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Challenges for old developers learning new tricks
The problem of staying current is more acute in IT than in other fields because of the speed of new technology development. What do you do when a new technology comes along that makes obsolete a technology that you've devoted a good part of your career to? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Information Technology, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Professional Development, Strategy, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-25
Deciphering the term "SOA"
SOA stands for Service Oriented Architecture. It's one of those acronyms you see bandied about all over the place. But what does it really mean? Here's my best guess and some SOA resources. by John Sheesley
Tags: SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-07-18
A .NET primer on reference types and value types
Working with reference types and value types is usually not given much thought during daily programming chores; but if you ever choose to pursue .NET certification, you should be familiar with both types. Tony Patton provides you with a solid background in these programming basics. by Tony Patton
Tags: Method, Reference, Class, Type, Object, Class Type, ByRef, Person, Person Class, SwapPeople, SwapValue, person1.FirstName, person1.LastName, person1.Title, person2.FirstName, person2.LastName, person2.Title, Console.WriteLine, Integer, ByVal, .Net, C#, Application Servers, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-06-16
Alpha Five: Data-driven application development done right
Alpha Software specializes in creating tools that let developers easily create data-driven applications. Richard Rabins (Co-Chairman) and his brother Selwyn Rabins CTO showed me the ropes on the latest version of its Alpha Five development package, and I'm pretty impressed. What is Alpha Five? Alpha Five is a...
Tags: Developer, Application Development, Data, Alpha Software, Richard Rabins, Alpha, AJAX, Databases, Storage, Middleware, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-06-05
Don't expect these five high-tech skills to bring you more money
If pay rate for a skill is any indication of its value, there are some IT skills that look to be well on their way to extinction. A recent piece from Network World listed the five high-tech skills that don't command the pay that they once did: ...
Tags: Skill, Help Desk, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Call Centers, Strategy, Middleware, It Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-05-07
Strategies for enabling more effective IT-Business collaboration with business rule technology
Effective collaboration between business and IT is essential to the success of both SOA and BPM; as Microsoft points out, "SOA by itself is not sufficient to guarantee alignment of business and IT." A Business Rule Engine can act both as a technology and collaboration enabler; this...
Tags: Business Process, Application, Business Analyst, Collaboration, Information Technology, Business Logic, Business, Calculation, SOA, Rule, Workflow, Organization, Logic, Business Rule Engine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, Management, Theresa ONeil
Blog posts 2008-05-07
Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
Most Web developers know better than judging a Microsoft product by its first iteration. For this reason, I was intrigued by the recent beta release of Silverlight 2.0. Silverlight provides a platform for Rich Internet Applications RIAs to build dynamic user interfaces that are platform and browser...
Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Presentation Foundation, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-05-05
Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps?
Persistent "Holy Grails" in the world of computing are the various methods of abstracting the presentation layer of applications. The current incarnation of this tendency has the HTTP network protocol as the common theme. Let's take a look at this history and see what the chances are that the current...
Tags: Java Application, Desktop, Web, Application, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Applet, ActiveX, Channel Management, Programming Languages, Java, Middleware, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-05-03
Demonstrate your .NET 3.5 prowess with certifications
I talked to several developers recently who are wondering about Microsoft .NET 3.5 certification and how it relates to their .NET 2.0 and .NET 1.1 certs. Here's an overview of where Microsoft is going with its .NET certification and what a developer with .NET 1.1 or 2.0 certification should plan...
Tags: Certification, Exam, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., .NET 2.0 Exam, TS, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Quality, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-21
6 strategies for building dynamic business applications with SOA and rules technology
  What happens when your business changes and your applications don’t change to support it? Existing applications must be updated or completely rewritten, and cobbled together to try to keep up with the new and always changing demands of the business....
Tags: Application, Small And Medium Enterprise, Information Technology, Business Application, Web Service, Business, SOA, Rule, Service, Logic, Decision Logic, Dynamic Business Applications, Decision Service, Term Decision Service, Business Rule Engine, Figure B, WSDL Service, Bottom Line Application Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smb/Sme, Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Rik Chomko
Blog posts 2008-04-15
IBM expert explains the ROI story for SOA and talks new tools
Hot on the heals of the recent IBM Impact 2008 - Smart SOA conference where IBM announced new tools to help enterprises deploy a SOA architecture, here is an interview with one of IBM's SOA experts: Michael McCarthy, vice president for SOA portfolio management. See how Michael...
Tags: ROI, SOA, Tool, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Podcasts, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Surprise! IBM brings SOA to the real world with new tools
IBM's current television ad campaign spouts the mantra "Stop Talking. Start Doing." While I usually dismiss this kind of stuff because it comes from high-powered marketing wonks and is usually divorced from actual product strategy, I have found one example where IBM is putting its money where its mouth is....
Tags: SOA, Tool, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-11
Hear how Mainsoft is opening options for .NET and Java developers
Mainsoft provides tools for running .NET code on the Java platform. I interviewed Mainsoft's Vice President of Technology, Eyal Eliahu Alaluf, via e-mail about a variety of subjects, including: managing a team on different continents Mainsoft has offices in the United States and Israel; working with .NET code within the...
Tags: Java Developer, Mainsoft, JVM, CLR, Eyal Eliahu Alaluf, Mono Open Source .NET Framework, .NET CLR, .Net, Programming Languages, Java, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-04-08
Limit postbacks with ASP.NET 2.0 client callbacks
Developers have been grappling with the stateless nature of the Web since its inception. That is, once a page has been requested and loaded, the connection to the server is gone. The AJAX movement has put the spotlight on the XMLHTTP object, which enables server communication in...
Tags: Function, Method, Page, Callback, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, AJAX Movement, GetCallbackResult Method, AJAX, .Net, Servers, Middleware, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-01
ScrumMaster Boot Camp
Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsScrum is an agile project management process that allows you to deliver usable results during your project lifecycle, absorbing changes as you go along. In this...
Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Productivity, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Strategy, Middleware, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
Training 2008-04-01
Display data with .NET's ListView control
The GridView data control introduced in .NET 2.0 was an improvement over the DataGrid data control in .NET 1.x, but there were still drawbacks, especially with loading and paging through data. Microsoft recognized the shortcomings and addressed them with the introduction of the ListView control in .NET 3.5. With the ListView...
Tags: HTML, Control, Data, Title, ListView, GridView, Templates, ItemTemplate, LayoutTemplate, ID, .Net, Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-03-11
Look inside .NET DLL files with Reflector
During a recent project, I found myself in an awkward though not unique situation. The client had code in a repository as well as in production, but they were unsure about what functionality had actually been deployed. After lengthy discussions, we decompiled the production Dynamic Link Library DDL files and...
Tags: Source Code, Assembly, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Microsoft Corp., Choice, Tool, Reflector, CodePlex Site, Spices.NET, Obfuscation, Productivity, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-03-04
Integrating CSS techniques into ASP.NET 2.0 applications
The struggle between the standards community and Microsoft is ongoing. There has been significant progress, as evident with the recent news of the next version of Internet Explorer moving towards compliance. Microsoft has embraced standards like JavaScript and CSS with its development tools as well. CSS is...
Tags: Technique, Microsoft ASP.NET, Property, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, CssClass, CssClass Property, Class Property, Style Property, CSS, .Net, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-02-19
JBoss SOA platform and new open-source projects announced by Red Hat
Red Hat is going all out for the SOA space with the announcement of the JBoss SOA platform integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL and three open-source projects for transaction monitoring, SOA, and system management. An excerpt from ZDNet: Due by the end of...
Tags: Red Hat Inc., Operating System, SOA, JBoss, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-02-15
ASP.NET basics: Working with the TextBox control
Developers often overlook basic programming options in favor of new or cool ways to deliver results. This is true for many of the standard ASP.NET features. A good example is the TextBox Web control, which offers plenty of options for building applications. This week, I take a closer look at...
Tags: Technique, Control, Microsoft ASP.NET, Property, Server, Font, TextBox1, OnTextChanged, TextBox1_TextChanged, CSS, .Net, C#, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-02-12
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