Wallace B. McClure : General software development

Load testing updates - Rob, I feel your pain

Wallym — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:10:00 GMT

I just wanted to throw my two cents in on this subject of load testing updates to highly trafficed sites. http://weblogs.asp.net/rhoward/archive/2007/05/21/www-asp-net-update-part-2.aspx

Before a falling out with a customer over contractual issues, we developed code and managed their web servers. We were never able to fully test major changes under load. One update we had caused lingering problems, but it was what they wanted and stated they had to have. Interestingly, I feel that this update led to the contractual issues.

Rob, I feel your pain.

ASP.NET Podcast Show #89 - JavaScript Intellisense and Debugging in Orcas - Video File

Wallym — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:36:00 GMT

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Original URL: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2007/04/23/asp-net-podcast-show-89-javascript-intellisense-and-debugging-in-orcas-video-file.aspx

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Show Notes:

Orcas Beta 1.
Javascript Intellisense.
Javascript Debugging.
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/03/02/jscript-intellisense-in-orcas.aspx
http://forums.asp.net/1112/ShowForum.aspx

Advanced Intellect and Dave Wanta

Wallym — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:57:00 GMT

I wanted to give a shout out of thanks to Dave Wanta and Advanced Intellect. Dave has written a component called AspNetEmail. You may be asking yourself, "Email is built into .NET, so what?" Well, getting calendaring done is kindof a pain. I plugged in Dave's component and it just worked. I had a few questions and Dave knew the answers before I even asked. His components are well worth the money.

Microsoft Robotics Studio

Wallym — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:02:00 GMT

Wow, I did not even know that this existed. Microsoft has released a 1.0 of the Microsoft Robotics Studio. It looks like they can connect up and program against a variety of these small robotic toys. Hmm, wonder what I will be getting my kids for Christmas(or is that me)..................

Robotics Studio Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3D706147-82E2-4B4A-AF12-DB7D3F8ACD8A&displaylang=en

General Info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/default.aspx

I noticed that Lego is one of their partners. This is a link to some Lego products on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-1312926-9868823?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lego+nxt&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

ASP.NET Podcast Show #74 - Sql Server 2005 CLR Objects Basics

Wallym — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:23:00 GMT

URL: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2006/10/11/647.aspx

This video (screencast) for the podcast is on the subject of the Basics of Building Sql Server 2005 CLR Objects

The WMV and MP4 (for video iPod users) files are in the feed.

One of the Dangers of software development: Easy to Say != Easy to Do

Wallym — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:10:00 GMT

One of the dangers of software development is that people tend to believe that because something is easy to say means that it is easy to do. For example, all Windows does is provide a user interface to load programs and handle devices. This sounds rather easy. Unfortuantely, it is over simplistic. Let's look at some of the issues that must be overcome:

Handle the differences in video. There are many video cards on the market. How do you handle the differences between them?
What should a user interface look like?
What kinds of devices should be supported? Hard drives, USB, Firewire, Printers, etc.
Who is responsible for handling these devices?
How do you handle networks?
On and on.....................

Just because something is easy to say, doesn't mean that it is easy to do.

Original post: http://morewally.com/cs/blogs/wallym/archive/2006/09/26/373.aspx