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Archives / 2008 / June
  • Disabling UI during Partial Rendering

    During the conversation about the different types of ASP.NET Applications, there was an issue that was talked when using AJAX Enabled ASP.NET Applications, and that issue was the fact that the HTTP protocol only supports single call by request, and in order to prevent information from getting lost in the communication between Client and Server, the best way is to disable the UI during the Partial Rendering, and in order to do this there are several techniques, like placing a div on top of all the UI in order to prevent the user from selecting another options during the execution. Disabling the action controls in order to prevent the user from misuse the UI, and some others.

  • Silverlight 2 Beta 2

        The Beta 2 of Silverlight 2.0 is already available in order for us to develop using this version of Silverlight that now as some more new stuff in terms of controls, skining, among others that we will analyze during our next posts. This version is available for both Windows and Mac because we continue and will always continue to talk about a technology that is Cross-Platform and Cross-Browser.

  • Microsoft's approach to SaaS

       Much has been said about SaaS - Software as a Service, and how this will affect the way we Think/Architect/Develop/Support and even Buy our applications, and for this reason is important to stay in touch with how a vendor like Microsoft, is applying this principles to their technologies.

  • Back after a long absence

       I'm back after a longer absence that was thought, and while I was absent a lot has happened. The most important thing was the fact that I became a father and that for me is indescribable and made me stay some time without any sleep, but I'm recovering, now that my daughter is on her 2nd week of life. Other situation that was very interesting was the MVP Global Summit 2008 in Seattle, it was absolutely fantastic from the technical to the personal side. I was able to meet some more Portuguese MVP's, and it was great and more than that I was able to exchange experiences with them. Very good indeed.