October 2007 - Posts

Composite Application Block (CAB) Programming Essentials - Crucial For CAB Performance

Rich Newman posted awesome guides for Composite Application Block (CAB) programming: Table of Contents: Introduction to CAB/SCSF Part 1 Modules and Shells Part 2 WorkItems Part 3 Introduction to Dependency Injection Part 4 An Aside on Inversion of Control, Read More...

Posted 29 October 07 09:30 by alikl | 1 Comments   
Filed under Deployment Phase, Performance, Planning Phase

Security Tools From Microsoft ACE Team

Mark covers arsenal of security tools available from Microsoft ACE team . The tools are: Threat Analysis & Modeling Enterprise (TAM-E) CAT.NET (Code Analysis Tool) Spider TCM (Assessment and compliance tool) Read More...

Posted 25 October 07 03:35 by alikl | 0 Comments   
Filed under Security, Tools

XSSDetect Public Beta now Available!

XSSDetect public beta is now available for download on MSDN. Overview XSSDetect is a static code analysis tool that helps identify Cross-Site Scripting security flaws found within Web applications. It is able to scan compiled managed assemblies (C#, Visual Read More...

Posted 24 October 07 09:21 by alikl | 1 Comments   
Filed under Test Phase, Security, Tools, Code Inspection, Development Phase

Tester Center Launched On MSDN

Test Center launched on MSDN The Microsoft Tester Center showcases the test discipline as an integral part of the application lifecycle, describes test roles and responsibilities, and promotes the test investments required to deliver high-quality software. Read More...

Posted 24 October 07 07:29 by alikl | 0 Comments   
Filed under Test Phase

Examining WCF Diagnostic Traces Using Service Trace Viewer Tool (SvcTraceViewer.exe)

Service Trace Viewer Tool (SvcTraceViewer.exe) tool comes with Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit for Windows Vista™ and .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components . It allows to view WCF diagnostics traces in very convenient way. " Using Service Read More...

Posted 23 October 07 02:52 by alikl | 2 Comments   
Filed under WCF, Security, Tools, Deployment Phase, Auditing and Logging

Customize Community Server Skin With CSS Overrides And Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar helps me customizing my Community Server Skin via CSS overrides feature to what ever I like. Here are simple steps I apply: Identify specific elements to customize Inspect the whole CSS and identify the element's properties Read More...

Posted 20 October 07 02:56 by alikl | 1 Comments   

Improve Web Application Performance By Reducing Number Of Http Requests - Fiddler To The Rescue

Making Fewer HTTP Requests is #1 rule for improving performance for Web Applications according to Yahoo: "Reducing the number of HTTP requests in your page is the place to start. This is the most important guideline for improving performance for first Read More...

Posted 17 October 07 10:18 by alikl | 6 Comments   
Filed under Test Phase, Performance

How To: Create a “Hello World” WCF Service Using Visual Studio And IIS 6.0

JD Meier walks through the creation of simple WCF services to be hosted in IIS 6.0. Summary of Steps Step 1. Create the test service Step 2. Add a Hello World Method Step 3. Test your WCF service Step 4. Enable meta-data for your WCF Service. Step 5. Read More...

Posted 16 October 07 06:39 by alikl | 1 Comments   
Filed under WCF, Development Phase, Implementation

235 More Ideas For VSTS Process Templates

It started with ADD, Asshole driven development , by Scott Berkun and went wild with another more 234 comments and suggestions... Read More...

Posted 14 October 07 09:35 by alikl | 1 Comments   

IIS 7 Great Finds - How To Setup IIS7 On Vista, Bulk Web Site Creation, ASP.NET Pipeline Integration With IIS7

I started to get used to new version of IIS7 without installing early builds of Windows Server 2008 but using my Vista machine. IIS7 comes built in, it is just not configured with default installation. Several colleagues asked me to provide them with Read More...

Posted 06 October 07 10:45 by alikl | 1 Comments   
Filed under IIS 7

AJAX Security - Client Side Validation Is For Usability Only, Not For Security

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” Ralph Waldo Emerson AJAX is another Read More...

Posted 03 October 07 01:29 by alikl | 6 Comments   
Filed under Input Validation, Security, Development Phase, AJAX

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