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Project Naif - 1: An Introduction 7 May 2012 | 08:33 am
(adj) naif, naïve -- marked by unaffected simplicity - Merriam Webster I have been working for a while on a library of simple components, which I have called Project “Naif”. Naif is the masculine ...
DotNetNuke Module Development 101: 2 - What is a Module? 4 Apr 2012 | 03:47 pm
In the first post in this series I pointed out that DotNetNuke places few requirements on module developers, and this is often daunting to new developers – “where do I start?” being a common refrain. ...
DotNetNuke Module Development 101: 1 - I did it My Way 31 Mar 2012 | 06:58 am
DotNetNuke has a rich eco-system of Modules, both Open Source and Commercial. In many ways this is our biggest strength as a CMS platform. No matter what you want to do with your site – there is oft...
Microsoft goes Open Source!! 28 Mar 2012 | 01:56 pm
Well – some of it anyway !! Today Scot Guthrie, Corporate Vice President in the Microsoft Server and Tools Business announced in a blog that some of the ASP.NET technologies that are used by web deve...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 6. My First RavenDB Application (2) 19 Nov 2011 | 03:13 pm
In my previous post in this series on NoSQL Databases, I showed how RavenDB embedded could be added to an existing ASP.NET MVC 3 application using NuGet and how it can be configured to use a folder in...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 5. My First RavenDB Application (1) 18 Nov 2011 | 05:07 am
In my continuing series on NoSQL Databases I have been mainly describing some of the concepts behind NoSQL (and in particular Document) Databases. In this post I will start to dive into some code. A...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 4. And to CAP it all 17 Nov 2011 | 06:05 pm
As my frequent readers would have noticed already, I have been diving into NoSQL databases recently – in particular Document Databases. But why do we need NoSQL databases in the first place. Surely ...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 3. On Raven’s Wings 17 Nov 2011 | 05:23 am
In my continuing research into NoSQL databases I needed to find a database to work with. As a .NET developer I was immediately drawn to RavenDB – a Document Database written in .NET by Ayende Rahien...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 2. NoSQL Database Types 15 Nov 2011 | 05:08 am
A week or so ago the topic of NoSQL databases came up at a discussion at work, so I decided it was time I learnt about this topic. A few days ago Julie Lerman (@julielerman) tweeted that she had publ...
Look Mom, NoSQL! – 1. An Introduction 11 Nov 2011 | 08:34 pm
Most .NET developers, whether we work on the Web with ASP.NET Web-Forms or MVC, on Windows Phone or in the browser with Silverlight, or on the desktop with WPF have worked with some form of Database. ...