March 2006 - Posts

19 March 2006
ASP.NET Trivia: When will my authentication ticket expires?
In ASP.NET 2.0, the default expiration of forms authentication ticket is 30 minutes and can be explictly set on web configurations. This might surprise developers starting to migrate from 1.1 to 2.0. Given an ASP.NET 1.1 web application that uses persistent authentication ticket, when will the ticket... Read More...
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16 March 2006
Cetralized web configuration using <location/> attribute
On my current project we have 3 virtual directories configured as separate applications. Each has its own web.config not knowing it is possible to have only one web.config for all those application on the root directory's web.config. This was made possible thru the <location/> attribute. With <location... Read More...
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15 March 2006
ASP.NET Trust Levels
IMHO, the concept Of Code Access Security (CAS) of .NET Framework is one the most difficult to understand and implement. Even myself I haven't tried implementing my own code CAS attributes via code itself. For everybody's benefit and newbies, .NET framework has built in security check on every code that... Read More...
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14 March 2006
Disable your ASP.NET website in two ways
In ASP.NET 2.0 there are two ways to take oour website offline and reject any request. First is as simple as dropping an App_Offline.htm file inside the root directory. It can be just a static html page showing that the site is under construction. ASP.NET monitors for the existence/changes of this file... Read More...
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13 March 2006
My blog's direction
Today I have made several changes to my blog and one of most noticeable area is the description part. This year I'll be focusing more on ASP.NET internals, development, performance, security, deployment and daily experiences. .NET is one hell of a technology and I believe we need to specialized on at... Read More...
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13 March 2006
Got coolest idea? Join the Microsoft &amp;quot;Made in Express Contest&amp;quot;
Do have the collest idea in your mind? Microsoft launched the Made in Express Contest this week. From its officicial website: http://madeinexpresscontest.com/ 1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Microsoft "Made in Express" Contest (the "Contest") is a skill contest in which selected Finalists will build and... Read More...
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08 March 2006
A big IT event is about to happen this May
Although this post might sound premature, I would like to inform you guys that a great event was about to happen this May. This event is for the benefit of our country's software development industry (ISVs, software outsourcing companies, system builders and solution providers) . To give you an idea... Read More...
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08 March 2006
Object Role Modeling (ORM)
Recently I was given a copy of an enterprise database model, probobly 20-250 data tables at my estimate. The model was design by their architect and was given to their developers to take further review. What interest me here is that, it has 0 constraints, 0 relationships given. I discussed it with a... Read More...
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08 March 2006
UI Design is more difficult task than coding
I've been developing applications for almost 2 years from now and as I experienced, designing effective user interface is harder than program coding. Well, maybe because its my first time to join an ISV where software is very focused on usability, user experience and efficiency. One interesting story... Read More...
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