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Just one of those great tools every develop should know about... Last week I had to release a new version of an application. The database had changed quite a bit, so I looked around for a tool to script the changes. In the old days (at LogicaCMG) we used SQL Compare by Redgate. But I took a look at Quest...
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A collegue of mine directed my attention to the following: Juval Lowy created a nice framework on 2.0 which enables you to do transactions on common types . So rolling back local variables when exceptions or issues occur! True error handling… J Love it!
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A new colleague of mine, Raynni Jourdain (LogicaCMG, Arnhem), pointed me towards this article about Java vs. .NET . In short, it says .NET for projects that have ease-of-use, need quick time to market and a lifespan of 2-5 years and Java for more complex projects, scalability and a lifespan of 5-10 years...
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WSDL Tool A collegue of mine, Erwyn van der Meer, pointed to a nice and usefull WSDL tool from ThinkTecture. If you have a WSDL file, you can use this WSDL to generate the webservice code so you start testing before the actual webservice is on-line! Usefull stuff At IDesign, there's a lot of usefull...
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This is a good read: Making Wrong Code Look Wrong by Joel Spolsky . I especially like his arguments for the (original) Hungarian Notation. (If you feel like throwing up, just by reading “Hungarian Notation“, you really should read this article!) Joel writes excellent articles on writing software...
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We've had a Javascript error on our forum pages for www.elsevier.nl for quite some time. So, they asked me to look into it. The initial Javascript (JS) error said: line3, position 1. But looking in the source (with IE), it show code at that position that isn't JS... And it also didn't correspond with...
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Today, most people surfing the net visit websites, not by directly using the URL, but via Google hits. That's why SEO, Search Engine Optimization (or Google Optimization) is hot... So, for sites like www.zibb.nl and www.elsevier.nl (dutch news sites), it is very important that a lot of their articles...
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Posting a bit of Javascript got me remembering about a cool feature in Javascript not every (web)developer is aware of (but should be...). The prototype keyword lets you add methods and properties to custom objects, even some predefined objects like the string object ! function AddQuotes() { return(...
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Even though .NET and ASP.NET keeps getting better and better, a lot of times we still need to use javascript on the client to reduces roundtrips or to get more dynamic websites. So here's a piece of javascript code I find very usefull to show the properties of any (HTML) object: function ShowProps(obj...
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Googling for some info I hit this site with all kinds of free chapters, from elementary C# to the lesser known GraphicsPaths. All samples so free for download. As we say in Dutch: “us bin zuunig“ (“we're stingy“).
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At my current project, we are developing multiple websites. Developing and testing them locally on W2K Pro means you have to change the webroot in IIS every time you switch to another website. This tool saves some annoying repeating work: “IIS Admin is a small tool for for use on Windows XP Professional...
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Process Explorer for Windows reveales a lot of info about maps and apps, which process locks which DLL , etc.. Very handy is the additional info about .NET processes, like pooled en nonpooled connections, # of exceptions thrown, # of current classes loaded and lots and lots more! Another one for the...
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Came across this code at my project: if (formOK) document.invoer.action = "art_new_db.asp"; document.invoer.target = "_self"; document.invoer.submit(); So why does the form gets posted when formOK is false ? Simple, the prutser (excuse my dutch...) who made this obviously doesn't like to use brackets...