March 2008 - Posts

31 March 2008
Don't Believe Everything you Read on Wikipedia, especially about C# Anonymous Functions
I was reading Wikipedia the other day, and saw this: C# has partial anonymous function support through the use of delegates . ... Since anonymous methods are not nameless and can only be declared inside methods of classes then C# does not support full Read More...
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28 March 2008
Content-Type negotiation and REST (and how WCF fits in)
Just had a comment-exchange on my prior post on How to build a REST app in WCF . I thought I would reproduce and elaborate on it a bit here, in a post. Kyle Beyer asked how to make WCF honor a content-type header (Accept header) in the request, and then Read More...
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28 March 2008
Where were we 3 years ago? "Java apps don't interop with apps built on MS technology."
Ha! I wrote recently about the history of .NET Interop in the industry, and how perceptions in the industry have changed so much. I was looking for some old benchmark code (dirty little secret - I do not use a project management and code versioning system, Read More...
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28 March 2008
Simple Auto Update, auto patch, for WPF Apps, without the Updater Block
I am writing some smaller WPF apps, and I want them to automatically update themselves, or automatically patch themselves, something like Lutz Roeder's Reflector or Paint.NET does. Scott Hanselman has commented on this previously , and he's right. Every Read More...
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28 March 2008
Hanselman survey of web2.0 APIs for .NET
Hanselman does a whilrwind tour of the various popular web2.0 systems that have C# or .NET APIs. In my book, this is all interop. What makes it all possible? First: cool, interesting, programmable services. I don't have high value scenarios for programming Read More...
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27 March 2008
A Look back at the History of .NET Interop
Check out the last few weeks worth of blog posts here. One on .NET and Google's Social Graph API. Another on .NET connecting to OpenID. Another on JSON, another on JMS. When I started this blog, there were people out there who knew , they were certain, Read More...
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26 March 2008
Connect your ASP.NET page to OpenID
.NET Slave grabs a library from CodePlex to do OpenID from an ASP.NET Page. http://blog.madskristensen.dk/post/OpenID-implementation-in-Csharp-and-ASPNET.aspx How cool is that? Read More...
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26 March 2008
Standalone JSON library in .NET on CodePlex
As you know, because you are such a FAITHFUL reader of this blog, there is new JSON support on WCF for version 3.5. The way you get JSON though, would be only through a service interface. But what if, for whatever reason, you cannot use .NET 3.5 (like Read More...
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26 March 2008
Google Social Graph API via C#
Here's something different for a blog that generally focuses on enterprisey technologies. A .NET guy in Denmark built a C# wrapper on Google's Social Graph API. The Social Graph API exposes its data in JSON only; I guess it is designed to be consumed Read More...
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24 March 2008
The WCF Samples have been updated
The WCF samples published by Microsoft were updated in early March 2008. Read More...
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24 March 2008
The WCF LOB Adapter SDK has been Updated
Get the update here . Read More...
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24 March 2008
Tilkov on doubting REST
Stefan Tilkov has written an article addressing doubts about REST, it's posted on InfoQ . He delivers a top-10 list of weaknesses of REST, and then proceeds to address each one. These are things like, lack of tools support, lack of a formal contract language Read More...
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24 March 2008
Java/XML Binding Options? WebSphere prefers JAXB 2.0...
I'm looking to put together more Java and .NET interop samples. If any of you have any particular requests, let me know. One of the key areas for interop I'm looking at is XML serialization. Today I was scanning the web looking for insight into the leading Read More...
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23 March 2008
I updated the WCF Wikipedia page
Check it out. The prior version had a bunch of things that were unclear, inaccurate, incomplete, or just plain goofy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Communication_Foundation If you no likey, let me know or, better, update it yourself! Just make Read More...
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22 March 2008
My Vista Experience just got sooooo much better
Quietly I've been suffering through an experience with Windows Vista on my laptop. I got my laptop, a HP/Compaq nc8430 , in October 2006 and had been running Vista on it since then. In the early days, I used a pre-release version of vista, but I switched Read More...
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21 March 2008
.NET and Java Interop over Web services - using JMS!
Earlier this month, Syscon published an article that describes how to interconnect .NET and Java apps via a web services programming model, but using JMS as part of the connectivity infrastructure. I just saw it today. The solution relies on ActiveMQ Read More...
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20 March 2008
How to Build a REST app in .NET (with WCF)
My prior post talked about how NOT to write a REST app in .NET. I mentioned WCF as the preferred option. In this post, I'll describe the steps for how you should do it. Some background First up, you should use WCF to build your REST app. WCF is the Windows Read More...
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18 March 2008
How to build a REST app in .NET (not)
This post by Jack Altiere describes how to build a REST API in .NET. This spurred a respose... Firstly, I think really he is talking about a REST interface, not an API. REST is all about the interface. Maybe I am splitting hairs here, but I think it is Read More...
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17 March 2008
Get Smart on WCF
Joe Stagner posted a good list o links for learning WCF. A good first stop on your journey. http://www.joeon.net/post/2008/03/windows-communication-foundation---65-links-to-make-you-an-expert!.aspx Read More...
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17 March 2008
SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for .NET (Visual Studio) does WCF
via http://dedjo.blogspot.com/2008/03/localization-fix-for-sap-esa-explorer.html SAP just released a sneak preview of an add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that they call "SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for Microsoft .NET ". It feels like a misnomer to me, Read More...
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14 March 2008
Microsoft article on how to use Virtual Earth from Java (JSP)
from the Virtual Earth blog . Will wonders never cease? If you are a Java programmer and want to use Virtual Earth from a Java application, check out this article . The VE protocols are "open enough" that you can get to them from virtually any web-aware Read More...
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14 March 2008
Sudoku Generator and Solver in C#
Seems like building a Sudoku application is almost a compulsory thing for programmers these days. I've written about my prior efforts . Here's an update. Rather than force you all to use the XBAP I published last year, here's a standalone WPF app. C# Read More...
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05 March 2008
Novell and Microsoft offer Interop resources for Windows+Linux
http://www.moreinterop.com/collaboration/ Cheeso sez, check it out! You can get a 2GB USB Bracelet with good stuff on it to help you with Windows and Linux interop. Read More...
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04 March 2008
Ballmer says: Microsoft will focus more on Interop
Here's the news link . This is nice to see. Jason Matusow blogged this . Read More...
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04 March 2008
JNBridge Interview on Channel9
Kirk Evans of Microsoft interviewed Wayne Citrin of JNBridge, the Interop company. Check it out on Channel9 . Read More...
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