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Visual Studio - CloudService app "Build fails" Unable to remove directory.

While working on a CloudService application for Windows Azure, I encountered an error saying "Unable to remove directory "C:\HelloAzure\HelloAzure_WebRole\bin\_PublishedWebsites". The directory is not empty. My version of Visual Studio is 2008 SP1, althopugh I assume t... [More]
Posted: Jan 17 2010, 02:10 by john.scott | Comments (1) RSS comment feed |
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(MVP) Model View Presenter - Passive View

In my journey to write better software I have been looking at various patterns available. One of them is known as the Model View Presenter or MVP pattern. In doing some reading many of the sites I have come across point to Martin Fowlers website who is well known for his contribution in design patte... [More]
Posted: Jan 16 2010, 12:08 by jscott | Comments (8) RSS comment feed |
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ASP.NET MVC Tutorials

Over the last week I have been playing around with the latest ASP.NET MVC 2 RC framework available here http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=157071  So far I feel like I have gone backwards from the rich UI development environment of ASP.NET Webforms. However as I write more an more code and... [More]
Posted: Jan 04 2010, 12:26 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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Code Camp coming to Portland May 30th, 2009 at Reed College

I have been to this even a few years back and it was very well organized, had good speakers, facilities were excellent, and even a free lunch. Take a look at the code camp website at http://portlandcodecamp.org/
Posted: May 22 2009, 10:53 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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Understanding .NET Reference Types and Value Types

I have been developing in .NET now for about 4 years and while I have visited this topic many times I have not always fully understood things. Dealing with Value Types is really straight forward however when we start to get into Reference Types things become a bit clouded. Well I have recently bee... [More]
Posted: Mar 20 2009, 10:21 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

Want to write software that is safe and secure. Check out this article that outlines the top 25 most dangerous programming errors and how to fix them. http://www.sans.org/top25errors/
Posted: Jan 13 2009, 00:29 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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An update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is available

Posting this for those that may not have seen the latest post update to 3.5 SP1. Might want to check out this Microsoft article if you are having problems after installing 3.5 SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959209
Posted: Jan 03 2009, 11:15 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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ASP.NET - Ajax - Expression - LINQ - SQL Server - Webcasts

Found some great sites that have links to all kinds of webcasts covering ASP.NET, Ajax, Expression, LINQ, SQL Server and more. If you want to learn about any of these topics the sites listed below are a great place to start. ASP.NET Website - Great website with lots of resources but foun... [More]
Posted: Nov 17 2008, 21:39 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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.NET 2.0 SP2 Installation - Were to find it

I have seen many people referring to .NET 2.0 SP2 to fix some of the issues I have been dealing with. I finally figured out that the SP2 for the 2.0 framework is not available as of now anyways as a individual download but rather you must download .NET 3.5 SP1 to get the installation. So I d... [More]
Posted: Nov 03 2008, 23:59 by jscott | Comments (1) RSS comment feed |
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Design Patterns - Writing better software

Writing applications that simply work is for the most part pretty easy. However writing software that is well designed, scalable and also readable takes a bit more work. Using and understanding design patterns can help you write better software. Here is a few links I found related to the topic. I ... [More]
Posted: Oct 30 2008, 00:02 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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