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  • Database Naming Conventions

    I'm the kind of guy that likes building the database and data modeling as early as possible in a project. Last night, I started building a database for my DevCampus project, and as I started naming the fields I realized that I've never really developed my own naming conventions for tables, columns, views, stored procs, indexes, or relationships. Not that this is bad, per se, I mean it's never really been an issue for the projects I've done. That said, I'd like to establish some kind of consistent nomenclature for my database objects.

  • Why not standardize an Object Schema?

    I was listening to the latest .NET Rocks! episode; the part where they were discussing Service-Oriented systems. I don't remember exactly who-said-what but I do remember what was said. There was mention of something like, “You only want to pass XML messages back and forth, not objects.” The reasoning behind this (IIRC) had to do with interoperability. Let's say you have a .NET caller and a J2EE caller. Since they both define objects differently (and perhaps create and expect different serialized representations of objects) it's not gonna work. This got me thinking, why not have someone (like say, the W3C w/ the help of people at Sun, IBM, MS, etc.) develop a standard “object” schema for Web Services (and SO systems) to pass back and forth?

  • Awesome Sharepoint community site

    Today I came across this site, run by Mike Walsh (who I think is a Sharepoint MVP - or should be). I think it's great how he “dogfooded” (if that's a word) Sharepoint itself in making the site. He's even recently published an RSS feed on his site for his blog that is filled with even more helpful Sharepoint information. My guess is that experienced Sharepoint developers have already discovered this site but, for those of you new to Sharepoint or that want to learn more about it, I'd highly recommend Mike's site and blog as resources.