A guide to configuring .NET applications and IIS SMTP server to send email using Amazon SES, including setup steps and configuration examples.
A critique of beginner programming books and a proposal for a more effective, project-based approach to teaching coding.
Analyzing a coordinate conversion accuracy issue in an Ordnance Survey data import project using SQL Server and a third-party GeoCoordConversion library.
Announcing the release of 'Pro NuGet', a book covering advanced NuGet package management concepts, best practices, and scenarios beyond basic usage.
Author shares excitement about being invited to join the ASPInsiders, a group of experts providing feedback on ASP.NET technologies.
Explains how to use the new Shim/Fakes framework in Visual Studio 11 Beta for isolating unit tests by redirecting framework method calls.
A developer discusses the challenges of open-source maintenance and urges users to contribute code instead of demanding features.
Explains how to model and store reference lists (like Countries) in RavenDB document databases compared to relational databases.
A 2012 analysis of major German news sites reveals most fail to provide shareable links to specific images in their galleries, highlighting poor web development practices.
A tutorial on implementing an IDocumentStoreListener in RavenDB to automatically update audit fields like 'UpdatedBy' and 'UpdatedOn' on entities before they are saved.
Explores the rules for valid, unquoted property names in JavaScript objects, including identifiers, string literals, and numeric literals.
Explains when to use temporary tables instead of table variables in SQL Server for significant query performance improvements.
Analysis of why CSS vendor prefixes create maintenance problems for developers and hinder web standards adoption.
Analyzes why WordPress has low adoption in government despite its market dominance, focusing on perception issues vs. technical capabilities.
A guide to detecting user touch interactions across an entire iOS app without interfering with normal UI behavior, using a window-level gesture recognizer.
A guide to integrating Apple's UIGestureRecognizers into cocos2d game projects without modifying the framework's source code.
Guide to configuring Jenkins on Windows to use HTTP authentication for Mercurial pulls, preventing full repository clones on each build.
A web developer discusses the inherent limitations of testing websites across all browsers, screen sizes, connection speeds, and real-world user conditions.
Debunks the myth that PHP is inherently insecure, attributing its reputation to FUD, its ubiquity, and its forgiving nature for beginners.
MyGet introduces a beta feature to proxy and aggregate packages from multiple upstream NuGet feeds into a single, centralized feed.
