September 2010 - Posts

Dropthings now available from Microsoft/Web by Omar AL Zabir on things you don't find easily

Dropthings is now available on Microsoft/Web. You can now install it using the Web Platform Installer. I will soon write an article how to make an installer that can install a ASP.NET website, a SQL Server database, setup web.config files, setup directory...
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Mocking SPContext.Current with JustMock by Mehfuz's WebLog

Today, I happen to find an interesting post on mocking SharePoint context using TypeMock. Being a JustMocker, i thought rather to follow the footsteps and see if can do the same with JustMock. I am no SharePoint expert. Occasionally, I use a Windows 2003...
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How to make screencasts in optimized animated GIF for free by Omar AL Zabir on things you don't find easily

I have been using animated GIFs to show short screencasts in my blogs and articles. Animated GIF is supported by all browsers and supports virtually any website in the world where even Flash is blocked. A picture is worth a thousand words, and an animation...
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Production Challenges of ASP.NET Website – recording of my talk by Omar AL Zabir on things you don't find easily

“It works in my PC”, the common dialog from Developers. But on production CPU burns out, disks go crazy, your site stops responding every now and then, you have to frequently recycle application pool, or even restart windows to bring things back to normal...
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Building High Performance Queue in Database for storing Orders, Notifications, Tasks by Omar AL Zabir on things you don't find easily

We have Queues everywhere. There are queues for asynchronously sending notifications like email and SMS in most websites. E-Commerce sites have queues for storing orders, processing and dispatching them. Factory Assembly line automation systems have queues...
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