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c# for iPad?

god — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:38:08 +0000

Yet a another alternative to Objectve-C/XCode has arrived: MonoTouch, the non Microsoft dotNet implementation, supports the new useless computer-without-a-keyboard -slash- big iPhone, Apple iPad. Yes, not surprisingly, Novell’s MonoTouch is now supporting the iPad. Not a surprise, as they already supported the iPhone, and iPad is just an iPhone with a bigger screen. This means you can use [...]

PHP Security: Are you paying attention?

mg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:58 +0000

In a recent post to his blog Rafael Dohms reminds readers to not forget about the security of their applications because it can be “a huge mistake which can take a turn for the worse. Check out the full article in Rafael Dohms’ blog.

Simple Cloud API for PHP

god — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:43:47 +0000

Zend just announced Simple Cloud API for PHP. This API aims to be an Abstraction Layer between PHP and a number of Cloud services (Azure, Amazon, Nirvanix, Rackspace). The current contributors to this project include Zend, Microsoft, IBM, Rackspace, Nirvanix, and GoGrid.

Using .net assemblies inside SQL Server: Quick start guide

god — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:21:55 +0000

Are you are an experienced .net programmer and you are too lazy to learn TSQL stored procedures, triggers or functions? Yes? Then read on this quick start guide on using .net assemblies inside SQL Server using SQLCLR. SQLCLR (or SQL Common Language Runtime) is a technology for hosting of the .NET CLR engine inside SQL Server. [...]

Android ‘Donut’ SDK released: What’s new inside

god — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:43:44 +0000

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Google’s Android development team has made the latest Android SDK available, providing a complete view of all the new features that “Donut” (Android 1.6) will provide. While most of the features included in this incremental update are no secret, this is the first time they have been presented to the public in a [...]

Building a Zend Modular CMS Tutorial

god — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:41:11 +0000

A series of blog posts have been created covering the development of an extendable, modular CMS system, currently up to part 7 with ACL, Database, Navigation, Config, Bootstrapping, and Translate, already built in. This is a good way to start using/understanding the Zend Framework. Check out the first part in here (links to the other 7 [...]

Preview of WebKit’s WebGL / Canvas 3D

god — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:33:55 +0000

“WebGL is basically an initiative to bring 3D graphics into web browsers natively, without having to download any plugins. This is achieved by adding a few things to HTML5, namely, defining a JavaScript binding to OpenGL ES 2.0 and letting you draw things into a 3D context of the canvas element.” Read more in OSNews

Security Developer Starter Kit

god — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:30:33 +0000

The Microsoft SDL – Developer Starter Kit offers 14 modules of content, labs, and training to help you establish a standardized approach to rolling out security development policies and industry best practices into your organization. Download it here

Check if a service is installed with ServiceController using LINQ

god — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:40:12 +0000

If you want to check if a specific NT Service is installed you will need to use the ServiceController class (from System.ServiceProcess). The first problem you will encounter is that the ServiceController has no static method, that would return a Boolean, specifying if the service is installed or not (e.g. ServiceController.IsInstalled(‘MyService’);) – so, to solve [...]

RTM versions of Visual Studio 2008 and .net Framework 3.5

god — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:34:47 +0000

The final versions of Visual Studio 2008 and .net Framework 3.5 are available. MSDN subscribers can download VS2008 the full versions from the MSDN subscription site. Trial versions of VS2008 Team Suite and VS2008 Team Foundation Server are also available for download, VS2008 Professional will be available later. All the Free Express editions (Basic, Web Developer, [...]

Native applications for the iPhone, SDK next February

god — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:46:31 +0000

As announced this week, Apple will release a new SDK to develop native applications for the iPhone. This is a somewhat unexpected turn, as Apple announced in the past that no native applications SDK would be released, leaving only room for applications developed using Dashboard-widgets-like methods (Web 2.0 applications, as stated in a previous press [...]

Reading image metadata with .net 3.0

god — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:27:42 +0000

When you take a picture today your digital camera, something is stored in the JPG file other than the image itself: digital cameras store information such as camera model, date taken, metering mode, focal length shutter speed and in some cases a small thumbnail image; some news agencies, such as Reuters (see chopper.jpg image in [...]

.net Framework Source Code available, for your eyes only

god — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:02:48 +0000

Microsoft just announced: The source code of the .net Framework (at least a big part of it) will be available shortly, as a standalone install or integrated in Visual Studio 2008. The code can only be viewed, not modified or distributed in any way, as it is published under the Microsoft Reference License. Included is the [...]

Microsoft releases Windows Live ID Auth SDK

god — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:05:54 +0000

Microsoft just released Windows Live ID Authentication SDK, allowing you to provide LiveID authentication to your website visitors. This will allow anyone with a LiveID account to instantly become a member of your website, even if you’re not using IIS+Windows. LiveID is a unified login service, allowing users to log in many websites and services using [...]

Installing SQL Server 2005 Express in Windows Vista x64

god — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:10:57 +0000

When you try to install MSSQL Server 2005 Express with Advanced Services in Windows Vista x64, with IIS7 already installed, you will get two warning messages: “IIS Feature Requirement” and “ASP.Net Version Registration Requirement”. This should not happen if you try to install SQL Server 2005 Express alone, as it doesnt need IIS or ASP.net. To [...]