have been an actively employed developer for almost 15 years now. I started my career in Oregon as a developer for a small property management company. I later moved to a resort, to a government contractor (CSC), to an infomercial company (The JuiceMan), to a software/newsletter publisher, and finally as
alidating the information entered by users is an essential part of developing a professional Web-based user interface. Data validation over the Web is performed in one of two locations: on the user’s computer, or on the Web server. There are six controls included with ASP.NET that simplify data validation. Prior
etween April 1998 and December 2001, I was granted a 1000-word monthly soapbox on the back page of a competitor’s magazine for Office developers. The chance to rant, complain, chastise, and otherwise blab on any topic that crossed my path each month was a privilege, and some readers even found
obility is one of those fields which everybody knows is a definite part of our future, in 5 to 10 years or so. Think again. Amber steps out of her client’s office, enters her car, pulls out her mobile phone and dials the number to her main office. She’s calling
rior to the .NET Framework, programming encryption was sort of an obstacle race. You first had to find the right algorithm, then set up the key, and finally struggle with the programming interface of the library. With the .NET Framework, doing encryption is no longer a cryptic task. Simple and
eb services are all about connecting businesses in a standard and secure manner. For a real-life Web service, security is intrinsic to every facet of operation and no party would ever agree to interact with a non-secure Web service. Unfortunately, Web services security is still in its infancy; standards such
ast issue’s article, “Using GDI+ in ASP.NET Web Applications, Part 1“, introduced basic concepts for generating images dynamically to use on Web pages. Keep in mind that the fundamental steps include: generation of in-memory Bitmap objects, drawing using the GDI+ API, and streaming the binary result back to the client
he complex, component-style development that businesses expect out of modern software developers requires greater design flexibility than the design methodologies of the past. Microsoft’s .NET Framework makes extensive use of attributes to provide added functionality through what is known as “declarative” programming. Attributes enhance flexibility in software systems because they
rror handling, paying taxes, and root canals. Each one conjures up a number of negative mental images?some real, some imagined. While I cannot do much to ease the pain of paying taxes or reduce the suffering you might experience during a root canal, this article will enlighten you regarding the