February 2006 - Posts

Patterns & practices Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:13 AM

This collection of reusable and extensible application blocks for enterprise development has been improved and updated specifically for Visual Studio.

Full Story Here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/EntLib2.asp

by riaan | with no comments
SOA Web Services Security
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:11 AM

Typically when we think about security for a Web service, our focus is on how to protect it from unauthorized and malicious users. Thus, we tend to concentrate on such things as authentication of the requestor, checking to see that the requestor is authorized to access the service, validation of the request message, and so forth - all things that happen on the way in or during a request for the service. However, there is an equally important set of security functions that need to occur on the way out or after the service has finished processing the request.

Full Story:

 

http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/183933.htm

by riaan | with no comments
http://www.krugle.com/
Monday, February 20, 2006 4:03 AM

A new search engine promises to index and organize the 100 million pages of open-source code available on the web. The hope is that programmers will actually use it.

 

Read More:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70219-0.html?tw=wn_index_2

or Visit:

http://www.krugle.com/

Advanced requests and responses in Ajax
Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:04 AM

For many Web developers, making simple requests and receiving simple responses is all they'll ever need, but for developers who want to master Ajax, a complete understanding of HTTP status codes, ready states, and the XMLHttpRequest object is required. In this article, Brett McLaughlin will show you the different status codes and demonstrate how browsers handle each and he will showcase the lesser-used HTTP requests that you can make with Ajax.

Read More Here:

 

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ajaxintro3/?ca=dgr-lnxw01MasterAJAX3

 

by riaan | with no comments
Digital Rights
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:13 AM

Bruce Sterling has a look at the repercussions of Sony's digital-rights quagmire. Article from Wired Magazine.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/posts.html?pg=5

by riaan | with no comments
Understanding the Excel Object Model
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:10 AM

Learn how you can use the Application, Workbook, Worksheet, and Range objects in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to create managed code solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System.

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/officevstoexcelobj.asp

by riaan | with no comments
Online AJAX Desktops
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:07 AM

ZDNet has an interesting article on how AJAX is transforming the web and the way people use the desktop.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=8

 

by riaan | with no comments
Idea For Community
Monday, February 13, 2006 12:08 AM

A week or so ago I posted on my blog the idea to build a code search engine for the local developer community. Well, I have started to build pieces of the concept. Here is some screenshots, and remember, this is stil just the basic concept but feel free to comment.

 

 

Start Screen: http://dotnet.org.za/photos/riaan/category1313/picture50125.aspx

 

Search Results: http://dotnet.org.za/photos/riaan/category1313/picture50124.aspx

 

Search Details : http://dotnet.org.za/photos/riaan/category1313/picture50126.aspx

Songbird is here
Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:22 AM

The Open Source response to iTunes - Songbird - is here. I have downloaded a copy and will test drive it for a week or so. For more information follow these links:

http://slashdot.org/

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/08/songbird_the_open_so.html

http://www.songbirdnest.com

 

FTP And 550 Access Denied
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:27 AM

Yesterday a colleague of mine tried to FTP to a remote ftp server. Every time he logs in he got a 550 Access Denied Error. When he asked me to try and FTP to the same ftp site with the same credentials, I got in and could copy, past delete etc. After Googling the issue and trying some of the recommendations he still could not get but I could. We then did a compare between our two machines and find that he had a static IP Address and mine was dynamic. When we changed his IP Address to be dynamic, he got in and could execute every command he needed to. Was this really the problem? Any body with ideas?

 

 

A Visual Studio Add-In That Converts C# Code To Visual Basic
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:26 AM

Build a Visual Studio add-in that lets you copy C# code and paste it into Visual Studio as Visual Basic code, using the translator of your choice.

Full Article Here:

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/02/PasteAs/default.aspx

by riaan | with no comments
Google Adds Chat To Gmail
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:25 AM

Google has added a chat feature to Gmail. It brings Google Talk, minus voice calls, into your webmail client. Gmail now also logs your IMs, whether they originate in Gmail or Google Talk. In the commentary at InsideGoogle, I note that Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock, which can block Google's ads, if you want Gmail Chat to function properly.

 

Full Story Here:

 

http://slashdot.org/

by riaan | with no comments
Using the Office Object Model
Friday, February 03, 2006 4:51 AM

Learn how you can use Microsoft Office Word 2003 objects create managed code solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System.

Full Article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/OfficeVSTO2005WordOM.asp

by riaan | with no comments
Re: Idea for community
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:31 AM

Ok. I have posted my idea - repository for source code - to the community. The replies have been few. So. For the last time I am submitting the idea. If the community still think it is not a good idea after this post (will check comments by end of day today) I will drop the idea.

 

by riaan | with no comments
Uploading Files in ASP.NET 2.0
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:28 AM

An article on msdn illustrating how to upload files from the web client to the server. Much more powerful and easy to apply then the old ways.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/UploadASP2.asp

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