Radical Development

May 28, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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May 2010 C# Code Snippets

A snippet is a small section of text or source code that can be inserted into the code of a program. Snippets provide an easy way to implement commonly used code or functions into a larger section of code. Instead of rewriting the same code over and over again, a programmer can save the code as a snippet and simply drag and drop the snippet wherever it is needed. By using snippets, programmers and Web developers can also organize common code sections into categories, creating a cleaner development environment. Snippets used in software programming often contain one or more functions …

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May 24, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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The Microsoft Community Roundup

If you’re a Microsoft end user no matter if it is as a developer, consumer, or administrator then you may find this interesting. Are you looking for resources that can increase you knowledge or looking to find an answer to a question that you may have? If so, I will present a number of resources that you may or may not be aware of. While each resource may deal with a specific topic others may pertain to Microsoft products in general. I work as a software engineer therefore my interest mainly resides within the area of development, but I will …

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May 10, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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April 2010 JQuery Goodness Roundup

Here it is April and that means it is time for another roundup of jQuery plugins that will greatly assist you in making short work of your development efforts while at the same time pleasing the end user. I have noticed that there are quite a few of new jQuery plugins out there and they really caught my attention as well as the proven older plugins that I have found useful. If you have a favorite plugin why not leave a comment and share wit the community? TextBoxes and DropDowns FlexBox (CodePlex) JQuery DropDown Drag and Drop JQuery List DragSort …

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May 9, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Secure Code With The Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library

Recently I attended a Security Development Lifecycle training course in Dallas, Texas and I must admit while I was aware of many vulnerabilities in web applications, I learned just how easy it is to do some real damage if software engineers don’t fully understand the implications they face when developing a web application. In fact, while I was researching statistics on this topic I ran across a statistic that stated applications today contain more security flaws themselves than the operating system that they run on. Now stop and think about this for a moment. Typically companies do everything in their …

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