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I follow RSS feeds religiously and also at times do research on some of the work or problems I encounter. Often I get asked where I get my info so I decided to post some of the links I found recently that are truly informative and helps with various problems, or just great information to know about. The current list of links that I find valuable are: ASP.Net State Management ASP.Net Ajax Client Callbacks A Beginners Guide to LINQ to SQL within ASP.Net (VS 2008 & C#) Starter Database Schemas Does...
I have been actively and religiously following the StackOverflow initiative started earlier this year by Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood . I have been listening to every podcast, finding the content of their discussions informative and interesting, often bringing some reality and realism to the world of development and IT. Jeff e-mailed me a link to the beta about 2 weeks ago, however due to my own personal commitments with Tech-Ed South Africa I was not able to spend a lot of time on the site. I have...
In the last 2 month I have completed 2 project using AJAX . Both project required integration into external systems, the one into AccPac , and the other into Oasis, a sample management system based on FirebirdSQL and TCP/IP communication with a third party service. Both project were written in C# and ASP.Net 2.0. I have been suitable impressed with the power of AJAX and the various ways it can be implemented into a website. Website interfaces are finally becoming as powerful as their Windows counterparts...
Andre from The Mailowl Scrolls pointed me to this excellent article on reducing your website bandwidth by Jeff Atwood. It in short mentions the following methods to reduce web traffic costs: Switch to an external image provider Enable HTTP Compression Outsource your RSS feeds Optimize the size of your JavaScript and CSS Definitely a few tips I am going to take into consideration when redesigning current platforms. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it...
A List Apart has posted a brilliant article here about educating stakeholders regarding Web Technology. I think it's a must read for any Web Developer working with clients, as often they have very limited technical knowledge. ALA remains one of my favorite sites with some brilliant articles and design tips, as well as an awesome collection of CSS tutorials. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
The first exciting bit of Development news I have is that Telligent, the makers of Community Server, has released the next generations of their server software called Community Server 2007. The new version sports a new skinning mechanism called Chameleon, improved performance, new forum and blogging features as well as the normal bells and whistles associated with new ASP.Net applications. They have also brought out new licensing options, including an Express Edition with restricted features however...
We live in an era of information overload. I previously blogged about how easy it is to get information online,however I have come up with another interesting question. How valid is the information we read and find online ? After 12+ years online I have a system that I follow when I rate information I find online. I use this analyse and determine the accuracy of the information that I find especially when troubleshooting or looking for advise. Does the information make logical/technical sense ? This...
One of the features of dasBlog I was very intrigued with was it's ability to use gzip compression to serve pages. After doing a bit of research I realized that IIS by default does not enable compression and the setup is not entirely straight forward. I came across the following brilliant article on how to enable compression on IIS and tested it on two of my servers, an absolutely amazing difference in performance overall. Have a look here Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit...
Microsoft has launched a Beginner's Developer Learning centre aimed at the beginner programmers with information on how to start your first Web or Windows application in .Net using any of the Express Editions. Not to sure if this is a good or bad thing for hard core developers out there and an industry already overrun by junior developers, however it's a brilliant idea from Microsoft. More about this site here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark...
Information at your fingertips. Not more then 10 years ago if I needed an answer to a problem I had to visit the local library and look through encyclopedia's and reference books or find someone with experience to answer the question. When you started an application on your computer and it came up with an error message, you prayed that someone out there has had a similar experience, or that some manual or reference book has got it well documented. Today it's simple. Open up Google. Type in the error...