June 2004 - Posts

• Downloading Express version

  Well, I quickly learnt about an hour ago about the new release microsoft have issued -- the Express version of Whidbey/2005 (in my eyes, the final code name has not been settled). It seems that this announcement is also being repeated every second entry Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:30 PM by jlovell | 0 Comments

• Comparing Dealers

  I just read this blog post about the comparisions between drug dealers and software developers. I really liked the comparisions of the jargon. Comparison... Drug Dealers Software Developers ------------------------- --------------------------- Refer to Read More... Posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 7:43 PM by jlovell | 2 Comments

• Inspiration for articles

  I am currently looking for ideas to write about as articles. I am going to head into a patch of relative inactivity in my life and I have one sweat article idea but I want to write more about that. There is also the article series about server controls Read More... Posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 7:00 PM by jlovell | 3 Comments Filed under: Article Authoring

• AddAttributesToRender

  Well, this is one of those posts that I took oath to reflect on grumpy experiences. This one regards to the HtmlTextWriter class which is used to output everything under ASP.NET. I do not like that class. Why? It was not a very thoughtout process. Reason? Read More... Posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 6:50 PM by jlovell | 0 Comments Filed under: Rants and Ramblings

• Organizing this blog of mine

  Ok, I think it is time that I start acting like what I described myself to be: the grumpy coder. Most of the time, I have been ranting and raving about things but I think it is time to get geekier (if there is such a word in the English dictionary) about Read More... Posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 6:26 PM by jlovell | 1 Comments Filed under: Blog Responses

• Persisting View State to the File System

  Well, it is published -- my own extension of Scott Mitchell 's article . I do not know what else to say than give you the link: Persisting View State to the File System This is a run up article to Scott Mitchell's article at MSDN. This article will provide Read More... Posted Monday, June 14, 2004 4:58 PM by jlovell | 1 Comments Filed under: Article Authoring

• I want to chew Turbo Pascal Alive (Rant)

  Again! I have another smallish project (for me but 'big' for my peers) and I am growing everyly annoyed with Turbo Pascal. It is just not fair -- the OOP design that they have is not really an OOP language. I think Borland, back in the 80's and early Read More... Posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 7:15 PM by jlovell | 3 Comments

• Understand ASP.NET View State

  One of Scott Mitchell 's articles that I proof read is hot on the plate at MSDN ASP.NET Development Centre. I see that a few of my suggestions made it through to the final article and I am quite proud of myself :-). Anyway, expect an add-on article to Read More... Posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 8:20 PM by jlovell | 5 Comments Filed under: Article Authoring, Blog Responses