New ASP.net MVC stuff
Scott Guthrie has a post on the latest preview of the new ASP.net MVC stuff. This looks like a huge step forward in the standard model for ASP.net applications- a bunch of us have been ignoring much of...
View ArticleDemo Version Problems
This morning I wanted to check out the latest stuff from Nero- I’m looking for some good video transcoding solutions. The problem with this space is that with all the proliferation of codecs and...
View ArticleASP.NET Web Service Test Form
ASP.net has this great feature when you are creating web services that it will create a nice HTML form that you can use to test your web-service without constructing a SOAP client. The catch is that by...
View ArticleHoliday Project- Windows Azure
Dare embarked on a holiday project too, building some stuff using Azure. I’ve been meaning to get around to that one too myself. In any case, some great observations there, I’ll have to write up my...
View ArticleDatabase Design
So here is a classic database design quandary. Lets say you are developing a service with accounts and each account has a set of parameters associated with it- have they bought the service, how much...
View ArticleCalling a SOAP Service from PowerShell
Ever had that experience where you go do some work and then stop yourself and think “There has got to be an easier way to do this”? I’ve been building some stuff that is mostly exposed as a...
View ArticleAzure Blob Storage as a Good HTTP Application
As an old HTTP guy I often get nervous about new services. They tend to violate all sorts of key HTTP architecture concepts and just take advantage of the flexibility to do whatever. I’ve been really...
View ArticleRegular Expressions Book
Coding Horror has a post highly recommending the new book “Regular Expressions Cookbook”. Now, I have mixed feelings about regular expressions and get concerned when I see them since they are often...
View ArticleBrowser File Upload
Uploading any files more than a few hundred K from a browser has been a problem for years. The UI available in the browser is very limited and relying on a single HTTP request that might take minutes...
View ArticleWhat I’m up to lately
Its been awhile since I’ve done anything on this blog. I’m not entirely certain that people read blogs anymore here in mid 2015. But I’ve been doing some cool stuff lately and I thought I’d push myself...
View ArticleVR Impact on Development
Another interesting aspect of VR is how it impacts the development process and how you structure your workplace when building VR experiences. Valve’s normal “cabal” structure is pretty well documented...
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