OpenAmplify developer's diary Part 4: Using OpenAmplify via SOAP
Justin James walks you through the process of using the SOAP interface to OpenAmplify from Visual Studio 2008.
Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components
Justin James recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents he downloaded from the Internet. Here's the code he wrote to get the plain text.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Document
Hands-on programming: Working with Windows Event Log in .NET
Justin James walks you through the basics of using Windows Event Log in .NET, from the terminology to working with event sources and logs.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Log
Code concepts: Visual Studio's T4 templates
The T4 templating system is used to programmatically generate artifacts. Here's an overview about why the templates are useful and how to work with them.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part three: Topic intention comparisons
Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Document
What Windows 7 means to developers
Wondering what Windows 7 will break in your applications? Justin James assures you that there's not much need to worry.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Microsoft Corp.
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part 2: Author comparisons
Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
OpenAmplify developer's diary Part 1: Making the request
Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application which can match documents that have similar content or is identical to the source document.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, LINQ
User stories: The starting point in agile development
Rick Freedman explains how user stories can help agile developers understand users' expectations. He also discusses the three Cs, user role modeling and epic stories.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, User Story
Using Bing from .NET
Justin James shares his recent Bing experience and provides a code snippet that will put you well on your way to writing a Bing-enabled application.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Namespace
Code concepts: .NET's lambdas
In this instalment of Code concepts, Justin James provides an overview of what lambdas in .NET are and explains how to use them.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
An inside look at the Apache Software Foundation
Justin James recently spoke with the Apache Software FoundationÂ’s President and Executive Vice President about what the ASF does and how they do it.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Apache Software Foundation
Making the case for dynamic languages
Justin James presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. He also discusses how these languages trip up some developers.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby
Consider alternatives to RDBMS
Applications are far too complex to force into the inherent limits of the relational database management systems model. Justin James encourages developers to explore their options.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, RDBMS
Code concepts: C#'s extension methods
A helpful addition to a programmer's toolkit, C#'s extension methods are a way of adding additional functionality to an existing class without subclassing it or having access to the source code.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby
Five reasons to hire open source developers
Afraid an open source developer will be a liability to your organization? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen offers some reasons to think otherwise.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Apache Software Foundation
Code concepts: C#'s var keyword
Justin James explains in this overview, that var is used in variable declarations instead of a type, and also weighs differing opinions about what makes var useful.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby
What to do with dying products
Justin James discusses what companies do with applications that are no longer something they want to continue to develop or support, but are not actually dead.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Justin James
Six ways to make SOA services more reusable
Find out the elements that need to be considered when building a service intended for reuse.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Adapter
The current state and future of C++
Days of C++ as a general purpose programming language are quickly ending for most developers, but there is still great potential for C++ developers to do well.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Developer
10+ tips for working smarter with SQL
The sharper your SQL skills become, the more robust and error-free your solutions will be. Here are a dozen practical tips to get you started.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Column
