June 2003 - Posts

• XML Tools and other goodies

  I just saw this MSDN article on XML Tools. I have already been looking into most of these, but there were a few new ones for me. Having all of these in one spot is great. While I'm pointing to MSDN articles, how about these: Turn your PocketPC into a remote control for your Desktop PC Allow your Windows Forms .NET applications to auto-update Pull the control flow and state management out of the UI and into a UI process layer Along with the 2 above, there's other Application Blocks here, here, here, here, here and here! Tools reference for what comes with Visual Studio.NET PocketPC: information about what's new in Windows Mobile 2003 for developers, along with a SDK update Data Access Strategies Ahh, so many toys, so little time... Posted Jun 30 2003, 02:34 PM by XMLEvangelist with no comments Filed under: .NET, XML, XSL, XSD, Web Services, PocketPC

• CSS Enhanced

  I grabbed DonXML's CSS Enhancement code, now that I have it working I'll have to customise it some time... just so busy right now. I'll try to post more soon! Posted Jun 19 2003, 12:52 PM by XMLEvangelist with no comments

• The .NET Reflector just keeps on getting better!

  Lutz Roeder has posted yet another update to .NET Reflector, I consider this tool a must-have if you want to learn anything about how to do cool stuff in .NET. If you're like me and you ever wonder "how did they do that?", this is your tool to find out. Subscribed! Posted Jun 03 2003, 11:47 AM by XMLEvangelist with 2 comment(s) Filed under: .NET

• Yes I Am!

  Well, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm now a MCP, and all I got was this piece of paper... oh wait, they're gonna send me a card or something, and I guess I can put those letters after my name now? The test exams that came on the CD with the MSPress book was rather misleading, I barely got any questions on syntax, unlike the sample exams where almost half of them were on syntax of connection strings, page directives, registering components, format of the web.config/machine.config etc. Anyway, on to the next challenge, should I do SQL, Windows Apps, XML Web Services, or Solution Architecture? Posted Jun 02 2003, 05:40 PM by XMLEvangelist with 8 comment(s) Filed under: .NET

• Am I Certifiable?

  I find out tomorrow! I'll be finding out tomorrow, as that is when I'm going for my ASP.NET exam (070-315), all being well I'll be Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). One thing I have noticed while preparing for this test is that (at least in the test exams on the CD) a majority of the questions are all about memorising syntax. What's with that? When I'm working, I don't memorise the syntax for everything, I work with way too many technologies. That's what the MSDN Library is for, or Intellisense in VS.NET. My other gripe is that around half of the questions seem to be about SQL Server (not that I mind, I know SQL Server pretty well too), but is my knowledge of a specific database technology really a good guide to how well I can create ASP.NET pages/sites? My general opinion is that this exam doesn't really mean much, but I reserve the right to change my opinion after the exam. Posted Jun 01 2003, 06:44 PM by XMLEvangelist with 2 comment(s) Filed under: .NET