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• The "Copy Local" Bug in Visual Studio

  If you've ever worked with me on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 project -- or if you've read my Sample Walkthrough of the DR.DADA Approach to SharePoint -- then you've probably seen the following comment: Note: Referenced assemblies Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:21 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3, Visual Studio

• Configuring Logging in ASP.NET Applications (and SharePoint)

  This post continues on the original post for my simple, but highly effective approach to logging and the follow-up post which introduced configuring logging for console applications . Obviously not all solutions are simple console-based applications. Read More... Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:38 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 1 Comments Filed under: Simplify, MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3, Web Development

• A Simple, but Highly Effective Approach to Logging

  A common question that frequently arises both with customers and fellow consultants is what do I recommend for logging? As experienced software developers, we know that there are going to be errors in our solution -- as well as other important events Read More... Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:01 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 2 Comments Filed under: Simplify, MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3

• Environment Naming Conventions

  One of the challenges I see in organizations that I work with is the lack of naming conventions for various environments -- or sometimes naming conventions that provide little or no value. For about the last ten years, I've been a strong proponent of Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:42 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 0 Comments Filed under: My System, Simplify, MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3, SQL Server, Infrastructure

• To Dispose or not to Dispose -- that is the question

  Last Saturday, another team member sent an email out to the team inquiring about the "MOSS object disposal problem" (as he termed it). Essentially, he was asking if anytime he referenced the ParentWeb property on an object, whether or not he needed to Read More... Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:26 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 1 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3

• Large Visual Studio Solutions and Loading/Unloading Projects

  As I noted in my previous post , I typically work with "large" Visual Studio solutions. Note that I put this in quotes, because the definition of "large" will likely vary widely based on your individual experience. Note that I'm not referring to "large" Read More... Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 8:03 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 2 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3, Visual Studio

• A Better Way to Build SharePoint Solution Packages (and CAB Files)

  Up until about an hour ago, I'd been using post-build events on my Visual Studio projects to create SharePoint solution packages (WSPs). However, while this worked reasonably well, this method always bothered me a little because the post-build events Read More... Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:28 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 7 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3

• Memory Leak in SPLimitedWebPartManager (a.k.a. IDisposables Containing IDisposables)

  Back in February, Roger Lamb kicked off his MSDN blog with a great post ( SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 Dispose Patterns by Example ). It provides numerous code samples that demonstrate memory leaks commonly produced when working with the SharePoint object Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:00 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 5 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3

• "TFS Lite" for WSS v3

  In my previous post , I introduced my "TFS Lite" SharePoint site template that I've been using for years as a simple scenario/task/bug/risk/milestone tracking "application" with various projects and customers. In today's post, I'll discuss some of the Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 10:08 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 7 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007, Core Development, WSS v3 Attachment(s): TFS Lite - WSS v3.zip