Thoughts about .NET. Thoughts about code.
Posted in .NET, VisualStudio on Feb 25th, 2006
There are some tools that just seem to find their way into every .NET developer toolbox. Lutz Roeder’s Reflector for .NET is one of these. I don’t know a single working .NET developer that doesn’t use Reflector. Some of my friends live inside of it.
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Since Reflector is such a useful tool [...]
Posted in ASP.NET on Feb 22nd, 2006
In ASP.NET there are a lot of complex actions happening with each page request. Code needs to be compiled. Events need to be fired. HttpModules and HttpHandlers are invoked. It’s a complex process.
MSDN has a some interesting documentation showing all the action during each call to your website.
ASP.NET Lifecycle
Posted in ASP.NET on Feb 18th, 2006
ASP.NET 2.0 has a lot of great new features. I’ve been working with it for about a year and I’m very impressed with what you can do with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0.
But…
There is always a ‘but I hate what they did with my…‘ statement isn’t there? I’m not happy with some of [...]
Posted in General on Feb 13th, 2006
For the last couple months our fax machines has been inundated with junk faxes. I’ve been so busy traveling and teaching that I haven’t had much time to deal with it. Each junk fax dutifully lists a toll-free number to call for removal from the list. Sure! We’re busy, just like you are. I really [...]
Posted in General on Feb 11th, 2006
I vividly remember reading Popular Science magazines when I was in Junior High school. I loved reading the ‘What’s coming’ section. I followed the new ideas researcher were pursuing. I’d daydream for hours about what I could do with the new gadgets. It probably won’t surprise you to know that I also devoured science fiction [...]