For our first event, the Calgary Code Camp was a huge success, if I do say so myself. We had over 80 developers attend and both tracks were constantly buzzing with great discussions. Thanks to everyone who presented for generously sharing their time and knowledge! Thanks also to everyone who attended and made the day […]
Browsing Posts published in May, 2006
If you’re headed to TechEd 2006 in Boston in a few weeks and are interested in discussing what’s new and happening in data access, drop Jonathan Bruce an email. He’s organizing an informal get together of folks interested in ADO.NET. Sounds like it should be a fun time. Hope to see you there.
In the previous two parts (Part 1 and Part 2), I introduced the ImpostorHttpModule as a way to test intranet applications that use role-based security without having to modify your group memberships. (I’ll assume that you know what I’m talking about. If not, go back and re-read the first two parts.) In the final part, […]
A light news show… hopefully. You can grab it here. The episode will hit MSDN Canada Community Radio in the near future. Show Notes Introduction Calgary Code Camp (www.calgarycodecamp.com) Edmonton .NET User Group (www.edmug.net) Microsoft TechEd 2006 SharePoint Portal Server 2007 Office Server System Microsoft Excel Services Outlook and Internet Calendars Got RSS? The Introduction […]
In our last cliff-hanger episode, I introduced the ImpostorHttpModule. I’m going to show how you can use it to implement and test a sitemap and navigation menu in ASP.NET. We’ll use the new ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages feature because it’s the easiest way to ensure that the same menu ends up on every page. We’ll […]
If you’ve developed any moderately complex web application, you’ve probably implemented some form of role-based security. For instance, only administrators can access the /Admin directory. Only ContentCreators can update web page content. Only RegisteredUsers can access the site. ASP.NET makes all of this relatively easy through the <authorization> section of the web.config file(s), programmatic security, […]
Kenny Kerr has updated Window Clippings, which I mentioned here, with some cool new features including: Capturing the PrtScn key to initiate clippings Saving images in the TIFF format Prompt for storage location (rather than always dropping it in the same location) Windows Vista support You can download x86 or x64 versions, as appropriate, from here. Awesome […]
Jean-Paul reappears on dnrTV to talk about Model-View-Presenter, which is a cool pattern for abstracting away your UI implementation technology. For example you can re-use the same Model and Presenter code with ASP.NET and WinForms. Additionally the view ends up being really dumb, which means that parsing, validation, and other logic traditionally in your ASPX code-behind or WinFom […]
Consolas is a new mono-spaced font being introduced with Vista. John, Scott, and others have been raving about it for months. It’s designed to be a comfortable font for programming and is a huge leap forward from Courier. (Personally I’ve been using Lucida Console for years as it’s easier on the eyes than Courier. Consolas […]
Time to let the proverbial cat out of the bag. It’s probably the worst kept secret this side of the Rockies, but I’ve gone independent. JamesKovacs.com Consulting Inc. is open and ready for business. If you’re looking for assistance with .NET development, architecture, agile techniques, or object-oriented analysis and design, email me at jkovacs@post.harvard.edu and I would […]
