Nannette Thacker ShiningStar.net
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Employers Should Promote Fitness Because Fit Programmers Program Better
Employers should encourage programmers to exercise and be fit, as a recent study found that those who are fit have four times less brain shrinkage than those who aren't. And seriously, that can only help you be a better programmer, right?
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ASP.NET Web Application Development Consulting
Perhaps there are times when you just need a short-term ASP.NET developer for a 3-6 month project and don't wish to invest in a full-time employee. I am available for 1099 or W-2 consulting. No contract is required.
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Senior ASP.NET Web Application Developer / Analyst / Project Manager
"Nannette joined GSA to tackle an application riddled with technical problems which hampered GSA's ability to properly run the internal control program. She demonstrated exceptional analytical abilities, cutting edge knowledge of the industry, and a keen ability to understand the needs of the users and translate those needs into a simple, user-friendly application which went above and beyond the expectations of the customer. Users and administrators of the application have had nothing but praise at the success of the project and the end product. She was able to accomplish this difficult and complex task in half the time of what we anticipated and she accomplished it in a professional, responsive manner. I have no reservations in highly recommending her for future projects."
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Where's the Integrity?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "Where is the integrity?"
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Image Text using GDI+: Creating an Image from Text or Adding Text to an Existing Image
There are some nice tutorials on how to display text as an image. Some examples of when you might wish to use something like this is perhaps if you wish to display your email address on a web page, but don't want it to be harvested by spammers; a CAPTCHA for authenticating a real person on log in, or adding a URL to existing images on your site to keep them from being "swiped" by others.
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Resizing ASP.NET Images Using GDI+ Dynamically
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Enabling ASP Classic error messages in IIS7 and Windows Web Server 2008
I recently moved my asp classic code from my windows 2000 web server to my windows 2008 web server. But alas, error messages are turned off by default. I got a whole lot of blank pages with grinding hour glasses.
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Setting Maximum Failures: Windows 2008 and IIS7 Application Pool Stopped
In IIS7, when your application pool errors so many times, it will automatically stop the application pool, thus taking your web application off line.
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Treeview Datasource for Linq to Entities versus a SQL Command in Code-Behind versus Code-In-Front
In this example, I'll show the differences between populating a Treeview using Linq to Entities, versus a SQL Command in Code-Behind using a function, versus Code-In-Front using a SelectCommand.
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ADO.NET Linq to Entities versus Linq to SQL
I recently did a project using LINQ to SQL. I decided to convert it to the ADO.NET Linq to Entities model instead. It was fairly easy to convert with a few gotchas. I will list the changes here:
