Taking feedback to the next level....
August 2003 - Posts
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Noticed something I thought was neat in the Time Tracker Starter Kit white paper - a little snippet of code that sets the culture based on the language setting of the user's browser. Here is the snippet: // For each request initialize the culture values Read More...
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If you only want certain validators to fire on a large ASP.NET page (for example) then you can set the EnableClientScript property to false and use server side validation only in that case. Generally you are doing different validation based on a different Read More...
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A couple of the more general gotchas come to mind: ASP and ASP.NET cannot share session state which makes the partial migration of applications using that service very difficult (or requiring a kludge of some kind) No more render blocks - in classic ASP Read More...
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Chris Flaat has two posts that folks who do VS.NET development should really read. The first post titled “ Solution Configurations & Project Configurations ” provides some handy definitions for solutions and projects. The post does more than that Read More...
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If you are, then David Chalmers is someone you should send feedback on Microsoft products and how they do or do not help you in the academic arena. Specifically, he is trying to nail down the work cycle of Academic IT in this post . Go read the article Read More...
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Tim Sneath has some great ADO.NET Tips . Here are a few of my own: Always close database connections. Yes, even in a GC world. Always approach database connections as a limited resource. You should apply the concept of “acquire late, release early“. In Read More...
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Tyson Dowd writes a very funny piece about self-objectification (the article discusses the idea of DataGrid and the oh so famous DataGridGirl ). Read More...
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and they have some interesting things to say about the J2EE 1.4 spec and Java development in general . Here is my favorite: “ "J2EE is a great solution for a problem no one actually has."“ Read More...
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I find it kind of funny that the MSBlaster creator(s) were dumb enough to direct their DDOS attack at a site that is just a redirector. I mean, who would have thought that Microsoft would just turn off the redirection? That's funny stuff. So, it would Read More...
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Someone on a list I'm a member of (at AspAdvice.com ) recently asked if there are NUnit alternatives out there. Are you unit testing your .NET applications? Are you using NUnit? Share your NUnit experiences in the comments and please share experiences Read More...
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If you have used Eclipse then I'd love for you to post some comments to tell us all what you like so much. What features exist in Eclipse that aren't in VS.NET or WebMatrix that you'd like to see included? I'd love to hear your opinions on the subject Read More...
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ASP.NET, SQL Server Session State, and SQL Server Service Pack 3 are a recipe for problems. Just a heads up but apparently there are some cross database ownership issues, introduced by SQL Server Service Pack 3, that will cause your database user to no Read More...
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And it's not Microsoft or SCO this time........ I've long said the Java Community Process was not as open as it appeared and that Sun, like many other corporate Open Source Software bloodsuckers, was in it all for themselves and that $$$ would rule over Read More...
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Apache Software Foundation is starting it's own open source implementation of J2EE - IBM, BEA, et al better get their engines rev'd up to compete. For that matter, so better Microsoft! Read More...
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Some interesting numbers regarding JSP usage on the Internet. Hint: it's up 94% since last July (2002). Of course, as they mention in the article, they started with some pretty low numbers. The interesting point the article raises is that the operating Read More...
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