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• Real World Dojo part 5: Custom Components

  Dojo has its own built-in system for creating your own server-side controls. It's (arguably) better to use that than, say, creating a .NET user control.... Posted Oct 28 2008, 04:47 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, open source, AJAX, javascript

• Real World Dojo part Four: User Feedback

  You have to let the user know what's going on. That's one of the main points, isn't it?... Posted Oct 23 2008, 05:13 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, open source, AJAX

• Real World Dojo part Three: AJAX

  I've avoided this as long as possible. It's time to bite the bullet and do some AJAX.... Posted Oct 23 2008, 04:19 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, open source, javascript

• Real World Dojo part Two: File Upload

  The basics of using the new file uploader... Posted Oct 15 2008, 01:05 AM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, javascript

• Real World Dojo part One: Form Validation

  Real World Dojo, part One (Basic Validation) The Scenario: I’ve kind of been nibbling around the edges of Dojo for a while, but I’m at a place in this project where I really need to buckle down and learn it. Since I’m having so much trouble finding real... Posted Oct 14 2008, 05:18 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, open source, javascript

• VB.NET vs C#

  On the Google App Engine mailing list (of all places...in case you don't know, that's a python-only platform), I ran across this exchange recently: > > VB.NET is inelegant. > yeah I know I have C# it's more advanced, Now, this is one of those common stereotypes that irritate me. So I figured it was time to take a stick to that dead horse again.... Posted Aug 03 2008, 02:07 PM by JamesAshley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: best practices, coding, theory, newb, VB

• Linq to SQL Designer Weirdness

  The Linq to SQL designer that's built into Visual Studio 2008 is pretty, and a huge improvement over what Microsoft's provided before, in terms of data modelling. I haven't used enough other OR/M's to really have an opinion about how it... Posted Jun 24 2008, 10:01 AM by JamesAshley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: coding, newb, Linq, code generation

• Linq to SQL with multiple databases

  I think I've mentioned that I'm working on a project that dips its fingers into databases all over the place. Its main goal is to eliminate all the systems we have around that are also doing this. If it has to be done at all (and, really, it does... Posted Jun 18 2008, 03:49 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: best practices, coding, theory, Linq, database

• First Impressions of Web2py

  It kicks ass. There's a video that demonstrates web2py and Google appengine that pretty much says it all. If you're like me, and you'd rather read a set of step-by-step instructions than watch a video, this is for you. (OK, this is actually... Posted May 13 2008, 08:51 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Not Dot Net, python, open source

• Linq to SQL and linked tables

  There are several articles about how to do this, but none of them seem to reflect the kind of situations we encounter in the real world. They all seem to revolve around the same tables in the Adventure Works database, and they give you glimpses of "What"... Posted Apr 07 2008, 03:25 PM by JamesAshley with | with no comments Filed under: coding, Linq

• Empty try/catch blocks

  I've seen several people do this, and it's always been a big clue to me that they're very new and inexperienced with .net. There are a few variations. try { blah; } catch {} That's probably the absolute worst. Your exception disappears... Posted Feb 06 2008, 07:04 PM by JamesAshley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: best practices, coding, theory, newb