.NET

One Set of Footprints in Your App

Irena Kennedy has some interesting things to say about Sql Server 2005 Everywhere Edition and how "compact" it truly is.  The footprint is larger than you think: http://blogs.msdn.com/irenak/archive/2006/08/31/733527.aspx SM

MsBuild: Custom Task: Drive Mapper

For those not familiar with MsBuild, it is Microsoft's Build Engine that comes with the .NET 2.0 Framework.  It is a highly flexible and highly reusable framework that makes it possible to build almost any type of software and deploy any type of

Anonymous Predicates :: Anonymous Actions - Pred's a Whaticate extra.

A commentator on my last series of posts requested some information on how to use anonymous methods within predicates.  So, here goes: For the sake of review, let's take a quick look at what an anonymous method is in .NET 2.0 (a strict 2.0 feature).

TickSpot - By the Mole Hill

I am never ceased to be amazed by my friend Tom Rossi who runs a company called The Mole Hill out of Jacksonville, Florida. Honestly, when he told me that he was switching to the Ruby on Rails development platform I knew he had lost it. He proved me

Another Sweet Tool

An incredible tool for your VPC's (Hat Tip:  Andrew Connell): http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2006/08/14/3361.aspx  

SQL Express Backups

I have been looking for something like this for a long time: http://www.whiteknighttechnology.com/cs/blogs/brian_knight/archive/2006/08/13/215.aspx White Knight Technology finally created one that is actually quite useful.  

Pred is a whaticate? Generics on Steroids - Part II of II

If your application has a requirement that a certain number of user's need to be selected and then all of them promoted/demoted to a certain position within the company you would probably, again, have to iterate through your pre-filtered EmployeeCollection

Pred is a whaticate? Generics on Steroids - Part I of II

I mean:  What is a predicate? To be honest, at the beginning I got tired of all of the hype of .NET Generics.  Yes, they are pretty neat but I could never see their use outside of creating strongly typed collections with a few lines of code.

Jacksonville Code Camp

Speakers and Sessions have been posted regarding the Jacksonville .NET Users Group Code Camp.  Link:  http://codecamp.jaxdug.com