Archive for July 2008
links for 2008-07-30
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…For an overview of JDK 6, see the Java SE JSR and the desktop and core feature overviews.
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Phone specific forum.
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…This article overviews strategies for assigning primary keys to a table within a relational database. In particular, it focuses on the issue of when to use natural keys and when to use surrogate keys.
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…The .NET Pet Shop application is designed to show the best practices for building enterprise, n-tier .NET 2.0 applications that may need to support a variety of database platforms and deployment scenarios.
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…This fact sheet will help you make the right decisions for keeping your family safe during an emergency.
links for 2008-07-29
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…In this article, I will discuss how to read and write Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) using SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET.
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Well, if hamsterdb isn’t the simplest record-manager API I’ve seen in the past 30 years, I don’t know what is. Certainly, it has the easiest learning curve of any B+tree system I’ve ever used.
links for 2008-07-27
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AdventureWorks, etc….This site is dedicated to the several sample databases that ship for Microsoft SQL Server. You can find installers containing the sample databases on the Releases tab. You can find scripts which were used to build the databases on t
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…CodePlex is the project hosting site for Microsoft SQL Server Samples and Community Projects. Projects listed here are official Microsoft samples for SQL Server (released with Service Packs or major releases of SQL Server) and applications developed by
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…Sample Databases for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 licensed with the MS-PL license.
links for 2008-07-25
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…The ADO.NET Entity Framework is designed to enable developers to create data access applications by programming against a conceptual application model instead of programming directly against a relational storage schema. The goal is to decrease the amou
links for 2008-07-23
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…java.io.InputStream that would return the next item in a lazy sequence
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Looks pretty cool….Yesterday was released the first preview of ASP.NET 4.0. Lot’s of cool stuff come with this release and with this article i will try to demonstrate the use of templates.
links for 2008-07-22
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What If the Singularity Does NOT Happen? by Vernor Vinge
It’s 2045 and nerds in old-folks homes are wandering around, scratching their heads, and asking plaintively, “But … but, where’s the Singularity?” Science fiction writer Vernor Vinge–who origi
links for 2008-07-21
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a really good, brief MSDN article about using EF in a distributed(WCF), n-tier architecture….In this month’s column I will demonstrate how the Entity Framework can fit into an n-tier architecture that uses Windows® Communication Foundation (WCF) and Wi
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A most excellent brief overview of how to implement WCF in an n-tier application, with a great small sample app…Learn when and how to utilize Windows Communication Foundation to develop and maintain your communications layer when creating a loosely coup
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…a super-simple templating function that is fast, caches quickly, and is easy to use.
links for 2008-07-16
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…Summary: This article discusses the importance of security considerations when designing a server application. Both Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and ASP.NET provide security models that will allow you to authenticate your users appropr
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This was last updated in 2006. Very detailed…Summary: This guide presents a practical, scenario driven approach to designing and building secure ASP.NET applications for Windows 2000 and version 1.0 of the .NET Framework. It focuses on the key elements
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…This How To shows how to use the membership feature in ASP.NET version 2.0 applications. It shows you how to use two different membership providers: the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider and the SqlMembershipProvider. The membership feature greatly red
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…ASP.NET membership gives you a built-in way to validate and store user credentials. ASP.NET membership therefore helps you manage user authentication in your Web sites. You can use ASP.NET membership with ASP.NET Forms authentication or with the ASP.NE
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Here is a brief description of the relationship between the app Blocks and built-ins…When it comes to Security, there are really no overlapping features between ASP.NET’s and EntLib’s offerings. EntLib’s Security block provides authorization and caching
links for 2008-07-15
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…The assembly directive identifies an assembly to be referenced so that you can use types within that assembly from code in the text template. Using the assembly directive is equivalent to using the Add Reference feature in Visual Studio.
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…the best way to debug T4 templates.
links for 2008-07-11
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Mixing Your Own Soils
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Fertilizer info that might help some of you with any questions on what to use.
…The first number is always Nitrogen. The second number is always Phosphorus. The third is always Potassium. This order never changes. The Three Main Nutrients (N, P, and K) -
…The following table lists the reserved template parameters that can be used by any template.
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