http://blog.pureblue.co.nz .NET and other things Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:58:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is set to be part of Windows Update in the coming weeks. For most people, that means an automatic upgrade from Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), probably not really noticing much difference. So what's to be prepared about? IE8 is more  'standards compliant' than previous versions, meaning that ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2009/04/13/ie8-is-your-site-prepared/ The feed url for this blog has now changed to http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/feed Redirects for feed readers should happen automatically, but just in case, you should update your settings. http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2009/03/25/feed-url-change/ It must just be that time of year for software releases! Download from here. Just be aware that you will need to restart your computer as part of the install, which just goes to show how integrated the browser is in the O/S  (although Windows 7 is set to change that). Just ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2009/03/19/internet-explorer-8-released/ ASP.NET MVC has reached RTM! I was kind of expecting Scott Guthrie to announce the final release, but instead it was only a small news item on the ASP.NET  homepage! It has been a long time in Beta and as such I have stayed away from it until the last couple of ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2009/03/18/aspnet-mvc-10-released/ I stumbled upon Microsoft Blueprints after looking at some sample code from Vertigo. Essentially it is a replacement for the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) from the patterns and practices group. GAX was an effort to allow architects to create templates and guidance for frameworks, components and patterns that may be used by a ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2009/03/16/microsoft-blueprints/ There are occasions where you may need to grab an assembly that is held in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), maybe so that you can deploy it as a private application assembly. Browsing to the GAC using Windows Explorer (C:\Windows\assembly) it uses a special explorer plug-in to display the assembly names and ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2008/11/11/extract-assembly-from-the-gac/ The recent Christchurch Code Camp was a huge success - but I could be biased :) Here are the slides for the lightning talk I did entitled Design with Paper Prototypes. The Powerpoint has speaker notes attached so there should be a rough idea of what I was talking about. Drop me an ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2008/11/04/christchurch-code-camp-design-with-paper-prototypes/ At the recent Christchurch Codecamp 2008, Mat Veloso mentioned SyncToy as part of his session on "SQL2008 for developers". It helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily. This is great for backup and for the whole laptop/desktop worker scenarios. It was originally developed ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2008/11/02/microsoft-synctoy-20/ Mark it in your diaries - Saturday November 1st - Christchurch NZ .NET Code Camp Location: Trimble, 11, Birmingham Drive. Time: Sat Nov 1, 9.00am - 6.00pm Price: FREE To register, go to www.dot.net.nz One whole day of great technical presentations, including highly rated TechEd speakers Ivan Towlson and Kirk Jackson. Learn about C# ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2008/10/20/codecamp-2008-is-coming-to-christchurch/ For many development projects, an application's interface design is deemed to be more about how it looks than how it works. Look and feel is the realm of graphics designers and is important, but most designers will not appreciate how the application needs to deliver information to the user. Considering the needs ... http://blog.pureblue.co.nz/2008/10/17/modelling-interaction-design-with-paper-prototypes/