Archives
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802.11 Planet Expo in Boston
I spent the day, yesterday at the 802.11 Planet Expo (Wireless tech) in Boston. MS was there with some interesting demo for embedded tech devices.
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Larry King of Internet Talk Shows
Last night, the very knowledgeable and enterprising Carl Franklin gave a presentation at the CT .NET Developer Group's meeting. The topic was about Objects and VB.NET. Franklins.NET has a radio show called .NET Rocks! This is a terrific show that interviews .NET legends like Chris Sells, Ingo Rammer, Dino Esposito and others. Hmm... I think that makes a Larry King of Internet Talk Shows amongst our admist.
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Amazon sends out Web Services Newsletter #1
I just received Amazon Web Services Newsletter #1. More info here...
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Designing databases prior to development
Database design is very much an intuitive process - so quite a few (I'd say most), just wing it. This would be true for smaller-type applications, i.e., websites or smaller apps but not so, for larger and complex apps that perform healthcare or financial services.
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Application Blocks for .NET
MSDN now has five Applications Blocks for .NET. Two of these have been around for well over a year but three were released within the past two weeks !
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201 Principles of Software Development
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.NET Code Optimization
I got this email from WinDevNet. I couldn't find the content below at their website, so I have excerpted it here. I believe it's written by Richard Grimes and it'll interest the MC++ developers in particular.
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Two free dev tools - AxTools Visual Logger & AxTools VssRecursive Purge
Found two interesting (free) dev tools - AxTools Visual Logger (trace log) & AxTools VssRecursive Purge (for Visual Source Safe).
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.NET Dev Engineering jobs (in Montreal)
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Borland bridges platforms
Mixed-feelings Borland has announced 'Janeva' (that's Java+Geneva, perhaps they are short on their marketing staff). 'Janeva' will be incorporated in Borland's development products and will tie-in .NET front ends to CORBA and J2EE-based applications. This will help bridge the different platforms which is something we have to address in the corporate environment.
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Ballinger's .NET Web Services
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BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)
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Microsoft to buy an Anti-Virus company
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From the land of Mozart
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Thread pools - article by Jeff Richter
Jeff Richter has an excellent article on thread pools - a must read for any serious development using threads. A real performance booster and am looking forward to a 'sequel' about using thread pools for 'asynchronous I/O requests'.
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UDDI - the need for it
While web services has the limelight now, it's partner in enterprise architecture - the UDDI srevices is slowly getting the spotlight. Peter Coffee has a brief piece that waters down its role for clients and bosses' digestion. I have made strides with the UDDI services in the new W2K3 server albeit it was a slow start due to the MSDE installation problems.
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Performance Optimization and all that
There is an ongoing discussion (cross-references, etc) regarding Performance Optimization. Sam cited the very recent articles in MSDN (excellent ones I might add) but in sharp contrast James Robertson proffers his views. I did respond with a minor (perhaps an inconsequential one) that's excerpted here:
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.NET Content Processing (hardware acceleration)
Tarari Content Processors can now be used for .NET application content. Interknowlogy in partnership with Tarari will have dedicated processor hardware boards for .NET applications. For example - XML content processing can be increased 10-fold! It can also be used for more compute-intensive applications like anti-virus, encryption/decryption, etc.
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New release version 2.5d of Groove Web Services
Groove has a new v2.5d out for Groove Web Services. For an example of what it can do - check out InfoExplorer.
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ADT Mag article on VB.NET transition
Good article in ADT Magazine regarding the transition from VB to VB.NET. Read it and then give it to your boss (it's not too technical but addresses some of the issues regarding the bright future of VB.NET).
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SQL2K SP3a patch and installing UDDI Services on W2K3 Server problems
MS recently released the SQL2K SP3a patch - this is a critical one that addresses a lot of the recent security issues. Related to this, is the installation of the UDDI Services on W2K3 Server. It is difficult (yes difficult) to install the MSDE (desktop SQL2K Server) and have it work with the UDDI Services. Several postings in the newsgroup 'microsoft.public.uddi.general' has garnered no favorable responses nor solutions. I believe the problem is related to the 'sa' account's blank password's vulnerability. Anyone know a workaround this one - installation of UDDI Services with MSDE under W2K3 Server? Thanks in advance.
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Dennis "Dino" Perlot @ Franklins.Net
I have known Dennis for about a decade now - we use to work together for a consulting company, ISR in Hartford, CT in the early '90s. Dennis very recently joined Franklins.Net (that's him about 3/4 way down the page). Congrats on the new postion Dennis and hope to see you in the local .NET dev presentations.
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Adam Nathan's opus: .NET & COM Interop
Lately, I have been working on a client project which entails (after refactoring) "legacy" COM/AcX code for use in the .NET platform. Adam Nathan's opus '.NET and COM Interop' has already paid for itself. If you are building bridges between the two platforms, don't leave home without this book.
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John Giudice's Info Explorer in Groove Web Services & VB.NET
John Giudice's Info Explorer using Groove Web Services. A great example of Groove development using VB.NET.
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My Computer Lab
[UPDATE - more additions and a new picture 01.23.05]
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'Yukon' delayed
'Yukon' delayed to mid-2004 but first beta slated for this summer. [eWeek].
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Always read the book's errata
Going through 'Programming .NET Web Services' (a good book, I might add) I ran across a problematic example. It pays to read the book's errata.
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MSDN Magazine available in HTML Help format
Download the June 03 issue and other back issues.
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ISAPI Extension DLLs
A few days ago, I wrote an ISAPI Extension DLL for my client's web servers. I am exploring ways to use this method to enhance security in Web Services.