AppDev: Something You Should Know by Irena Kennedy
Everything that is related to application development, and other cool stuff...
SYSK 26: Want to see DataGrid-like view of the contents of your DataSets right from within the debugger?
Visual Studio 2005 makes it a mouse-click away… Just mouse over the DataSet variable in your code,...
Author: irenake Date: 12/12/2005
SYSK 25: What happened to ObjectSpaces (object-relational mapping technology), and what is it, anyway?
For those who are not familiar with the term, ObjectSpaces refers to a technology representing an...
Author: irenake Date: 12/09/2005
SYSK 24: ?? operator. Is it new to you?
Did you know that C# now has a new operator ?? ? It has to do with the support for nullable data...
Author: irenake Date: 12/08/2005
SYSK 23: DropDownList with ToolTip that Automatically Shows Up as You Mouse-Over the Items in the Dropped Down List
Ever wished you had a freeware DropDownList control that, instead of having one hardcoded tool tip,...
Author: irenake Date: 12/07/2005
SYSK 22: Detecting a Change in Network Connectivity
The NetworkChange class (new in .NET 2.0 framework) allows applications to receive notification when...
Author: irenake Date: 12/06/2005
SYSK 21: How slow is invoking properties via reflection?
Ok, so we all know that reflection (run time discovery and invocation), a concept somewhat akin to...
Author: irenake Date: 12/05/2005
SYSK 20: Testing UserControls without writing a line of code
In VS2005, you can test a user control using a tool called UserControl Test Container. If you have a...
Author: irenake Date: 12/02/2005
SYSK 19: Confused about Forward and Backward Compatibility? Then read this...
Forward compatibility means that an application can be compiled and run on both later and earlier...
Author: irenake Date: 12/01/2005
SYSK 18: CLR “discrimination” of large objects
Did you know that large objects (those that are 85,000 bytes or larger) are allocated from a special...
Author: irenake Date: 11/30/2005
SYSK 17: Do you C++?
If yes, then this read is for you --...
Author: irenake Date: 11/29/2005
SYSK 16: How StringBuilder works, or on the importance of StringBuilder initialization
We all know that strings in .NET are immutable; i.e. code that appears to change a String actually...
Author: irenake Date: 11/28/2005
SYSK 15: Show me the … Open Windows!
Did you know that pressing Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow in Visual Studio 2005 opens a window in the upper...
Author: irenake Date: 11/23/2005
SYSK 14: The easiest way to sign your assembly
Did you know that you no longer need to leave VS and use SN.exe to create a strong key to sign an...
Author: irenake Date: 11/23/2005
SYSK 13: Cool Products: Wi-Fi Finders
Want to check for wireless connectivity without opening up your laptop? Check out these “hotspot...
Author: irenake Date: 11/23/2005
SYSK 12: Office 12 chooses Open XML
Did you know that default file format for the next version of its Office Suite would be XML? The...
Author: irenake Date: 11/22/2005
SYSK 11: Is now the time for Binary XML?
Back in the last century, we talked about XML as being “human readable” and “self-describing”… Well,...
Author: irenake Date: 11/22/2005
SYSK 10: Automating nightly builds
Sounds like a great idea? Then check out this article, which describes the creation of a...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 9: Multiple column searches with one WHERE clause?
Yes, SQL 2005 can do that! Here is an example (yes, it’s not very logical, but it gives you an idea...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 8: .NET Generics = C++ Templates?
First, if you are a not familiar with generics, or would like a refresher course, check out...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 7: Tool Time – .NET Reflector
Reflector is a class browser for .NET components. It supports assembly and namespace views, type and...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 6: Summary of agile methodologies
Agile Manifesto (http://AgileManifesto.org):- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 5: Do you have rootkits?
Rootkit software uses a variety of techniques to gain access to a system and then cover up any...
Author: irenake Date: 11/21/2005
SYSK 4: Why are the read only-cursors (i.e. "firehose cursors") faster than server side cursors?
Because with “firehose cursors”, when the query is executed, the results are immediately (i.e....
Author: irenake Date: 11/20/2005
SYSK 3: Resumable file downloads
Did you know that the HTTP specification defines a method to download any part of the file located...
Author: irenake Date: 11/20/2005
SYSK (Something You Should Know) 1: What is a Digital Locker
“The Digital Locker is an upcoming service, now being previewed, that will be released on Windows...
Author: irenake Date: 11/20/2005
SYSK 2: A word on versions – deployment, assembly, file…
Assembly version, a.k.a. product version is used by CLR when loading dependent assemblies. As in...
Author: irenake Date: 11/20/2005
Welcome to "AppDev: Something You Should Know" blog
If you’re anything like me, you love technology, but you feel that with all the other obligations,...
Author: irenake Date: 11/20/2005