I've been experiencing an extremely high build time on a windows mobile project targeted to compact framework 2.0 before finding out what was responsible of such slowness. Fortunately solving this problem is as easy as adding a line to a configuration file.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Simple framework to run asp.net pages without a web server, useful for running self contained tests.

[Read the rest of this article...]

When data are moved across a network the recipient might require a verification to ensure that data have not been modified after send. For example, in a client/server scenario where a client application sends some updates to a remote database via a web service, the web service might need to verify that data have not been modified while travelling across the network, either due to corruption or because somebody changed them. A simple way to implement such kind of verification is utilizing hashing.

[Read the rest of this article...]

I know, this is not the first time I announce the development of a DNN SMS Module. But this time I really started its development, and I’m currently w...

[Read the rest of this article...]

2009.01.30 - Updated in order to clarify about immutability.

The readonly modifier is used to declare an instance-specific constant data member which can be initialized in the class constructor and is not limited to compiler-time constants only.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Today a friend of mine asked me how to cast from List<> to a custom MyCollection class, where MyCollection is derived from List<>. Is this possible?

[Read the rest of this article...]

In the latest couple of months I've seen lot of interest in the DotNetNuke SMS module I planned to develop, but later I had to stop its development (although still at a very early stage) because busy on other activities.

Also, I previously started the development of a Requirements Management application (code name ActiReq), which had and still has higher priority.

Due to interest shown on the SMS module, I'm thinking of getting my hands again on it - but I'm afraid that I won't be able to dedicate enough time to release a version in realistic timeframes. If there is anybody interested in partecipating in its development, please let me know, by leaving a message either here or better in the dedicated forum.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Xceed has developed a professional looking data grid for WPF (Windows Presentation Framework), offered for free

[Read the rest of this article...]

I'm currently working on a Software Requirements Management application for Windows, targeted to stakeholders involved in the software requirements gathering process.

The code name of this application is ActiReq, I might change it in the future, but I still have no plan about it, as well as no plans about its first release (although I hope to be able to release the 1st version within the end of the year).

More details will follow soon, including a list of features that I plan to implement, some screenshots, and a free mockup application I wrote just to familiarize myself with the kind of UI I want and some minimal features.

For any comment or suggestion, please either write a comment below or use the dedicated forum available here

[Read the rest of this article...]

If you need to test your web design on a range of browsers, instead of doing it manually, since it would be hard to have different browsers on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac), just go to browsershots.org.

This nice service simply allows you to insert an url, and it returns a set of screenshots taken from more than 30 different browsers, such as Firebird, Firefox, Konqueror, Mozilla, Navigator, Opera on Linux, Safari on Mac, Firefox, IE 6 & 7, Netscape, Mozilla on Windows

Give it a look!!

[Read the rest of this article...]