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How To Generate Unit Test Using WCF Load Test – Quick Steps
      This is quick summary of steps for creating WCF Unit Tests using WCF Load Test available for free on Codeplex. This quick summary created based on the Lab materials that ship with the tool . Quick Resource Box WCF Load Test Summary Read More...
Posted 29 June 09 09:13 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Architects UG: 16 Case Studies of ASP.NET Web Performance
    Below is a slide deck for the talk I gave today on Architect UG. The presentation focused on 16 case studies of performance that is less than optimal. The session is focused on baking performance engineering into the development lifecycle. Read More...
Posted 23 June 09 10:38 by alikl | 7 Comments   
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Free Web Performance Tools From Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, And IBM
      This post is a quick overview of free performance tools available from Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and IBM. It also contains a pointers to related articles that go deeper regarding the best practices and how the tools can help Read More...
Posted 11 June 09 11:56 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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High Level Digest On Windows Azure Services Platform
    I was reading a white paper called An Introduction to Microsoft .NET Services for Developers while taking few quick notes. The notes might be beneficial to those who wants to quickly get an idea what Windows Azure is. Here is what I Read More...
Posted 01 June 09 09:52 by alikl | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) - Preparing Your Competency Document Video Distilled
     Preparing Your Competency Document video goes briefly about the documents the you should submit as a candidate for Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) program. Below are the notes I have take while watching the video. Technical Read More...
Posted 27 May 09 06:56 by alikl | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) - Preparing For The Review Board Interview Video Distilled
    Review  board interview is the critical part of the MCA certification program. It is discussed in the Preparing for the Review Board Interview video. Below are the notes I have taken when I watched the video. Key to success is Read More...
Posted 26 May 09 09:51 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) Review Board Interview Video Distilled
I was watching MCA Review Board Interview video as part of my preparation to the MCA program. Following are the notes I have taken while watching the video: Review process conducted quarterly. The board of 7 members reviews 13 candidates during a week. Read More...
Posted 25 May 09 06:55 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Hollywood's Project Management System
What if I tell you there is a project management system that works? By "works" I mean it helps completing projects on time, on budget, on spec. No more 2% slip. Think such system does not exist? It does exist in Hollywood. Not in the movies. The system Read More...
Posted 01 May 09 10:51 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Understanding ASP.NET MVC Code (For Aspiring Architects) - #3
      This post is a digest of the Understanding Models, Views, and Controllers (C#). It helps to quickly understand the generated code when creating ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio. Resources   Understanding Models, Views, Read More...
Posted 06 April 09 11:52 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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How ASP.NET MVC Works (For Aspiring Architects) - #2
      This post briefly describes ASP.NET MVC request processing model. It is digested and based on Understanding the MVC Application Execution Process (MSDN) Resources   Understanding the MVC Application Execution Process (C#) Read More...
Posted 02 April 09 11:05 by alikl | 0 Comments   
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ASP.NET MVC For Aspiring Architects - #1
      Is ASP.NET MVC more than just new cool technology? What advantages it brings over ASP.NET Web Forms? When should I use ASP.NET MVC and when ASP.NET Web Forms? How do I MVC this and MVC that? Resources ASP.NET MVC Overview Free Read More...
Posted 31 March 09 10:37 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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ASP.NET Security Architecture Cheat Sheet For Very Busy Architects
      You are an architect. You are sitting in your fancy office thinking about cloud computing and about the higher ground stuff. Suddenly the phone rings, it's your current project manager. "Quick! Come over here, we have a Read More...
Posted 19 March 09 12:20 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Things You Know Now
      Jimmy May, aspiring geek and part time editor in chief for www.PracticeThis.com tagged me for Things You Know Now . The idea behind all this is sharing the lessons learned at  hard knock school of life. Or in other words Read More...
Posted 17 March 09 01:08 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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Distributed Architecture Drawbacks Revealed By Netmon(Bonus - TDS Parser Goes Public)
      Distributed architecture can mercilessly backfire at you.  In my case flexible architecture, elegant design patterns, and smart code led to abuse of the flexibility, resulting in very poor performance . Free Microsoft Network Read More...
Posted 13 March 09 12:02 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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WinDBG Walkthrough - Dump Values Of DataSet or DataTable
      This walkthrough is completely based on Johan's post WinDBG+SOS: Getting at the values in a DataTable . I have created this one to help me do the job in straightforward way next time I hit similar problem. Joan also offers few Read More...
Posted 09 March 09 09:44 by alikl | 4 Comments   
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