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August 2005 - Posts

Unit Testing Javascript

Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:09 PM by whodurun4
I'm not sure how well this will work for me since it's based on Java, but Ian Bourke offers a suggestion on how to Unit Test in Javascript . I'll try it when I have the opportunity. Read More...
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Agile and Test Driven Development

Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:40 PM by whodurun4
Here's another overview of Agile and Test Driven Development for review. Read More...
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The Future of App Development According to Computerworld

Posted Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:31 AM by whodurun4
I don't know what the complete substance of this is, but Computerworld has published a special report on the future of application development. I don't have time to read it this morning, so I want to hold on to it for a slower time. Read More...
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Unit Testing in ASP.Net

Posted Friday, August 12, 2005 4:05 PM by whodurun4
I've been researching unit testing for ASP.Net, particularly for a library of custom controls I created. It was one of my first projects that could use some significant refactoring and receives frequent requests for new functionality. I've discovered Read More...
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Custom USB Drive Autopay

Posted Friday, August 12, 2005 11:52 AM by whodurun4
I was looking for this functionality a month or so ago and gave up because of security concerns. Read More...
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ISV Links

Posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:59 AM by whodurun4
Here are some links I've collected regarding ISVs: Sean Mountcastle provides his notes from a speech at OSCON . It's the way I like my information: organized, succinct and valuable. Stanford offers videos, case studies and other materials from some people Read More...
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Free Microsoft eLearning

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:54 AM by whodurun4
Microsoft is offering free eLearning for SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 until November 1. Read More...
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WS-Transfer and Indigo

Posted Friday, August 05, 2005 2:48 PM by whodurun4
Here's a rather in-depth look into working with the WS-Transfer specification in Indigo: http://www.codeproject.com/soap/WSTransfer.asp Read More...
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.NET 2.0 Configuration API

Posted Friday, August 05, 2005 2:45 PM by whodurun4
K. Scott Allen discusses how to both read and write to configuration files in .NET 2.0 here. http://odetocode.com/Articles/418.aspx Read More...
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Developing .NET 2.0 Smart Clients using .NET 1.1 Web Services

Posted Friday, August 05, 2005 10:22 AM by whodurun4
Here's an interesting article that walks through writing a smart client in .NET 2.0 and use web services which have been developed using .NET 1.1. I'd like to hold on to it in case I ever start developing smart client apps. http://www.codeproject.com/smartclient/SmartClientSOA.as Read More...
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Javascript Syntax Checker

Posted Friday, August 05, 2005 8:13 AM by whodurun4
I discovered an online javascript syntax checker that saved me a few weeks a go and almost lost the reference. It's called JSLint and can be found at http://www.jslint.com/ . Read More...
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Custom Control Book Excerpt

Posted Friday, August 05, 2005 7:31 AM by whodurun4
Custom and User Controls, Part 2 This overview of creating custom controls seems in-depth enough to be worth a gander. It has portions on adding attributes and creating rendered controls. Read More...
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Javascript Context Menu Manipulation

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:47 PM by whodurun4
I have some real reservations about this, but this link has some insight into it. http://dhtml-menu.com/examples/ex8-javascript-context-menu.html Read More...
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Agile Programming

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:59 PM by whodurun4
I came across some interesting articles on Agile Programming today. We don't have the resources where I'm at now, but it's an idea I'd like to hold on to. Here are some of the articles I enjoyed: Agile Top Down A Metric Leading to Agility Where's the Read More...
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RSS Feeds for Microsoft Knowledge Base

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:37 AM by whodurun4
Here's a list of RSS feeds for Microsoft's Knowledge Base articles. Read More...
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ASP.Net 2.0 - Code Behind vs. Single File

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:41 AM by whodurun4
The Code Models Of ASP.NET 2.0 ASP.NET 2.0 continues to offer code-behind and single file models for ASP.NET web form development, but picking a winner between the two is a difficult task. Read More...
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Asynchronous Processing in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:45 AM by whodurun4
Notes on Async Pages in ASP.NET 2.0 A quick look at how async processing in 2.0 compares to traditional methods of async processing in .NET 1.x. Read More...
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ASP.NET 2.0 Pre-Compiling

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:44 AM by whodurun4
Precompilation In ASP.NET 2.0 When the first request arrives at your web application there is a mind-numbing amount of work to do. The worker process starts, the runtime initializes, ASPX pages are parsed and compiled to intermediate language, methods Read More...
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Visual Studio 2005 Caching

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:42 AM by whodurun4
Whidbey: New Caching Techniques Caching has been improved a lot in Whidbey thanks to the SQL Cache Notification and other new mechanisms which provide way to create robust applications leveraging the power of Caching to improve performance. Whidbey: New Read More...
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Microsoft Technet Blogs

Posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:21 AM by whodurun4
Here's a list of Blogs on Microsoft Technet . It probably holds a few gems. Just need the time to find them. Read More...
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Replace tables with CSS

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:54 PM by whodurun4
Having spent far too much time restructuring web pages with tables, I'd like to watch this video on replacing them with CSS if I can ever get the video to stream. Read More...
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ASP.NET 2.0 WebCasts

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:31 PM by whodurun4
Here's a large collection of webcasts with associated virtual labs on ASP.NET 2.0. Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 Virtual Lab

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:25 PM by whodurun4
I found some free training modules for Windows Server 2003. Read More...
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Visual Studio 2005 and code security

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:53 PM by whodurun4
Writing Secure Code with Visual Studio 2005 Rick Samona shows enhancements to Visual Studio 2005 that help make applications more secure. See how FxCop and Code Access Security help create more secure managed code apps, while PREfast and the /GS switch Read More...
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XML and.NET 2.0

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:57 AM by whodurun4
I'd like to read this when I have the chance. Building XML Applications with the .NET Framework 2.0 XML is the most popular technology for structuring data. .NET 2.0 provides much needed functionality to enable one to build XML-based applications. The Read More...
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Debugging and System.Diagnostics

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:35 AM by whodurun4
This looks like an article worth holding onto for an overview or review of tracing, performance counters and monitoring. Visual Studio .NET Developer: Diagnosing and Debugging with the System.Diagnostics Namespace Jani Jarvinen gives you a tour of System.Diagnostics: Read More...
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Another approach to AJAX

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 2:59 PM by whodurun4
Here's another approach to AJAX that uses HTTP Handlers and .NET and is worth further investigation in the future if I really want to go down that road. Read More...
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Brief MSDN Video Clips

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 2:28 PM by whodurun4
I just came across a collection of brief video clips by MSDN UK. It looks like there's some potential here to get an introduction to some interesting topics over lunch or whenever I have a couple free minutes. Read More...
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User Interface Controllers and the User Interface Process Application Block

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 9:53 AM by whodurun4
These are a couple articles introducing the Model View Controller Pattern, how to use it with the User Interface Process Application Block and test the user interface . Read More...
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The My Namespace

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 8:38 AM by whodurun4
I'd like to read this article on the My Namespace on MSDN. It doesn't look like anything out of this world, but could be a good resource for when I start playing with the new stuff. Simplify Common Tasks by Customizing the My Namespace Underlying the Read More...
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An easy way to fix Grandma's computer?

Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 7:26 AM by whodurun4
The Fog Creek Copilot looks like a pretty cool tool. I'll have to give it a try next time someone needs help. The progress is documented in the Project Aardvark Midterm Report . Too bad it won't help me fix Aunt Chris' dial up connection. Read More...
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