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Using skmRss.RssFeed
I have been evaluating the use of Scott Mitchell's RSSFeed control for a new version of my website (it's not done yet) for my consulting company that focuses on the Cable Sector of the Telecommunications Industry and I wanted to display relevant information for both Web Services and the Cable Sector. The control is very nice (and free). During my investigation I wanted to perform a couple of actions that were not quickly apparent but still quite doable once I dug a bit deeper. Specifically, I wanted to be able to:
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Creating your own XmlSerializer
Very recently I came across an issue that required the creation of a new class derived from XmlSerializer. For reasons I don't want to get into here, we serialize an object instance into XML and store it into a database column so that we can reconstitute it later. This is a great approach except for the issue of changing class definitions.
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New Version of XmlPreCompiler
Well, I finally got around to making the XmlPreCompiler even easier to use. As some of you may or may not know, the XmlPreCompiler is a tool based on a tool Chris Sell's originally created to help developer's handle the xml serialization error:
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Part 2: Consulting in the Cable and Wireless Sectors....The Power of the Bundle....
The Cable sector as well as the entire Telecommunications industry has been expending a large amount of resources to sell bundled products and services. This means that instead of just offering Analog and Digital Cable Services, Cable and Telecommunication Companies are offering Cable, High Speed Internet, Digital Telephone, Digital Video Recorders, High Definition TV, etc. in a "Bundled" product.
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Part 1: Consulting in the Cable and Wireless Sectors
Part 1...Commerce Solutions:
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Fail Fast
I found this paper about "Failing Fast" while reading Paul Lockwood's blog. It refers to Martin Fowler's wiki about writing code to Fail Fast. This technique has been around for a while; however, I honestly have always been more of a proponent of writing defensive code.
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Too Funny. One of the best pranks ever.
A friend of mine who always seems to find pranks and funny minutia on the web came across this and sent it to me. It takes a few minutes to read it but well worth the time.
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Be Careful Generating XML Documentation with .Net
If you are like me, you like to use the XML commenting feature that comes with .Net. Personally, I only turn this feature on when I am creating a release build. However, if you do this make sure that you turn-off the read-only property on the output xml file. Failure to do so can will cause your build to fail.
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Too Funny. George Forman Grill meets WebServer Technology
A friend of mine sent this to me. It is too funny. The guy turned his George Forman grill into a WebServer. It takes a while to bring up the page. Apparently the George Forman Grill/WebServer is actually serving up the web pages.
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Using the <remove> tag with web.config can be helpful.
Most people use the web.config file to define features or pieces of functionality to be used by their application. You may or may not know it, but there is a feature of the web.config file that enables you to remove definitions defined by a parent web.config file. This is especially important when an application (either rightly or wrongly) places a web.config file in the root web directory or your parent directory that adds functionality or puts a constraint on all child directories that you do not want or that will break your application.