An example how to set up SQLCacheDependency and how to utilize it from an ASP.NET 2.0 application.

Couple of cool new things released/coming up:

 

1. CSS Control Adapters: Let's you modify the output of controls.

2. Atlas Toolkit Refresh: Coming out next week with some cool new features.

 

Gotta give the Control Adapters a try. Also looking forward for new Atlas functionality.

Finnish Developer Days were held on Thursday, 27th of April. I truly liked the event but as always, there is so much interesting stuff that only the surface could be scratched. Especially I liked Scott Guthrie's presentation about ASP.NET 2.0 features (with some Atlas action too!), IIS 7, and  D/LINQ stuff.

 

Great event and I'll be there next year too.

Monad is now called (Windows) PowerShell. Well, I liked the old name better. Anyway there is a new blog in town which is all about PowerShell. And there is a good post about what different modes there are for using Monad on your daily admin tasks: Raw .NET Access, Enchanced .NET access and Command access.

 

And on another note ...

 

Next update of this blog on Saturday 29th.

Microsoft has just released IE 7 beta 2 for download. I hope this version is more stable than preview beta 1, which failed to start when add-ons were enabled. Well, gotta give it a try anyway and see how it works.

Via Alik Levin's blog I found this nice guide for developers. This guide is written by Microsoft and it's called The Developer Highway Code, which gives advice for building secure applications.

 

Gotta download it now.

The youngest MCP was 9 years and 27 days old when he got his certification.

 

I wish I had started my professional programming career earlier than in the age of 29.    

For improving maintainability of concatenation, use String.Format. I feel enlightened already

Some new info of upcoming IIS 7. Check also this post for more info about the forthcoming API.

And you thought that the infamous blink-tag just faded away ? You were wrong, just plain wrong. Enter the blink-effect, created by using AJAX-techniques.

 

It's back, it's Web 2.0 and even standards compliant. Spooky indeed!

I found this via Pinseri: Tips for Productivity and Happiness at Work.

 

These tips give you some advice on how to become more productive on your everyday work. For me the biggest productivity killers are e-mail, blogs and meetings. But most of all, all kinds of other interruptions like coffee breaks or lunch breaks too (although they are necessary to keep up the general spirit amongst your collagues and your healthiness, you gotta eat you know). Or just general noisyness at the office. I try to escape the outside world by using headphones and listening to music. And naturally the best way to fully concentrate is to work remotely at home or after office hours. The latter I try to avoid.

Microsoft released the source code for built-in ASP.NET 2.0 providers couple of days ago. And if that wasn't all, Jeff Prosise has written over 130 pages of this subject to MSDN. Lot's of reading and studying ahead !

 

I'm out of the blogosphere for Tuesday so next update will be on Wednesday 19th.

Some AJAX books reviewed by Relevance. I'll link to Ajaxian post about this because it provides all the links for different reviews on one page.

Freddy being XML in this case. This article describes what JSON is and why it's better option to use than XML in AJAXy applications. The most important reasons for using JSON are the speed and it's easier syntax.

There is a new control toolkit in town: Atlas Control Toolkit. Bunch of examples are available on toolkit's homepage. ScottGu has more info of this toolkit in general.

Huge list of Asp.net 2.0 Security, Role, Membership and Profile Providers by Arno Nel.

K. Scott Allen has written an comprehensive article about Master Pages. This is an lenghty article, but is definately worth reading if working with ASP.NET 2.0. Be sure to read his introductory article as well.

New Atlas CTP is out, version April. No new features in this release, just bugfixes.

Tutorial how to set up an auto suggest textbox functionality with Atlas. Couldn't be any easier.

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