Just noticed over at Devhawk that V2 of the DataAccessApplicationBlock has been released... Just When You Thought It Was Safe... The prescriptive guidance is coming fast and furious now. The User Interface Process Application Block is a framework for…
I've written about these before, but if you are planning to develop any sort of ASP.NET / other .NET based app, you can save yourself a whole heap of time an aggrovation by having a look at the .NET application blocks, for instance the Data Access Application…
Well, had a very restful holiday...back to work now though. In typical Scottish fashion (well Edinburgh), it's raining outside. So, plans for the next few days include learning more about mobile controls...extending my winforms knowledge and generally working…
It's Friday night, at home and bored again. So, anyone reading this thing? Well, guess I'd better explain who I am if you are...I'm a 6ft 3in 20 stone Scottish male who lives alone in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Haven't settled on a career yet and am…
I intend to add a fair old whack of content to the site over the next few days (I'll also work on some sort of design). Promise I will! This site's primary reson for being is so I can share stuff I discover in .NET, this could be articles my friends and I ,…
Have a listen too BoneCracker by Shocore...fantastic stuff - which I admit I saw on Smallville smallville soundtrack Still good though! Kind of Prodigy Lite ©. I miss the Prodigy...listening to Mindfields while walking in the sun..ahh youth :-) Incidentally,…
A discussion over on Paschal's site on the merits of the ASPInsiders cabal. I honestly don't see the point of this sort of group - what exactly does being a member mean to the community at large (apart from a pretty icon on http://www.asp.net forums)? Does…
A bit quiet... posted on 3:23 PM Sorry, I've been neglecting this thing a little of late (causing trouble on the ASP.NET forums instead...gives me something to write about :-)). Anyway, I'll try and think of something interesting to write about..umm..any…
Frans Bouma really doesn't see the point of using Stored Procedures over using Dynamic SQL - so Frans, what's your take on such things as Indexed Viewsand User Defined Functions - which are essentially SPs but there's no equivalent for Dynamic SQL, so you're…
Noticed this article on making ASP.NET output valid XHTML...looks pretty complicated - maybe the next version will have better support ;-)