October 2011
3 posts
The Stack Exchange Architecture – 2011 Edition,... →
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Markdown in JavaScript →
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Text Editors for Programmers on the Mac →
I’ve mostly been using Kod but I might give Sublime Text a try.
April 2011
5 posts
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ASP.NET MVC Authorize Attribute with Access Denied... →
I struggled to get the ASP.NET MVC Authorize attribute to redirect to an “Access Denied” page when the user was not in the specified role. I was using windows authentication and no matter what I set in the web config customErrors section (which was recommended) the user would always be prompted to enter a username and password instead. I found this stack overflow answer that suggests...
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Windsor Logging Facility for log4net →
Can’t wait to try it out. No more coding static logger instances!
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NHibernate 3.2: Better Batching Support for... →
NHibernate now supports batch sets when performing cascade operations.
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Using Query Classes With NHibernate →
While query objects may not always be advisable, Liam has an interesting approach using a base class and an extension method for ISession.
February 2011
4 posts
jQuery Waypoints →
decodering:
Waypoints is a small jQuery plugin that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element.
(demos: infinite scrolling | sticky elements | scroll analytics)
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ILSpy: An open-source alternative to Reflector →
Goodbye Reflector, Hello ILSpy!
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Well-Known Lookup Data & NHibernate →
Save some queries by moving your well-know lookup data out of the database and into memory.
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January 2011
2 posts
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Realistic CSS3 Box Shadows →
December 2010
4 posts
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Pure CSS3 Box-Shadow Page Curl Effect →
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Daylight Savings Time (DST) Ambiguities in .NET →
How to use the DateTime and DateTimeOffset objects when dealing with those pesky ambiguous time periods that occur when we switch back to standard time.
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Add a Favicon to External Links →
Using JavaScript, CSS, and Google’s favicon cache.
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Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator →
A powerful Photoshop-like CSS gradient editor.
November 2010
13 posts
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jQuery Gantt Chart →
A client side gantt chant written in jQuery.
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log4net ColoredConsoleAppender & NHibernate →
Not sure if using profiles would be required, but an interesting reference. Nice work Kristian.
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Dear Tumblr: I want my post summary!
If {PostSummary} and/or {PostTitle} theme variables worked inside {block:Posts} I could do something like this:
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="{Permalink}"{block:PostSummary} data-text="{PostSummary}"{/block:PostSummary} data-count="none"data-via="sdowding">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript"...
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NHibernate & Bulk Operations →
Should NHibernate be used for bulk operations? The jury is still out but Davy Brion has some good suggestion on how to use IStatelessSession session instead of ISession.
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Testing CRUD Operations With NHibernate →
Worked well for me.
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Simple NHibernate Session Management in ASP.NET →
No framework required.
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MonitornWang →
MonitorWang is an extensible windows service based framework for running jobs to monitor your software and system. The data collected can be sent directly to Growl clients, WCF, SQL, NServiceBus. It comes preloaded with some tasks but it’s simple to implement your own!
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NHibernate session management in NServiceBus →
I used a variation on using the IoC container to manage the session.
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NServiceBus + WebSphere MQ = nservicebuswmq →
IBM WebSphere MQ transportation layer for NServiceBus
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NServiceBus: A Getting Started Series by Adam...
Adam has an awesome list of posts on getting started with NServiceBus. He’s taking a more real world approach by converting the MVC Music Store.
Part 1: Analysis of ASP.NET MVC Music Store
Part 2: Music Store Schema
Part 3: Putting Messages on the Bus
Part 4: (Missing?)
Part 5: MVC Music Store Basic Pub/Sub
Part 6: MVC Music Store Saga(Workflow)
Part 7: Custom Performance...
August 2010
1 post
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Updated HTML5 Tumblr Theme with Comment Support
I finally gave in and added DISQUS comment support to my Generic HTML5 Tumblr theme. Thanks everyone for all the feedback!
June 2010
3 posts
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WebStorm 1.0 - JetBrains New Web Development IDE →
Looks like the makers of ReSharper have released a Web Development IDE. It’s also runs on windows, mac, and linux.
Navigate through files easily. Use relevant autocompletion for everything in your code. Get notified about code problems on the fly.
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“[Prefer] working software over comprehensive documentation.”
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
May 2010
25 posts
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Send an Email With Powershell →
PowerShell v2 has what seems to still be a relativley unknown cmdlet that allows you to send email. Here is an example of how to use it:
Send-MailMessage -To user@contoso.com ` -From user@fabrikam.com ` -Subject "Test" ` -Body "Test" ` -SmtpServer smtp.domain.com
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Firefox Home Coming Soon to the iPhone →
It gives iPhone users instant access to their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks and the set of tabs from their most recent browser session. What’s more, it provides Firefox “Awesome Bar” capability that enables people to get to their favorite web sites with minimal typing.
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Prompt User to Extend the ASP.NET Session Before... →
via vijay
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“If someone absolutely insists that you write truly useless documentation, say...”
– Robert L Read, How to be a Programmer
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Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font... →
saschisch:
Google has been working with a number of talented font designers to produce a varied collection of high quality open source fonts for the Google Font Directory. With the Google Font API, using these fonts on your web page is almost as easy as using the standard set of so-called “web-safe” fonts that come installed on most computers.
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A style guide for internal apps →
mylescarrick:
These guys make software for churches. I really like this styleguide / pattern book for their apps. Might see if I can get something like that happening here.
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Download and Share Visual Studio Color Schemes →
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Three things every developer should know, with Roy...
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geektopia-deactivated20100527-d asked: Hi, Scott. Love the new theme and I'm using it for my own tumblr. One question: I cannot seem to get the "Stuff I Like" feature to work on my own tumblr. Can you explain how this is done?
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CQRS isn’t the answer – it’s just one of the... →
With the growing interest in Command/Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS), more people are starting to ask questions about how to apply it to their applications. CQRS is actually in danger of reaching “best practice” status at which point in time people will apply it indiscriminately with truly terrible results.
via Udi Dahan
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Rogers iPad Data Plans Disappoint, No Fido Support →
Rogers released their pricing for iPad plans and customers are disappointed, to say the least. Be sure to read the comments. PS: Rogers, really? No Fido?
UPDATE: The Apple Canada site says that you can “Add iPad to your existing Rogers data plan” for $20. Rogers says that option does not exist. Event if it did, $20 is crazy.
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My HTML5 Tumblr Theme is in the Theme Garden →
The Tumblr Theme I use for this site is now in the theme garden. Let me know what you think.
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“I just realized Flash is the new RealPlayer.”
– Jeff Atwood