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Ux Tip 2 - UX Review

2009-01-08T16:08:00Z

Its been quite some time since my last blog entry, I thought I would start off the year with my next ux tip for building better applications. Let's be honest, I rarely get called into a project until development is well under way, and when I do the Read More......(read more)

Cloud Development Quickstart

2009-01-07T20:07:40Z

I have been learning about working with Windows Azure for the past two weeks and have run into my share of challenges. Getting up to speed with the tools has taken quite a bit of work and there have many pitfalls towards getting an environment running Read More......(read more)

Showing images from database in in Silverlight

2009-01-07T01:08:38Z

You can show images in Silverlight using Image control. You can furthermore bind Source property of the image to byte[] type property of a business object. You would think this is sufficient, but it is not. You will need a converter to convert byte array Read More......(read more)

Design surface in Silverlight

2009-01-07T00:56:49Z

If you are working on a resizable user control in Silverlight, you usually do not specify height and width of any elements in order to ensure that all controls resize properly when application size changes. For example if you use Grid as your layout base, Read More......(read more)

Using Prisms (CompositeWPF) EventAggregator

2009-01-06T15:10:04Z

Event Aggregator - What is it? The event aggregator in Prism is an implementation of the Event Aggregator pattern . Fowler explains the Event Aggregator pattern as follows: Channel events from multiple objects into a single object to simplify registration Read More......(read more)

SharePoint Most Popular Intranet Choice!

2009-01-05T14:53:42Z

Body: Every year, the Nielsen Norman Group picks the 10 best intranets of the year, and their latest report (2009) is discussed here http://www.useit.com/alertbox/intranet_design.html (look at the section titled "Technology Platform: Unification Read More......(read more)

Full screen toggling in Silverlight

2009-01-03T23:26:04Z

If you would like to push browser in and out of full screen mode from Silverlight application, you can do this very easily. To go full screen: Application.Current.Host.Content.IsFullScreen = true To go to normal display: Application.Current.Host.Content.IsFullScreen Read More......(read more)

Gepsio Jan 2009 CTP Released

2009-01-03T15:04:12Z

I am pleased to announce the first Community Technology Preview [CTP] release of Gepsio, an open-source XBRL document object model for .NET. The release includes a ready-to-use .NET 3.5 assembly called JeffFerguson.Gepsio.dll as well as a User's Guide. Read More......(read more)

Service accounts should never expire...

2009-01-02T18:00:15Z

Body: So I am working in a Windows 2003 server virtual machine that is hosted by my client and is a member of their domain. This VM is my development VM, and it has MOSS installed and uses many of the same service accounts that our production environment Read More......(read more)

Thoughts on Model View Presenter

2009-01-02T17:35:32Z

This post is a quick overview of my recent experience with the Model View Presenter (MVP) design pattern. MVP began as a variation of the more well known Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern. I first encountered MVC being used to build web applications Read More......(read more)

Stereotyping Social-Network Users

2009-01-02T14:05:13Z

I've been using a social network of sorts for as long as I've been using the Internet. From bulletin boards to Twitter, I've been there and still use them all to this day. Their importance is worth its weight in diamonds. Through the years of using these Read More......(read more)

Update to Store Locator Project

2008-12-31T17:30:02Z

I had a real rookie JavaScript mistake in my Store Locator project that was causing some people some grief. I had no idea this project was actually being used by many people for real live stores and companies. That's kind of cool (until it breaks). Anyway, Read More......(read more)

That's not valid XML!

2008-12-31T15:44:25Z

Body: The rich text edit control for a multi-line text box field generates DIV tags that include syntax like this: <div class=ExternalClassAC0995C70E0C4890A5FDA9127A22F537> NOTE that there are no Quotes (") around the value side of the class Read More......(read more)

Sometimes you just have to burn one

2008-12-30T18:44:31Z

This is really old news to some blogger's,but I'm posting it again because a lot of people I know are just starting off in the blogging space. If you have a blog you're probably wondering how many people are reading it. You can get some decent statistics Read More......(read more)

New Dime Cast: Migrating from .asmx web services to WCF web services

2008-12-30T18:29:04Z

Woo hoo! I created another Dime Cast and its up and running today! Learn how to migrate from your old asmx web services to new fancy WCF web services. Check it out here Read More......(read more)