AppDev: Something You Should Know by Irena Kennedy

Consider the following code snippet frequently found in sample applications, code snippets and published articles: using ( WorkflowRuntime wr = new WorkflowRuntime ( "WorkflowRuntimeConfig" )) { wr.StartRuntime(); using (System.Threading...

If you’re developing the front end, the user tier of applications, you may be interested in the following 81 rules for better user interfaces published by SSW -- http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterInterfaces.aspx . Special...

Not all my SYSK (something you should know) posts are software development technology related, but I rarely blog on non-SYSK topics. This one is an exception and here is why… I decided to write about my experience with thediamondstore.com because,...

Ok, so you’re in a Page_Load code block, and the this.Page.IsPostBack returns true . How do you know if the request is due to a “standard” page postback or as a result of an UpdatePanel triggered postback resulting in a partial page update? The...

This is first in the series of small posts about new features in Orcas… 1. Orcas can be installed and will run side-by-side with Visual Studio 2005 (even with the beta 1 release currently available) 2. You can use Orcas to create projects (i...