Development With A Dot
Blog on development in general, and specifically on .NET. Created and maintained by Ricardo Peres.
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.NET StockTrader 2.03 Sample Application Released
Version 2.03 of the .NET StockTrader sample application was released. Key features are:
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New Downloads
Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 has been recently released. You can get it here. Note that now there are different versions depending on what SQL Server you are using (Express, Express with Advanced Services, etc).
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State Machines With Enumerations
I have written a simple set of classes (two, actually) that can be used to implement a simple state machine over an enumerated type (enum).
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Announcing Isolator for Sharepoint : Unit testing for sharepoint made easier (and a free license!)
Typemock are offering their new product for unit testing SharePoint called Isolator For SharePoint, for a special introduction price. it is the only tool that allows you to unit test SharePoint without a SharePoint server. To learn more click here.
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The HTML <button> Tag
Some of you may not know about the HTML <button> tag. It is part of the W3C Standard for HTML 4.01 (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.5) and has an additional feature that is not available with the ordinary <input type="button"> tag: the ability to add structured content to a button, such as images.
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Configuration Items List 2
I've made changes to the list of software I regularly use. Here is the updated version;
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Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Great news! Microsoft has released a collection of free charting controls for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms! The only inconvenience is that they only work with .NET 3.5 (is it really an inconvenience? :-)), but they look great and offer the most commonly required functionality, at no cost.
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Installing Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services on Windows XP
Yes, it is possible!
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Application Domains
There may be times when you need create additional application domains. What for? I can think of at least two reasons:
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The using Statement
Updated: there is no inner try...catch in the outer finally block, readers who mentioned it are right! Thanks!