Some people say that public speaking is the scariest thing you can do. I say it is releasing code into the wild. I don’t even want to guess at how many projects never get released because of nerves. But I still released Fluent Ado.net for some reason. And I’d have to say, public speaking is […]
Read MoreThe following code is the result of one night coding with a fair amount of beer, and the desire to solve an annoyance. Enough said. My problem is this: I’m coding an application for .Net Compact Framework (.Net CF). One thing you should know about coding the .net cf, a number of standard items in […]
Read MoreI don’t often point people directly to a podcast, but I think this one is important. The AltDotNet Podcast interviewed Jeremy Miller about Alt.Net http://altnetpodcast.com/episodes/18-talking-with-jeremy-miller-about-alt-net This podcast is largely a rebuttal to the podcast that Mike Moore did with Scott Bellware. If you want the cliff-notes version: Scott Bellware is not Alt.Net (nor is Jeremy […]
Read MoreYou know what this is going to be about. Things I should have known about earlier than TODAY! 1. JavaScript: setTimeout(function, milliseconds); After a specified number of milliseconds the passed in function gets executed. Why I should have known this: useful for un-obtrusive UI design. Display a message, but instead of making the user close […]
Read MoreI just finished reading JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. I must say that this is a remarkably short book (or remarkably long depending on your view of JavaScript these days). I started the book yesterday, finished today. If you exclude the appendixes, the entire book is about 100 pages. With the appendixes: 150 […]
Read MoreFor all of the JQuery lovers out there, the JQuery has now released version 1.3.2. http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3.2 There are no new “features” in this release (unlike .Net service packs), but I looks like it is worth the download. First off: speed improvements — even with IE6. These come in a number of areas: the selector engine, […]
Read MoreLong title, but this is a problem that has haunted me for a while now. I have an Asp.Net WebMethod that takes a List/IEnumerable/Array of stuff as a parameter, how do I send that stuff to that method using the JQuery Ajax method. Now, without having to reinvent the wheel, do check out David Ward’s […]
Read MoreI’ve been playing with this Fluent NHibernate a bit lately. This is a 3rd party open source library for configuring NHibernate, Fluent NHibernate is a new way tell NHibernate how to map tables and columns to classes and properties. It does this with a .Net based DSL. Like everyone else I’ve had my share of […]
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