Wednesday, March 30, 2005

“Microsoft drops C#”

I was browsing the Internet and found this entry in Hannes Preishuber’s blog.
It’s pretty old news but it’s fun to read :-) what do you think about it?

Check it out here

Monday, March 28, 2005

Spice Up Your UI

Introduction
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Internet Explorer contains many little-known and hidden features that, given the right circumstances, you can use to your advantage when developing Web sites. Because many of these features are specific to Internet Explorer, and are not available on any other browser, you should probably only consider using them when you are developing in an environment like a corporate intranet or some other controlled environment where you can guarantee that everyone who uses the site will be using Internet Explorer. Given that caveat, there is really no reason why you cannot take advantage of these powerful features.

In this installment of “UI Tips” we are looking at transitions and filters. Transitions and filters are UI capabilities that have been present in IE since version 4, but were greatly enhanced with version 5.5 and now include a variety of visual effects, which we’ll review and demonstrate here.
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Very interesting article, check it out here

Convert.ToString() or Int32.ToString()?

Have you ever wondered if there is a performance difference between Convert.ToString() or Int32.ToString()? Yeah, me too.

Here is the answer.

Friday, March 25, 2005

Web Services Interoperability

When I created my first public Web service, results were returned as a DataSet.
It was OK for me, because I was receiving information with a client written in .NET. But since then I felt that something was wrong. Yes, I had to change returned results type from DataSet to array of objects. So I did that. Few days later, some guy wrote me an email that he would like to use my web service in Java. Hey, no problem… now.
So interoperability for web services is a very important subject. Here are the links that helped me in that manner, hope that they will help you too.

A very cool must see MSDN TV episode called “Top Ten Tips for Web Services Interoperability”

“Simon Guest shows 10 developer-focused tips, strategies, and recommendations to make the Web Services you write more interoperable with other platforms.”

And don’t forget to check out the MSDN Web Services interoperability home page.