(Joe Kunk) In my recent article, “Is Visual Studio LightSwitch the New Access?”, I looked at the suitability of LightSwitch as a replacement tool for departmental applications developed in Microsoft Access.
Other News
FluentFilters for ASP.NET MVC 3 – Register global filters by specified conditions
(Dmitry Antonenko) Last year I wrote about FluentFilters and how to use them with ASP.NET MVC 2 to implement the functionality of global filters. With ASP.NET MVC 3 was added native support for global filters.
Passing Table Valued Parameter to Stored Procedure: Part 2
(Pradeep Chandraker) This is Part 2 of passing a table valued parameter to a stored procedure, a 2-part series.
Performance tuning the WebSphere JDBC Adapter inbound service
(Wei Qin Lu, Yuan Jin Song and Wu Wei) This article shows you how to do performance tuning on the WebSphere JDBC Adapter inbound service, which is widely used in business data monitoring in enterprise application and service integration scenarios.
Why System Account is a bad idea for SQL Server Service Account
(K. Brian Kelley) I’m trying to set up SQL Server and I know that I’m not supposed to use an account that’s an administrator on the system, as per best practices. I see that the System account is a possibility, but I’ve been advised not to use it. Why not? Check out this tip to learn more.
Health and Computer Professionals
Health and Computer Professionals There are many health risks common to computer professionals. The majority are due to repetitive tasks for long periods of time with limited movement. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most well known. Typing for extended periods may cause inflammation of the Carpal tunnel in the wrist resulting in pain or numbness in areas of […]
I Could Be Wrong
I Could Be Wrong It seems I’m not the only one. Today we have a lot of great examples from others experienced in the art of customer service. Michelle: I can’t say how refreshing it is to hear someone say “It’s always my problem; even if I didn’t cause the problem”. So often when seeking help the attitude of the […]
How to Use Transformation Elements
(Darla Ferrara) ‘How to Use Transformation Elements’ walks you through each function available with SVG transform. Transformations allow you to modify a SVG shape without redesigning the code.
Will binary XML solve XML performance woes?
(Ronald Schmelzer) XML’s blatant inefficiency is one oft-cited downside to anything XML-based, including Web services. Text-based, metadata-laden XML is intended both for machine processing and human readability, resulting in message sizes that can easily be 10 to 50 times larger than equivalent mes
Using jQuery Templates with SharePoint List Data
The new jQuery Templates plugin for the jQuery library offers a way to create data-driven HTML in client-side code. The concept is similar to the idea behind ASP.NET templates only implemented on the client instead of on the server.