Daily Archives: October 26, 2004

latest Whidbey bits

Just Rambling

I need to see something that is in the latest ctp of the beta. However, I don’t have a good setup on any of my machines for VPC, and therefore I can’t download and install the VB.NET Express AND C# Express and wipe out my current full beta bits. I need to see both language implementations of this function which I know has changed.

My other option is to download the full app CTP from MSDN which then also requires the latest SQL 2005 Beta. Sam Gentile said it took him two days to install this. I don’t have that kind of time to mess around.

I have about 5 minutes of research I need to do in the ctp right now so I’m kind of bummed. I was excited to see my MSDN universal disks arrive today but alas – the bits weren’t in there.

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.net misunderstanding

Just Rambling

I was sad to hear today someone say that they did not switch their applications to .NET because of the poor U.I. They were actually talking about an ASP.NET application, but just kept saying  “.NET application“. And seemed to be unaware of the smart client with a web back end option.

In the long run they ended up keeping with their current app (a fantastically architected VB6 application) and distributing it via Citrix ($$$) but are happy not to have to tax their thousands of non-technical end users with the requirements of a machine to run a desktop app. I never really knew very much about Citrix. The capablities that he was describing blew me away.

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new presentation toy

Tools

when I spoke in Montreal, I got to use a remote control (had used on at DevDays also). I love the freedom it gave me to wander around. So I ordered one after some recommendations and am looking forward to using it. This one is by Atek.

I know it looks like it might double as some kind of sex toy…but I’ll never tell.



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Web Services – not just how? but when and why?

WSE

Dare Obasanjo asks for prescriptive guidance for developers on when web services and ws-* should be used. This goes past the “web services or remoting?” question that we have all seen that chart for. (sorry , can’t link to an example – but surely you’ve seen it). I am using web services in a non-interop solution where I own both ends of the pipe (over the internet) and have even implemented wse2 …because I saw this as an “easy” way to solve my problems. In some situations, this could be a very bad choice. I would absolutely like to see what Dare is asking for. Including myself, we sometimes get so caught up in how to do something, that we don’t stop to think whether or not it’s what we need. I just spent weeks shoving wse2 down the throat of a production app that worked perfectly fine. Admittedly, I did this mostly due to a bit of an ego problem (and that I wanted to get past my “in theory“ only understanding of WSE2).

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