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Version 2 of my Nested Repeater article...new source code available.

Someone emailed me asking when the new version of my nested repeater article would be available - all I can say is very soon - hopefully I'll get some time to finish it this week. Anyway, the source...

Monday, 05 July 2004 00:00

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Hmm...should I ditch .NET?

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OK, let me start by saying that I enjoy working in C# / .NET more than I have any other language / framework in my working life. The problem is, that's just not enough. The simple fact is that I've...

Monday, 05 July 2004 00:00

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Nice little point from a forum post on DbDataRecord and IDataRecord

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When replying to this post in the ASP.NET forums, Dave023 (I wish people would use their real names, we're not posting porn there or anything!) he mentioned using the System.Data.IDataRecord instead...

Monday, 05 July 2004 00:00

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Running ASP.NET on Linux

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Excellent article on ASPAlliance on how to run and test ASP.NET applications on Linux and using Mono...is it just me or are the 'pages' on ASPAlliance getting REALLY short? ...

Monday, 05 July 2004 00:00

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Interesting site - with a focus on Patterns in .NET

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Found this site really interesting from Maxim V. Karpov, basically it's a blog with a focus on the use of design patterns in .NET - which I personally think are currently not widely underused but...

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Great article on CAPTCHA on 15 Seconds today - Fighting Spambots with AI

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Found it as ASP.NET...this is rapidly becoming pretty much essential for any site where users can register and post text, blogs, forums, the lot...this article provides an extensive review of current...

Sunday, 04 July 2004 00:00

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Firefox rules - no, not the dodgy Clint Eastwood movie!

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Been playing with Mozilla Firefox - gotta say, it really is fantastic! MUCH faster than IE at loading pages, more standards compliant, skinning, better privacy settings...basically what IE should be...

Sunday, 04 July 2004 00:00

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ASP.NET Style Webforms for Classic ASP

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Via Leon Jollans (on the MSWebdev list) - a really neat way to do ASP.NET like stuff in classic ASP... ...

Sunday, 04 July 2004 00:00

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Excellent post on testing practices...I really wish there was an easier way to integrate 'Watson' into all applications...

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Chris Pratley posted this lovely long post on bugs and testing, he also covers some stuff about 'Watson' that little dialog which pops up when an application crashes inside Windows XP, very...

Sunday, 04 July 2004 00:00

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Geek hero...someone actually called their child Version 2.0!

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I just love this...especially as I'm currently going for me V1.1 (wonder if I should use that title :-))... ...

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