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Happy Birthday To Microsoft .NET
It is hard to believe but .NET is turning 10 years old on July 11, 2010. I recall my first look at .NET 1.0 many years back and I must say Microsoft has done very well with this framework over the years and I am excited to see what will come in the near future. [...]
Packt Publishing Invites Experts To Write A New Set Of Books
Now that Drools has been split into four sub-projects, a book on each project may help readers focus their skills into a particular area, or a Drools cookbook could provide experienced Drools users with quick and simple recipes to enhance their business rules further. Packt is open to suggestions for all Drools-related topic areas so, [...]
AES Encryption Example In C#
In cryptography, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric-key encryption standard. This standard comprises three block ciphers, AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256, adopted from a larger collection originally published as Rijndael. Each of these ciphers has a 128-bit block size, with key sizes of 128, 192 and 256 bits. What Is Encryption? Encryption is the [...]
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, [...]
Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0
April 2010 is just jammed packed with Microsoft releasing products to maintenance (RTM) and joining the ranks of SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, Visual Studio .NET 2010 is the Enterprise Library 5.0. While it has been a number of years since I last used this library I am beginning to think that I need to revisit [...]
Microsoft BizSpark Helping Startups
Microsoft BizSpark is nothing new but I did want to take the time to write about this unique opportunity that Microsoft has opened the door to for potential companies seeking to make their mark in the world of information technology. In fact there have been a number of startups that has utilized this program to [...]
Visual Studio 2010 Released To Maintenance
Today Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 to maintenance which probably means if you’re anything like me you are downloading your copy from MSDN as we speak. Don’t even get me started on the download speeds or interruptions with the file transfer manager but this is to be expected on day one. Even as I [...]
How To Process JSON With C# and JQuery
JavaScript Object Notation affectionately known as JSON is a wonderful way to deliver content to the browser in a lightweight method that can both save on bandwidth and reduce page weight. Who doesn’t like the idea of performance improvements? In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how to make a call to a SQL Server database [...]
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