I recently had to write a search-driven component to extract and export documents from a SharePoint repository. It presented a challenge since many examples on the web start from the premise of a file system and not binary streams. I...
I was recently tasked with taking an exploratory look at the mobile rendering capabilities of SharePoint 2010 to get a feel for it. The short of it is that it’s sad to say that in 2010 (the year, that is),...
As I’ve been working with a client which has demanded rigorous sequence diagrams as deliverables for the design phase of the project, I’ve started to use WebSequenceDiagrams.com more and more. I’ve blogged about it previously, but I’ve only come to...
As I’ve been starting on a new project recently, I’ve been delving into Mercurial (hg) as an alternative to Subversion (svn). I’ve been using svn for about 3 years now, and – for the most part – it has been...
In software development, it’s incredibly useful to be able to visualize your code interactions using sequence diagrams and data flow diagrams and what not. Not only is the visualization a plus, the act of generating one helps tremendously in terms...
In working on some SDK-style developer documentation for FirstPoint, it occurred to me that we needed a way to create some all encompasing documentation which covered not only our code base, but also our markup, our JavaScript controls, CSS, and...
I’ve previously posted on how to move compiled binaries into a remote GAC automatically from your development environment to your SharePoint environment using SysInternal’s PsExec utility. But what about moving content files from your SharePoint environment to your development environment? ...
I’ve come across a small number of AJAX animation progress generators and a few pages with a fixed listing of generators, but Ajaxload is by far the best one I’ve found so far: Very well designed (and useful) little utility.
The best devtool ever? Or the best devtool ever? You decide; I present the fantabulous Terminals. Once you’ve lived with it, you can’t live without it. It addresses several shortcomings with the default RDP/Terminal Services client in Windows, namely: Lack of...
Okay, so this isn’t strictly a development tool, but Gantt Project has a pretty nifty, free, project management application. With GanttProject you can break down your project into a tree of tasks and assign human resources that have to work...