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In this current series that I’m running as a follow-up to my presentation last week on Applied Functional Programming, we’re talking about ways we can improve our code with functional techniques. The ideas presented here are things that are being used in applications today, and learning from them...
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The January meeting of DC ALT.NET will be held on the 28th from 7-9PM. This month, we’re having Jay Flowers talk with us about web testing with Selenium and FitNesse . This is a great follow-on conversation to the conversation with John Morales on Selenium that we had back in November of...
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As part of some of my adventures with F#, I've seen a lot of interesting things coming from others with regards to SharePoint, ASP.NET and other technologies. This had me thinking of any possibilities and ramifications of using F# with ASP.NET MVC. Was it possible, and better question, what might...
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I want to thank Troy Goode for his presentation tonight at DC ALT.NET . He gave a great demo of how to build from scratch an ASP.NET MVC blog engine, which is a lot to ask given our two hour timeframe. And yet, he pulled it off nicely. As promised, Troy has posted his materials from...
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Just a reminder that the September meeting for DC ALT.NET will be on September 24th, 2008 from 7PM-9PM. Check out our site and our mailing list for more information as it becomes available. This month, Troy Goode will present on building applications with ASP.NET MVC. This will be a...
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The September meeting for DC ALT.NET will be on September 24th, 2008 from 7PM-9PM. Check out our site and our mailing list for more information as it becomes available. This month, Troy Goode will present on building applications with ASP.NET MVC. This will be a basic introduction, but also how to build...
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Are you one of "those" ASP.NET web developers that care passionately about not only about writing "good" code, but writing "easily" understood and "readable" code? Are you looked upon as perhaps a little bit "obsessive" about your code? Do you understand...
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I'd really like to thank everyone for your kind words, notes of concern and continued readership. My health issues have still not been diagnosed (constant lower back pain, uncontrolled muscle spasms in the lower back and legs and sometimes severe muscle cramps) but my daily regimen of medication...
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Well not hidden exactly, but subtle. A while ago I requested we add this capability to the WCSF Guidance package, and then I forgot about it. Well today I was playing around with the new GP and to my surprise saw the following. Yes, you can now create an interface project for a module. This is very useful...
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As promised, WE'RE LIVE!!!!! (Image courtesy of hyku via http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/480867085/ ) After a long haul and several posts such as here and here , we're finally out the door with the next version of the Web Client Software Factory! Read more about the release from Blaine...
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We have this big application known as the app with the sprocs , it has been a source for quite a lot of blog fodder already. The app has a long history; it originally started as a classical 2-tier Client Server application. A Delphi frontend running against a sql server backend. A lot of the business...
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What makes a good general-purpose development platform? Easy to install Easy to configure Integrates well with simple tools Easily extended to make simple tools Easy to debug Easy to create test automation All configuration stores easily in source control Others I'm forgetting I've heard many...
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[I know I have your attention. So before you start reading this thinking it's an anti-ORM post or something of that nature. It's not. It's about something entirely different (look at the tags). I am actually attacking a fairly popular notion that I have run into a bit recently and while I...
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Dave Balzer (of DevAuthority fame) and I have been talking about my trips to Ohio once a month, and how I have been itching to speak (and would really love to speak in the State of my birth). We need to plan far in advance so that Dave can get a place lined up. He (not me) probably should put some kind...
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Despite all the nice UI and usability offerings of AJAX nothing beats a real windows control. These days you can do terrific things on a web form but when it comes to things like drag and drop between the nodes of different treeviews a real windows control is the way the go. In an old post I already...