http://jsprunger.com A Consultant's Adventures in Software Development Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:51:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was recently trying to ressurect an older project developed in Windows XP, .NET Framework 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, NHibernate, and SQL Server CE 3.1.  I've sinced moved to Windows 7 (64-bit) and Visual Studio 2008. I ran into a surprising number of hurdles while trying to get the application up ... http://jsprunger.com/exceptions-while-upgrading-sql-server-ce-project/ One thing that any web developer worth their salt should know is the basics of search engine optimization (SEO).  Much of SEO comes down to basic code-level best practices, and it isn't terribly difficult to simply bake SEO into your development process when working on public facing web applications.  However, ... http://jsprunger.com/search-engine-optimization-seo-101/ The impact of performance is much more readily apparent in .NET Compact Framework applications.  The mobile devices commonly have a CPU that is 10 times slower than your desktop CPU, and possibly up to 100 times less RAM than a desktop or server.  In Agile or XP development, the mantra ... http://jsprunger.com/net-cf-and-windows-mobile-performance-best-practices/ I'm starting up a short Windows Mobile project again, so I thought it would be a good time to collect some of my best practices for .NET Compact Framework development and post them.  I'm going to break them down into two sections -  usability, and performance best practices (in another ... http://jsprunger.com/net-compact-framework-and-windows-mobile-usability-best-practices/ Over time while using ASP.NET I've collected a pretty good handful of best practices that I try to employ on my projects - most of them are things that will simplify the ASP.NET development experience, solutions to common problems, or tips that will just make your life easier.  Most of ... http://jsprunger.com/asp-net-webforms-best-practices/ Ran into an interesting problem yesterday where a few months ago we helped a client redesign an ASP.NET web application to fit it into an iframe within their CMS rather than being a standalone site.  Easy enough task.  Testing is completed and site is rolled out. Now, several months down the ... http://jsprunger.com/internet-explorer-iframe-and-cross-domain-cookies/ Microsoft showed us Photosynth while we were touring the MTC in downtown Chicago a few months ago.  Photosynth is an impressive new Silverlight-based technology they've been working on that can be used to stitch hundreds of images together into a single explorable, zoomable, pannable, and web-viewable panoramic image.   I was ... http://jsprunger.com/microsoft-photosynth/ In reading various blog posts, forums, and Stack Overflow questions there is still quite a bit of confusion around the different data storage options available in Windows Azure.  This is probably mostly due to Microsoft changing their strategy, architecture, and naming conventions a few times. For example, SQL Azure used to ... http://jsprunger.com/windows-azure-storage-breakdown/ I recently ran into a situation where a client wanted to place their public facing ASP.NET website behind Oracle SSO to allow their customers to log in via their existing Oracle SSO accounts, yet also allow anonymous users to use the application without logging in.  We could have done a ... http://jsprunger.com/oracle-sso-asp-net-and-mixed-authentication/