Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008
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This is the Font I use for my development. It’s a must have!
I followed Scott Hanselman’s podcast and blog and built my own
developer machine over Christmas. It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.
Here’s a link to Scott’s Blog series that I followed: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UltimateDeveloperPC20Part3UPDATEOnBuildingAWEI79AndRFCForBuildingAGOMGodsOwnMachine.aspx
Heard this on NPR and I’m a firm believer, “Wherever there is fear, there is a profit to be made”
Fear Equals Profit
Good Jquery helpers functions.
I use this method from encosia to clean up the d returned by
micrsoft when making json calls:
function filterJSON(data) {
var msg;
if (typeof (JSON) !== 'undefined' &&
typeof (JSON.parse) === 'function')
msg = JSON.parse(data);
else
msg = eval('(' + data + ')');
if (msg.hasOwnProperty('d'))
return msg.d;
else
return msg;
}
Taken from Dave here: http://encosia.com/2009/07/21/simplify-calling-asp-net-ajax-services-from-jquery/
This ones for dumbing a json object that get’s returned as a data object
using this person’s helper method:
http://schotime.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/27/dataset-datatable-to-json/comment-page-1/#comment-223
function outputDT(dataTable) {
var headers = [];
var rows = [];
headers.push("<tr>");
for (var name in dataTable[0])
headers.push("<td><b>" + name + "</b></td>");
headers.push("</tr>");
for (var row in dataTable) {
rows.push("<tr>");
for (var name in dataTable[row]) {
rows.push("<td>");
rows.push(dataTable[row][name]);
rows.push("</td>");
}
rows.push("</tr>");
}
var top = "<table border='1'>";
var bottom = "</table>";
return top + headers.join("") + rows.join("") + bottom;
}
I’ve been using Red-Gates sql prompt for about 3 years now. Their new SQL Search tool is unbelievable. It just saved me from recreating a stored procedure that I had created twice before!
Why use Red Gate’s SQL Search?
Impact Analysis
You want to rename one of your table columns but arent sure what stored procedures reference it. Using SQL Search, you can search for the column name and find all the stored procedures where it is used.
Work faster
Finding anything in the SSMS object tree requires a lot of clicking. Using SQL Search, you can press the shortcut combo, start typing the name, and jump right there.
Make your life easier
You need to find stored procedures you’ve not yet finished writing. Using SQL Search, you can search for stored procedures containing the text TODO.
Increase efficiency, reduce errors
You are a DBA, and developers keep using ‘SELECT *’ in their views and stored procedures. You want to find all these and replace them with a correct list of columns to improve performance and prevent future bugs. Using SQL Search, you can look for ’SELECT *’ in the text of stored procedures and views.
via Search for SQL in your databases with Red Gate SQL Search.
I’ve recently started learning ExpressionEngine and so far I’ve been presently surprised. I’m supporting our company’s web site: www.ksba.org that uses it for it’s backend, and copying it down to my local machine was a bear.
I used XAMPP, Latest version which caused some problems because xampp’s version of php was newer than the servers. There’s millions of setting that have to be changed luckily our previous webmaster Deron Sizemore was very helpful through this process.
List of things to remember:
That’s all I can think of now…
ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management system that empowers thousands of individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to easily manage their website. If youre tired of the limitations of your current CMS then take ExpressionEngine for a spin…
I’m probably going to purchase the Amazon Kindle in the next few days.
It’s been on my wish list for a while plus the OMSE class I registered for today has all three of
it’s textbooks available on the Kindle. The new text to speech feature will allow me to listen
to the books on the way to and from work. I spend about 2 hours commuting to and from work each day.
The main reason I’m writing about this is because I will receive a 10% discount by purchasing it
from this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?tag=lookbeforey00-20
I’d like to buy the DX model with larger viewing area but I can’t stomach the $490 price.
Happy Twenty Ten!
I read this today in The Mythical Man-Month. A book I’m reading for a course at OMSE:
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I’m taking my second course this semester at OMSE and it has been another great learning experience.
Classes are cheap, only about $1,500 and after you complete 5 classes you get a certificate on the way to your Masters. Best of all the entire program can be completed online!
Check it out!
Oregon Master of Software Engineering at Portland State University
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