Not Necessarily Dot Net

Real World Dojo part Four: User Feedback

JamesAshley — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:13:00 GMT

You have to let the user know what's going on. That's one of the main points, isn't it?...(read more)

Real World Dojo part Three: AJAX

JamesAshley — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:19:00 GMT

I've avoided this as long as possible. It's time to bite the bullet and do some AJAX....(read more)

Real World Dojo part Two: File Upload

JamesAshley — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:05:00 GMT

The basics of using the new file uploader...(read more)

Real World Dojo part One: Form Validation

JamesAshley — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:18:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Manipulating the DOM with Dojo

JamesAshley — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:46:00 GMT

This is the area where jQuery rules the roost. Or so everything I've read tells me. So, how does Dojo stack up? Still running this in parallel with Kyle's series: Setting the contents of an element // Convenience function to hide query details...(read more)

Selectors in Dojo

JamesAshley — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:09:00 GMT

I'm still going back and forth in my mind about dojo vs. jquery. So far, I've been able to table that question, but it's getting to a point where I won't be able to much longer. Kyle's recent posts made me think about writing up something similar about dojo, so I could have something a little more concrete to compare side-by-side....(read more)

VB.NET vs C#

JamesAshley — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:07:00 GMT

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....(read more)

Net Neutrality

JamesAshley — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:20:00 GMT

I'm on an unrelated mailing list with several non-technical people. Every once in a while, the topics swirl around to Net Neutrality. Most people don't have enough background knowledge to even begin to understand the issues involved. This is my attempt to explain by analogy. This article isn't technical enough to be here, but it it's *way* too technical for that list. So it winds up here....(read more)

Some Open Source Ajax Frameworks

JamesAshley — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:17:00 GMT

I finally got another excuse to look at Open Source AJAX frameworks. Nothing in-depth, just skimming the surface and deciding what I want to look at in-depth....(read more)

Linq to SQL Designer Weirdness

JamesAshley — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Linq to SQL with multiple databases

JamesAshley — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:49:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Some Initial Thoughts on Google App Engine

JamesAshley — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:19:00 GMT

More like observations, really. There's nothing here that's new or interesting, if you've been following it at all. But, if you've been mildly curious and haven't taken the time to really read anything at all, this may be worth your...(read more)

First Impressions of Web2py

JamesAshley — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:51:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Initial Thoughts on Google App Engine

JamesAshley — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:03:00 GMT

If you haven't heard of Google App Engine by now, you've probably been living under a rock. I won't try to explain it, or even include any links. Go check out what google has to say about it: it's intriguing, at the very worst. It's...(read more)

Linq to SQL and linked tables

JamesAshley — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:25:00 GMT

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"...(read more)