World of .NET

The World of .NET covers practical .NET enterprise application development.

Podcast #6
Published 01/01/2009 19:05 by jessyhoule

Below are the show notes for the World of .NET podcast #6:


TECHNICAL SEGMENT (3 books and 3 blogs we recommend, also 2009 Reading lists)

Recommend Books

Recommend Blogs

2009 Reading Lists

TOOL TIP (Text Editors)

Notepad++
Notepad2
TextPad

These types of text editors are great for:
1) Ability to search (and replace), even with regular expressions
2) Faster then Visual Studio but more powerful then Notepad
3) Provides highlighting and syntax formatting

DEVELOPER TIP (Using XSD files when editing XML)

Using XSD files when editing XML files, allows for (type/case) validation and intellisense.

1) Open/Create an XML file within Visual Studio
2) Locate the Schemas section of the Properties window and click on the ellipse [...] button
3) Browse to or choose your XSD associated with your XML file

NHibernate XSD example

Archive

About the authors

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Jeff Diercks
Jeff Diercks is a consultant for ILM Professional Services. He is a developer, architect and MCSD who has been designing and developing business systems over 10 years. Jeff has fully embraced his nerdiness, and likes to spend his spare time keeping up to date with the latest machinations emanating from the alt.net community and battling monsters with his druidic night elf in World of Warcraft.
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Jessy Houle
Jessy Houle is an independent consultant representing Minnesota. He is a web developer, and MCSD (C# track), loves long romantic nights where he dabbles at the nuts and bolts level of programming. Jessy loves the front-end, most specifically Silverlight, and finally loves to tease Jeff about playing video games :-)
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Vince Bullinger
Vince Bullinger is a .Net developer at Explore Information Services with five years of experience as a developer and consultant in such diverse fields as insurance, health care, custom content management systems and e-commerce, among others. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer. He's the treasurer of TechMasters, an IT-based ToastMasters chapter. In his spare time, he pays too much attention to sports and can frequently be found at the Silverlight User Group, the .Net User Group, Developer's Guild, Code Camp and any worthwhile conference that comes to town.

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Disclaimer

The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.