. You can easily create crappy images if you follow the code examples in previously pointed article. In this post I will

Create Effective Search Result Pages | UX Booth

2009-04-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

Create Effective Search Result Pages What are the characteristics of a good search results page? Search is usually the primary or secondary means of navigating a website. Because of it’s wide use, it makes sense to allocate some time to designing a user friendly search. In this post, I discuss what makes search results

Dime Casts.Net -- Inform and Educate in ~10 Minutes or Less

2009-03-29T05:09:00.000-07:00

Dime Casts.Net -- Inform and Educate in ~10 Minutes or Less: "SOLID Principle Episodes"This is a 5 part series exploring the tenets of the S.O.L.I.D principles.S - Single Responsibility PrincipleO - Open/Closed PrincipleL - Liskov Substitution PrincipleI - Interface Segregation PrincipleD - Dependency Inversion Principle

SQL Server 2005 Paging – The Holy Grail

2009-03-12T02:13:00.000-07:00

SQL Server 2005 Paging – The Holy GrailBy Robert Cary, 2009/02/23 Introduction The paging and ranking functions introduced in 2005 are old news by now, but the typical ROW_NUMBER OVER() implementation only solves part of the problem. Nearly every application that uses paging gives some indication of how many pages (or total records) are in the total result set. The challenge

Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 Debugger

2009-03-06T08:00:00.000-08:00

Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 Debugger: "Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 DebuggerPayton Byrd (System Architect ) posted 14 hours ago | Comments (0)Memory is getting cheaper and cheaper. There's no two ways about it, and we should utilize the RAM in our systems as efficiently as possible. One way I have found to do this is

Mountain Goat Software - Advantages of User Stories for Requirements

2009-03-06T05:01:00.000-08:00

Mountain Goat Software - Advantages of User Stories for Requirements: "Advantages of User Stories for RequirementsMike Cohn | October 2004 | InformIT NetworkTags: agile user storiesExtreme programming (XP) introduced the practice of expressing requirements in the form of user stories, short descriptions of functionality–told from the perspective of a user–that are valuable to either a user of the

Dime Casts.Net -- Inform and Educate in ~10 Minutes or Less

2009-03-06T04:18:00.000-08:00

# 90 - Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP) 3/5/2009 Level: Intermediate Tags: SOLID Principle

Kathy Kam : .NET Format String 102: DateTime Format String

2009-03-04T06:31:00.000-08:00

.NET Format String 102: DateTime Format String "I see stuff like "zz" passed into DateTime.ToString(). What exactly does that do?" -- Very Confused DateTime String Formatter DateTime has its own set format string modifiers because there are so many ways to display a date and time. There are 2 things that affects how your DateTime is formatted. 1. CultureInfo Besides the format string modifiers,

FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator

2009-02-24T04:23:00.000-08:00

FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator: "We have developed this hourly rate calculator to give you a guide based on your costs, number of billable hours and desired profit. It is a simple tool for you to play with.Remember your hourly rate should always take into account factors like market demand, industry standards, skill level and experience - things that unfortunately we can't put into a

Writing to the EventLog from a Web Application

2009-02-23T05:54:00.000-08:00

Writing to the EventLog from a Web ApplicationBy Paul Kimmel Introduction When I was a young lad in college, I wrote undetectable viral hacks, keyboard sniffers, and collected more passwords than I care to count. (Thankfully, the statute of limitations—this was 20 years ago—has run out.) I never stole anything or wrecked anyone's data, but I did encourage a young

Creating Mining Structure - SQL School Video - SQL Server Central

2009-02-22T12:46:00.000-08:00

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Video/65055/ Printed 2009/02/22 01:45PMCreating Mining Structure - SQL School VideoBy Brian Knight, 2008/11/24In this SQLSchool video, MVP Brian Knight shows us how to create a simple data mining model in Analysis Services.Runtime: 6:10 minutes These videos are provided by JumpstartTV and End to End TrainingCopyright © 2002-2009 Simple Talk

Ebook Search Engine - Free Books for Download

2009-02-20T05:22:00.000-08:00

Ebook Search Engine - Free Books for Download

Domain Driven Design: A Step by Step Guide

2009-02-20T04:49:00.000-08:00

Casey Charlton's cool series on Domain Driven Design 1) Domain Driven Design: A Step by Step Guide 2) DDD: The Ubiquitous Language 3) DDD: Bounded Contexts 4) DDD: There Is No Database 5) DDD: Command Query Separation as an Architectural Concept 6) DDD: Entities and Value Objects 7) DDD: Where is the Code? 8) DDD: Download an eBook of the Series 9) DDD: Aggregates and Aggregate

Using Objects Instead of Enumerations: ASP Alliance

2009-02-18T01:35:00.000-08:00

Using Objects Instead of Enumerations page by Brendan Enrick Feedback Average Rating: This article has not yet been rated. Views (Total / Last 10 Days): 804/ 810 Introduction Enumerations are one of many

An In-Depth Look at HTTP Redirection

2009-02-18T01:09:00.000-08:00

An In-Depth Look at HTTP Redirection Published: 05 Jan 2009By: Scott Mitchell Introduction Whenever a browser requests a web page, image, CSS file, or other resource the web server returns a response that includes a status code. If the requested resource was found and the requestor is authorized to view it, the web server responds with a 200 status code (and the requested content). If the

All About Floats

2009-02-17T05:32:00.000-08:00

All About Floats * 6/30/2008 — 80 Comments * by: Chris Coyier What is “Float”? Float is a CSS positioning property. If you are familiar with print design, you can think of it like an image in a layout where the text wraps around it as necessary. In web design, an image that is floated remains a part of the flow of a web page. That means that

Use jQuery to Show a Link’s Address After its Text When Printing In IE6 and IE7

2009-02-17T04:06:00.000-08:00

Use jQuery to Show a Link’s Address After its Text When Printing In IE6 and IE7 by Bill Beckelman 16. February 2009 22:10 I found a cool trick in a post by Remy Sharp that appends the address of a hyperlink to the end of the link’s text when the page is printed. Unfortunately the trick only works in browsers that support the CSS2 pseudo selector :after. Firefox, Safari, Chrome*, Opera

5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS - NETTUTS

2009-02-16T07:28:00.000-08:00

5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS - NETTUTS: "5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSSFeb 16th in HTML & CSS by Trevor DavisSure, anyone can write CSS. Even programs are doing it for you now. But is the CSS any good? Here are 5 tips to start improving yours.Author: Trevor DavisHi, I’m Trevor Davis, and I make websites. I’m obsessed with them; it’s a problem. I’m a 24 year old Front-End Developer

In Response To "Small Businesses Are Clueless About Cloud Computing"

2009-02-16T02:00:00.000-08:00

Gotta love it! Insult the target market. Call them "clueless". In "Survey: Small Businesses Are Clueless About Cloud Computing", they do just that. I do not think IT "gets" small businesses.Cloud computing (including SOA and hosted applications) is a platform / infrastructure change and has no *direct* benefit to an end user, like web services, n-tier architecture, COM, CORBA, LAMP, etc. Unlike

Save Dataset contents to XML and Null Values - Derik Whittaker

2009-02-14T05:59:00.000-08:00

Save Dataset contents to XML and Null Values - Derik Whittaker: "Save Dataset contents to XML and Null ValuesToday I needed to save a fully populated dataset as xml to my drive in order to simplfly unit testing. I thought this would be pretty straight forward, but as it turns out it was not. There is one little wrinkle that may bite you if you are not careful. Below I will describe what I

Envy Code R preview #7 (scalable coding font) » DamienG

2009-02-13T13:10:00.000-08:00

Envy Code R preview #7 (scalable coding font) » DamienG: "Envy Code R preview #7 (scalable coding font)Animated chart of Envy Code R styles at 10 point in WindowsIt's been a struggle but finally after countless hours here it is, the next release of my Envy Code R monospaced (fixed-width) font designed for programmers.Many glyphs have been redrawn since preview #6 including braces, lower-case y, 6

The Wit and Ramblings of David Giard - Steve Smith discusses performance and scalability

2009-02-11T06:48:00.000-08:00

The Wit and Ramblings of David Giard - Steve Smith discusses performance and scalability: "Steve Smith discusses performance and scalability# Steve Smith sat down with me to share his ideas on increasing performance and scalability in your web applications.Interviews | Tech"

Generate Release burndown chart with Excel

2009-02-03T02:24:00.000-08:00

"Break out the popcorn, it's movie time!My team just finished up our most recent project - we spent about 4 months writing what we call a loader. It is basically an automated process that loads data from one database into another.Over the past 2 years, as I have worked through several projects, I have created a spreadsheet that I use to keep track of our projects. One of the things it does is

Roman Rehak : Roman's Weekly SQL Server Tip - How to disable foreign key and check constraints

2009-01-29T14:16:00.000-08:00

Roman Rehak : Roman's Weekly SQL Server Tip - How to disable foreign key and check constraints: "Roman's Weekly SQL Server Tip - How to disable foreign key and check constraintsForeign key constraints and check constraint are very useful for enforcing data integrity and business rules. There are certain scenarios though where it is useful to temporarily turn them off because their behavior is

10 Reasons ASP.NET Webforms Suck

2009-01-13T05:39:00.000-08:00

10 Reasons ASP.NET Webforms Suck: "10 Reasons ASP.NET Webforms SuckI've always been a .NET Fanboy. I've been on the bandwagon since its inception. I've developed quite a few shipping .NET products for the web, Windows, and Linux. I've given talks at user groups, created a consulting company, and mentored developers new to .NET. I always experiment with the latest toys and try to stay ahead of the

10 Resources for When You Need Help with CSS | Vandelay Website Design

2009-01-09T05:52:00.000-08:00

10 Resources for When You Need Help with CSS : "10 Resources for When You Need Help with CSSFrom time-to-time there will probably be situations where you could use some help or guidance with CSS during your web design and development work. While there are plenty of great CSS resources available, I would like to point out 10 that can be very helpful resources in these situations."direct link

SimpleDB Management Tools Released

2009-01-09T05:05:00.000-08:00

Mindscape Blog » Blog Archive » SimpleDB Management Tools Released: "SimpleDB Management Tools Releasedtag icon Tagged as General, Products, SimpleDB Management ToolsMindscape SimpleDB Management ToolsWith the present buzz around cloud computing, it’s proved a timely moment for Amazon’s SimpleDB database service to come out of beta. And since it’s free for low-volume usage there’s been a big

This Just In...

2007-06-03T06:47:00.001-07:00

Announcing the creation of my blog on blogger.com.This will be used for posting my thoughts on Technology, Family, and other points of interest.