tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:02:08 +0000Too much perfection Disrupts creative spirit: Build progressivelyhttp://jomit.blogspot.com/jomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)Blogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-8515117410151126489Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:38:00 +00002009-11-10T03:38:47.967-08:00 Another gem coming out of the Channel9 Learning Center Courses is the new ‘SharePoint 2010 Developer’ Course. The course material is presented by Ted Pattison and Andrew Connell themselves which makes it even more interesting. Currently there are around 37 videos along with the presentation decks being posted on various improvements done in SharePoint 2010 around many areas like : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/rDbLBRpauCw/sharepoint-2010-developer-training-for.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/11/sharepoint-2010-developer-training-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-5051766452763306559Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:06:00 +00002009-10-26T05:06:35.355-07:00 Here are some screenshots of VS 2010 Beta 2 (Ultimate) and some of the new features coming along with it : I just liked the new curvy splash screen . . . That is the new ‘Startup’ Page. If you are new to Visual Studio or want to know ‘What’s New’, this page has ton’s of information to get you started and also lots of guidance and resources links for various platforms including http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/PgtYvuI7acY/visual-studio-2010-beta-2-first-look.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/10/visual-studio-2010-beta-2-first-look.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-4225949184478628069Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:20:00 +00002009-10-22T01:45:37.256-07:00SharePoint 2010 Since last 2 months Me and my team went through an exciting journey of migrating the existing Sharepoint.Microsoft.com site (which we created a while back) to the upcoming version of SharePoint, i.e SharePoint 2010. When we started the project, the product was hardly in its beta stages. So we had a bit of struggle initially to understand some of the advancements but overall with thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/Tjs-VoQnlxg/sharepoint2010microsoftcom.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/10/sharepoint2010microsoftcom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-4969277293406741085Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:30:00 +00002009-10-16T21:40:35.779-07:00 A must watch features Video from Mr. Guthrie himself on VS2010 & .Net 4.0  Parameter Usage Highlighting RegEx based Intellisense Filtering View Call Hierarchy for Methods Vertical Text Selection Consume First Intellisense Mode Snippets for Markups & JavaScript Debug History .Net 4 (New CLR) Search Project Templates on Online Gallery VS Web Development (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/CpxhnyO5b4w/vs2010-net-40-sneaky-features.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/10/vs2010-net-40-sneaky-features.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-5016556832629494522Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:25:00 +00002009-09-07T22:25:19.964-07:00 Gems which I found last month : Scott Hanselman's 2009 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows If you are a MS developer you would know Mr. Hanselman and this popular post series wherein he lists out some of the most powerful tools for windows. 50 Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets One stop shop of all the cool features of Windows 7. Cloaking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/s9LYlcv6MkU/diving-exploration.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/09/diving-exploration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-5150027564585068069Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:49:00 +00002009-09-04T04:58:15.833-07:00 Recently I got into a problem running the SOS on a 64bit Virtual Machine. Visual Studio gave the following message : --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program '<app path>'. The debugger does not support debugging managed and native code at the same time on this platform. ------http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/kCb29S9c5dE/sos-debugging-extension-on-64bit.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/09/sos-debugging-extension-on-64bit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-7770268393518757169Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:05:00 +00002009-09-01T04:05:10.220-07:00Spec#.net 4.0Code Contracts “Spec# is a formal language for API contracts (influenced by JML, AsmL, and Eiffel), which extends C# with constructs for non-null types, preconditions, postconditions, and object invariants.” “Code Contracts is a library which provides a language-agnostic way to express coding assumptions in .NET programs and would be included as part of the base class library in .NET 4.0. The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/Fu3y3eItGu4/spec-code-contracts-in-net-40.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/09/spec-code-contracts-in-net-40.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-628081080625771896Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:52:00 +00002009-08-16T19:52:38.990-07:00 Last week ‘Gartner’ published its 2009 Hype Cycle report which is by far the Largest to Date With the Expansion of New Topics. Gartner, Inc. has examined the maturity of 1,650 technologies and trends in 79 technology, topic, and industry areas. No doubt ‘Cloud Computing’ is at the peak of the hype since almost every major players in the industry are talking about it and building http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/Tpna3PJf5oQ/gartner-2009-hype-cycle.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/08/gartner-2009-hype-cycle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-9089414085551294468Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:18:00 +00002009-08-12T01:18:15.573-07:00 Recently I downloaded and tried the ‘Silverlight SDK for Bing’. The SDK includes a very cool application with it, which basically demonstrates some of the new controls from View Control Toolkit and some of the advanced data metaphors shown in the Bing search component. Here is how the application looks : with search results . . . The most interesting stuff that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/4QoxMOc8EOs/first-look-at-silverlight-sdk-for-bing.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-look-at-silverlight-sdk-for-bing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-3613686924787741822Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:56:00 +00002009-08-03T00:46:23.584-07:00Gems which I found last month : General: 24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners 40+ Essential Front End Web Developer Cheat Sheets How to make IE 8 open new tabs faster Content Based Routing With WCF Three Dimensions of a Software Programmer: How to get things done Security : The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL): http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/jlHNbg95vic/diving-exploration.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)1http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/08/diving-exploration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-6786527502830248117Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:52:00 +00002009-07-29T04:58:00.399-07:00 Recently I had an opportunity to explore the private beta of ‘Cloud Storage Studio’ by Cerebrata.  Cloud Storage Studio is a WPF app which allows you to manage your tables, queues and blob containers for Windows Azure Storage. Although there are limited features right now in the app but I really liked the overall simplicity and ease of use.    Also there are various http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/p-v_wck279g/managing-azure-storage-with-cloud.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/07/managing-azure-storage-with-cloud.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-1058626995833602606Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:03:00 +00002009-07-23T23:03:30.428-07:00 “Gestalt is a library released by MIX Online Labs that allows you to write Ruby, Python & XAML code in your (X)HTML pages. It enables you to build richer and more powerful web applications by marrying the benefits of expressive languages, modern compilers, AJAX & RIAs with the write » save » refresh development model of the web.” My First Thoughts: · It’s a great entry point http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/LBohYfAHAkw/gestalt-writing-xaml-code-inside-your.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/07/gestalt-writing-xaml-code-inside-your.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-3025589840874939782Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:50:00 +00002009-07-18T05:29:02.533-07:00Sharepoint 2007SharePoint 2010SilverlightLast 2 weeks were full of excitement, thrill, lots of sleepless nights and several barrels of fluids . . . . all this for :The SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek site is launched today. The site previews some of the upcoming features in SharePoint 2010. Again a good project completed with an excellent team . . . Cheers . . . . . http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/ndvDQDqvQms/sharepoint-2010-sneak-peek.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/07/sharepoint-2010-sneak-peek.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-8552692548086836348Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:20:00 +00002009-07-18T05:30:12.883-07:00New TechnologyOpera UniteOpera Unite : “A new technology that shakes up the old client-server computing model of the Web”.Opera unite provides the following services: Here is good post on installing and configuring these services. The only service that I felt interesting was the ‘Web Server’. So I tried it and the first cut really went well. Below is the link of a file hosted on my laptop by unite:http://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/10M9DPYVMb0/opera-unite-reinventing-web.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/06/opera-unite-reinventing-web.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-1289579596100962456Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:41:00 +00002009-07-18T05:29:42.970-07:00Sharepoint 2007MOSS 2007achievementSince last couple of months I, along with my wonderful team including Todd, Vivek, Meeta and Ritu had been working with Tony on rebuilding the Microsoft's SharePoint web site.The web site went live last month : http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint . . . .and now, there is also a 'How we did it' article on MSDN describing goals and technicals details of how we developed all the pieces and fitted ithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/cyUuMTHUWyg/rebuilding-microsoftcomsharepoint.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/06/rebuilding-microsoftcomsharepoint.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-1859928041833468415Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:54:00 +00002009-06-02T06:54:37.277-07:00PRISMSilverlight One of the challenges of porting large business applications on silverlight is the size of .xap file. A typical business app would have multiple screens, rich data visualization and lots of user interaction which would in turn increase the overall size of the xap file. Also it would have users with multiple roles and each role would have specific permissions to specific screens.  So wouldn’t http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/ySZWqVxq9Z4/loading-xap-files-ondemand-using.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)1http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/06/loading-xap-files-ondemand-using.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-2663097860732549672Mon, 11 May 2009 04:32:00 +00002009-05-10T21:32:04.151-07:00 Internet is like a deep ocean with many hidden gems so I just thought to wear my scuba suit and find those gems and share them. This is what I found last month : 10 Tips to Improve your LINQ to SQL Application Performance SOAP vs. REST: Complements or Competitors? Cloud Platforms Today: A Perspective Performance of content aggregation queries on multiple lists http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/kXdzWdypVpI/diving-exploration.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/05/diving-exploration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-28477335558393972Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:02:00 +00002009-03-15T21:02:06.226-07:00 While creating a Virtual Disk (.VHD) for Virtual PC we need to allocate a maximum size for both Dynamic and Fixed sized disks. Now once we set this size it’s really difficult to change it. I had a similar issue last week and luckily I happen to find a solution for it which I am going to share here. Firstly we would need the Vhd Resizer tool from the vmToolkit. This tool would copy sector by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/DvllJe4kDVk/re-sizing-vhd-files.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)1http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/03/re-sizing-vhd-files.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-1613653790100501131Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:25:00 +00002009-03-06T02:34:46.212-08:00JavascriptSilverlight Context menus & right click event is something which is not out of the box supported in silverlight but I think they prove to be very crucial while developing LOB applications. So here is a workaround on how you can create them. Basically I am using HTML/Javascript to create and render menus on top of silverlight but it involves a few tweaks which are listed below. First tweak is – How to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/7Av25pVJ5UM/how-to-create-context-menus-and-capture.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-create-context-menus-and-capture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-7969843346324157087Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:18:00 +00002009-03-02T20:12:59.402-08:00 I have deployed the first bits of my OneNote application on Cloud. Currently I have created a very basic version with Pen / Text for writing the notes. Overall the aim is to get the know how of Windows Azure platform including .Net Services, Mesh Enabled Web Applications (MEWA) and SQL Data Services.   I have already created the SDS Proxy WCF Service. So the next step is to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/ckSeC6xlOE4/onenote-on-cloud-first-bits-deployed-on.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/02/onenote-on-cloud-first-bits-deployed-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-1939572714181589710Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:50:00 +00002009-02-18T05:50:53.752-08:00 “OneNote on Cloud”…  This is something I have started exploring on since last couple of days.  The idea is to have a OneNote type application experience on web, using Silverlight and SQL Data Services. The first hurdle was to access SDS from silverlight. We can’t directly use the SDS from silverlight because of some known limitations. So the option that I thought of was to use some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/8-3OuZ91Qic/accessing-sql-data-services-from.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/02/accessing-sql-data-services-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-7423143101556256886Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:16:00 +00002009-02-06T00:16:08.366-08:00 This week I went on a roller coaster ride of formatting & configuring my laptop for Surface development. I will just brief out the steps that I had to do before installing the Surface SDK 1.0 : Install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (If you get any errors while installing SP1 than first install the System Update Readiness Tool for Vista and than try installing the SP1 again. My machine http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/jp97wPLGzvw/getting-started-with-microsoft-surface.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/02/getting-started-with-microsoft-surface.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-9187109209986173866Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:32:00 +00002009-01-29T23:33:01.330-08:00Sharepoint 2007WSS Here is an excellent article by Roger Lamb explaining the various design patterns to be used for disposing various SharePoint and WSS objects before deploying to the production environment. Some of these may cause serious implications and memory leaks if not addressed correctly. In particular there are 3 objects to be taken care of,  Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite , Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWebhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/XWNeKUSUZNw/disposing-sharepoint-2007-and-wss-30.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)2http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/01/disposing-sharepoint-2007-and-wss-30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-6362790149186579559Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:31:00 +00002009-01-23T04:31:26.005-08:00Live MeshLive ServicesCloud Computing I just installed the Live Framework SDK and started playing around with the Live Mesh and came up with some interesting things to share. The first thing to remember is that "Live Mesh Beta" and "Live Mesh CTP" are two different Mesh Environments. The Live Mesh CTP : https://developer.mesh-ctp.com/ installed from the Live Framework SDK is a developer sandbox environment with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/dUa8-hryZkc/live-mesh-beta-live-mesh-tech-preview.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/01/live-mesh-beta-live-mesh-tech-preview.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26295216.post-3771395129594890572Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-01-08T22:16:15.253-08:00  (From : Wriju's BLOG ) · Application Architecture Guidance · Enterprise Library · Guidance Explorer · Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications · Smart Client Guidance · Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server · WCF Security Guidance   · Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance · Common Service Locator · Composite Application Guidance for WPF · Design http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jomit/~3/yPybDwLfzNI/free-ebooks-at-codeplex.htmljomit@rediffmail.com (Jomit Vaghela)0http://jomit.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-ebooks-at-codeplex.html