Best Practices for Configuring ASP.NET ConnectionStrings and AppSettings in Web.Config
Saturday 23 February 2008 @ 2:25 pm

This article shows a good way to manage connection string and appsettings values in your web.config file. It shows how to use include files and talks about how to set defaults so moving to production from testing or development can be less painful

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In C#, When to use String verses string
Saturday 29 December 2007 @ 11:12 am

Just a short ramble on when to use string verses use String in C#. Basically they compile to the same IL code

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Media Browser Using Silverlight 1.1 Alpha and Leverage Software's REST API
Thursday 13 September 2007 @ 6:24 pm

Searchlight was born from the desire to show the outstanding ability of Silverlight to create a compelling web application using existing infrastructure technology.  The products was developed working with Leverage Software, a San Francisco company dedicated to delivering first class communities for it's customer's, Peter Kellner (the Silverlight technology guy), and Uday Gajendar, the design specialist.  Our efforts can be viewed by going to the LeverageSoftware Labs Link Here.  Simply follow the directions on that web page to run the web application.  In this article, many of the Silverlight features in Searchlight are discussed. 

click here if you have Silverlight Alpha 1.1 Installed

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Code Camp Presentation Coming 10/27-28/2008 on Silverlight, Los Altos, California
Wednesday 12 September 2007 @ 10:06 pm
I’ll be presenting a session at the upcoming Code Camp in Silicon Valley’s Foothill College on October 27th-28th. Details can be found at http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Sessions.aspx?ForceSortBySessionTime=true&id=125.
CodeCamp at FootHill College.  Click Here for Details and Registration

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Silicon Valley Code Camp Integrates the DevExpress Cloud Control for Sessions
Tuesday 4 September 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Using the DevExpress CloudControl in the ASP.NET 2.0 Silicon Valley Code Camp’s web site was easy. In this short post, you’ll hear about the details and see some code.

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Always Set Stop On Exception While Doing Debugging in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008
Friday 10 August 2007 @ 9:05 am

This article discusses a best practices method for automatically having the debugger stop on unhandled exceptions in visual studio 2005 or 2008

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