August 2007 - Posts

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Where is the SOAP? by hannes

While busy playing around with .Net Framework 3.5 I noticed to my surprise that I could not find the SoapFormatter. Am I missing something? Or have Microsoft decided to go only with XMLSerializer for Framework 3.5 serialization to XML? Which make sort of sense if you read what this guy have to say about comparing the two. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Spring.Net and AOP by hannes

One of Spring.Net claims to fame is it's implemetation of AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming). Read about it here and see how they do it here . Spring.NET is an open source application framework that makes building enterprise .NET applications easier. Providing components based on proven design patterns that can be integrated into all tiers of your application architecture, Spring helps increase development productivity and improve application quality and performance. Downloads are available through...
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On Methods, Process and Models by hannes

Thoughts about Methods, Process and Models taken from the book Microsoft Object Thinking by David West. (See chapter 6) All methods are someone else’s idea about what you should do when you develop software. It may be useful, from time to time, to borrow from those ideas and integrate them into your own style. It is essential, however, to transcend any method, even your own idiosyncratic method, and “just do it.” Software development is like riding a surfboard—there is no process that will assure...
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Data Access Tutorials for ASP.Net 2.0 by hannes

Today I discovered a treasure chest of tutorials written by Scott Mitchell for ASP.Net 2.0. Go have a look here . Code samples are provided in VB.Net and C#. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Classes vs. Structures by hannes

While browsing thru some code of our development team I noticed that nowhere they use structures and always prefers to use classes when creating small data structures that are mostly made up of value type fields. So I went and did some research. In the .Net Framework objects of structures types are created on the stack while objects of class types are created on the heap. Structures can also implement interfaces but there is no inheritance. Structures can obtain fields with accessibility set. Structures...
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Skills: Technology vs Business by hannes

According to me one of the biggest pitfalls when getting stuck on a project is the fact that you loose out on widening your development skills by inadvertently trading it for business knowledge. As a free roaming consultant this is something that you should guard against because it’s more likely that for your next job interview, people will be more interested in your I.T. skills than your business knowledge. Let me explain. The initial project phase is inherently unstable. This is when architecture...
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Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk by hannes

Paul Duvall's book, Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk , is now out. It's part of Martin Fowlers signature series which means it should be good read. To quote Martin. One of the interesting things about Continuous Integration is how often people are surprised by the impact that it has. We often find people dismiss it as a marginal benefit, yet it can bring an entirely different feel to a project. There is a much greater sense of visibility, because problems...
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.Net Security by hannes

Before it's time to go home on the this Friday afternoon I quickly printed some of the pages of .NET Security written by Richard Grimes . After a quick glance I seems it will be worthy bedtime reading. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Installing VS2008 Beta 2 by hannes

This is my first post using Windows Life Writer, thanks Neale for his trouble shooting post. Well this morning I installed VS2008 Beta 2 on my laptop. Found no problems with the installation and the IDE fired up nicely for the first time without any visible hickups. For the record my laptop is not the news and greatest and installing from the HDD took less time then I expected. For the next couple of weeks I hope the explore some of VS2008 new features, particular around LINQ. Share this post: email...
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Using LINQ to SQL by hannes

Hi, Scott Guthrie, wrote a series of blog posts titled “ Using LINQ to SQL ”. Go have a look here . To my surprise he also included VB code, viva VB! Also by Scott some of the new language features in the Orcas release of VS.Net Framework. Automatic Properties, Object Initializer and Collection Initializers Extension Methods Lambda Expressions Query Syntax Anonymous Types Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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