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Resources: how to move data between application tiers
I'm faced with this question, and was also asked about it. Here are three articles from Ms that show different sides of the same story: Recommendations for Data Access Strategies This one explains in detail how to store…
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About the new .Netweblogs features
I'd like to thank Scott for the new features in .Text, some very cool things in there. Thanks. I can understand the grouping thing of MS/Non-Ms employees, but I don't necessarily agree with it. This feature allows…
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A developer's nightmare
If you think you are screwed over with the job you are currently doing, think again. Now thank the sweet lord that you don't have to reverse engineer 300 pages of bad C++ code into... COBOL .
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Promising Outlook
Scott Hanselman sends word of a cool new research into email conversations
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The idiot's guide to O/R mappers
Steve Eichert has been doing me a big favor. He has been explaining the whole deal with O/R mappers from the ground up and is doing a great job at it. Why is it a big favor for me? because I can now pretend like I…
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Problem and solution: Renaming htm file to aspx may cause javascript trouble
We ran across this when moving some old files to a new project. One of the tasks was to turn a very simple htm file into the same file with an aspx extension. The original htm file had a reference to a javascript file.…
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A New Source Control system
Mike Gunderloy sends word of the Accurev Source control system . Looks pretty spiffy , and I must say they seem very innovative. A couple of points: No VS.Net integration. This is more like the CVS model…
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Service announcement: Feedable and Regulator live again, and Norway tips
Ah. My home machine is back up meaning Feedable is live again and so is The Regulator site. For some odd reason, the only person in the world who can not access these sites is little ol' me from Norway. Ah well, as long…
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Homesick, EIF and a session state FAQ
I dropped of the Mrs. this morning at the airport going back home to Israel. Will see her in a month and a half. Boy was that hard. Luckily it was a pretty swift goodbye since we were almost late for the plane. While…
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My first MSDN article is out: Creating a plugin framework
Update : If you can't find the source code in the article to download, you can also get it from here . It took a looong time and some pretty heavy paperwork, but my first ever MSDN article is up and about on the ASP.Net…
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Service announcement:Still alive, but server is down
Sorry I've been "weak" on the updating. I'm in Norway for the past two weeks or so and it's an amazing experience. However, I am left with little time to blog. Hopefully that will change soon. ttyl, Roy. P.S: My Home…
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Welcome Dino, and a word about MSDN articles
Dino Esposito Has started a blog here on .Net weblogs ( rss ). If you don't know who he is, I suggest you get acquainted with his work real soon as he is one of the finest authors I've ever read with cool solutions and…
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Cool Site: divil.co.uk
This site has a wealth of cool winforms controls, cool articles and generally is one of the *coolest* personal .Net sites I've seen in a while. I can totally get why he's a Code Hero . Recommended. (link via Joseph…
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[Tool] Object Model Generator
Omer has released a preview version of a tool called “ Object Model Generator ”. His words: “The tool is currently in Preview Version (which is sort of a beta version), and features the following: Typed Elements (incl.…
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Good advice for presentations, scholarly and otherwise
A helpful essay by William Germano, "The Scholarly Lecture: How to Stand and Deliver," from The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i14/14b01501.htm -- Edward Tufte , November 27, 2003
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Another one bites the pill
My friend and .Net guru Yosi Taguri decided it has been long enough and took the red pill . No, he's not going to Redmond (yet) but he's going to be a .Net evangelist/expert here in Microsoft Israel. How cool is that?…
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New .Net Rocks show - Pat Hynds
OK. I'm gonna go listen to the new .Net Rocks show : “ Carl talks with pat about Security, from the general concepts to the practical tips and in between. Pat draws on his millitary background to render a keen…
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I need to learn how to write a review
This is the funniest game review I have ever read . Rory should really be doing something else with his life instead of wasting his writing on on us geeks, although I'm not sure how I would react to his disappearing…
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Step by step:an asynchronous sockets terminal client Vb.Net
Carl Franklin (of .Net Rocks fame) has made available a Sockets with .Net training video. “ This is a step-by-step how-to video that shows you how to create an asynchronous sockets terminal client program in VB.NET 2003…
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[Tool] Scripter allows you to configure a linked Javascript or VBScript file.
Scripter allows you to configure a linked Javascript or VBScript file. Select a script file and Scripter will tell you which files in your Web are currently linking to that script. You can then add and remove files very…
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[OT] make them sing it!
Oh this is very very cool. http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p1/src/sing/default.asp
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[Review] CodeSmart.Net
AXTools has been on my “favorite tool makers” list for a couple of years now, if not more (disclaimer: I got a free copy of this product so that I can review it). When I did VB6 development, they came out with one of…
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Plugin frameworks in .Net links
It looks like making applications that can have plugins starting to catch on. But I really didn't get much feedback on my Extensibility Application Block - which enables exactly this . Perhaps I should have renamed it…
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What is Proximity inter-communication
I find “ Paper prototyping “ a good technique. For some odd reason, it also bugs me that people sell a book that talks about how to draw dialogs on paper and move them around. Therefore, I've created an introduction to…
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GDN Release download stats
I do wish it would be possible to see how many downloads a gotdotnet workspace release has gotten. Any chance of that? hm? Microsoft?
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Nevertheless
I applied for this open position at Microsoft. You might want to try yourself. [via Wine Thirty ]
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Introducing: Extensibility Application Block
This has been burning inside me for quite a while. Now y'all get to see what I was up to. Download EAP 1.0 Extensibility Application Block overview: One of the demands from a successful application is the abilityto…
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I'm going on a two month gig to Norway
I finally have some good news to show for all the crap I've been through: In about a week I'll be taking off from Israel and landing in this beautiful place in Norway where I'll be doing a 1-2 months consulting gig on a…
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The Letter I should have written back
Now, why didn't I ever write such a letter in my quest for a new job? (link via Hhiring Technical People )
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The Regulator gets its first "real" review
The Regulator just got a great review over at ADTMag.com by Mike Gunderloy . How cool is this? I'm totally flattered.