November 2008 - Posts

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The Illusion of Persistence: Saving Test Data by craigshoemaker

I recently introduced the BookRepository , which is a set of a few classes designed generated fake data. The idea is that if you are writing a test or a demo and just need some data objects and don’t want to have to worry about the ins and outs of a real...
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Productive Writing by craigshoemaker

A while back Scott Hanselman wrote about DarkRoom , a distraction-free writing environment. I tried DarkRoom for a while a number of years back, but quickly put it down in favor of all the features of Word. Recently though I have discovered a best-of...
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Silverlight: Live Mesh Integration, Surviving the Olympics and Future Expectations – Interview with Scott Guthrie by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Scott Guthrie and Craig Shoemaker take some time out of PDC 2008 to discuss Silverlight and highlights from the keynote address. Scott shares about current-day Silverlight integrations with Live Mesh, living through the Olympics and...
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Using jQuery to Call ASP.NET AJAX Page Methods – By Example by craigshoemaker

A commenter recently requested a more in-depth sample demonstrating the technique I used in my Using jQuery to Call ASP.NET AJAX Page Methods post. He wanted to see how you could use jQuery to send the contents of a GridView row to a WebMethod page. Here...
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Poor Man’s Client Templates by craigshoemaker

Today I posted an article to my blog on the Infragistics site: Building an Ajax Master/Detail Page with the WebDataGrid . This post is worth checking out even if you are not a subscriber to the NetAdvantage toolset – and here’s why... The upcoming release...
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BookRepository: The Mock Data Repository for Testing and Demos by craigshoemaker

Update: I recently added persistence features to the BookRepository. Check out: The Illusion of Persistence: Saving Test Data My schedule is packed lately with writing test beds and sample code for presentations. One of the problems developers face when...
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