July 2007 - Posts

A True Ternary Operator for VB.net
I had a rather lengthy blog entry about a month ago where I talked about the lack of a ternary operator in VB.net. You can read that entry here. Well, as it turns out, Paul Vick posted recently about new language features going into .Net 3.5 and it appears Read More...
Posted 22 July 07 12:59 by Greg | 2 Comments   
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Typeof Vs. TryCast
I was researching something this morning and came across a great blog entry from way back showing an update to the tried and true TypeOf and Ctype/DirectCast code. I realized immediately thatI could apply this little tidbit to my current code. In-fact, Read More...
Posted 22 July 07 12:24 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Becoming a better developer in six months...
As I try to clear up my blogging backlog, I came across this entryfrom Scott Hanselmanabout removing programming crutches. This stems from one of his recent podcastsabout becoming a better developer in Six Months. I did a quick Google Searchon some key Read More...
Posted 21 July 07 11:57 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Scott Hanselman Moves to Microsoft
A big congratulations to Scott Hanselmanas he makes a big move to Microsoft. He'll be on Scott Guthrie'steam. I've enjoyed reading his blog over the years and I think it should be interesting to hear a fresh perspective on the development of the .Net/Visual Read More...
Posted 21 July 07 10:38 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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ASP.NET 2.0: Textbox ReadOnly Property
This has been documented in numerous places includinghere, here, here(with an incorrect fix) and here. Essentially, if you set the Readonly Property of a textbox using either the XHTML or in the code-behind, any changes you make to the value of that textbox Read More...
Posted 10 July 07 02:19 by Greg | 1 Comments   
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.NET 2.0 and Access Databases
For an internal application at my company, very particular users have the rights to download an MDB that contains links to a replicated instance of a DB. This was done so they could create their own queries without any assistance from IT - essentially Read More...
Posted 09 July 07 06:11 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Most Popular Development Language?
I've often asked this question - "What IS the most popular development language right now?" Antonio Cangianoattempts to answer this question using the Amazonsales rankings on various technical books. You can find the results of his "study" here. I found Read More...
Posted 08 July 07 08:02 by Greg | 0 Comments   
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Technorati Membership
Technorati Profile- My technorati profile tag. Read More...
Posted 05 July 07 11:36 by Greg | 0 Comments   
Design Pattern: Decorator Pattern
I was perusing DZonelast night/this morning and came across a nice blog entry by Gary Shorttalking about the Decorator Design Pattern. While his original blog entry was great - it wasn't a pure decorator example - as one of his readers pointed out. I Read More...
Posted 05 July 07 09:15 by Greg | 1 Comments   
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Animator Versus Animation
Ever wonder what would happen if yourFlash Animationtook on a life of its own and decided to battle you for supremacy? Well, Alan Becker did. View this cool little animation here. Technorati Tags: animation, Animator vs. Animation, Flash Read More...
Posted 05 July 07 08:45 by Greg | 0 Comments   
The Decline of Development
Scott Dorman wrote up an interesting blog entryabout programming for the lowest common denominator. I found his statements pretty closely aligned with my own experiences of late. According to his entry, there are something like 18 million hobbyist developers Read More...
Posted 02 July 07 10:04 by Greg | 2 Comments   
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