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Creating a security token service website using WIF in Visual Studio
This walkthough explains how to create a test claims issuer in Visual Studio 2008 using the Windows Identity Foundation SDK.
Posted on May 13th, 2010.
Implementing Dublin Core meta data for EPiServer pages via a plug-in
A plug-in for EPiServer that implements the Dublin Core meta data schema for all pages without requiring any code changes.
Posted on April 27th, 2010.
Reading and Geocoding Ordinance Survey’s open data in .NET
Ordinance Survey’s UK free OpenData products contain a wealth of UK location-based data – the only problem is how to extract something useful from them…
Posted on April 6th, 2010.
Developing with Microsoft Surface – a few lessons learnt
Developing with Microsoft Surface isn’t quite like any other rich interface development. Here are some practical learning points that can help to ease commercial development on Surface.
Posted on February 20th, 2010.
Using the Google AJAX Search API: JSON serialisation with .NET
Google’s AJAX Search API is designed to let you add searches to web pages via JavaScript. However, there’s nothing to stop you using .NET to execute searches on the server side.
Posted on July 14th, 2009.
EPiServer: Creating a re-usable generic custom property
A technique for storing complex, object-based data in EPiServer custom properties using a re-usable generic base class. Includes downloadable source code.
Posted on May 16th, 2009.
New features in C# 3.0 and C# 4.0 – are Microsoft undermining C#?
I have noticed a number of features creeping in to C# 3.0 and the forthcoming C# 4.0 that I feel very uncomfortable with. In their desire to continue to develop and enhance their platform, could Microsoft be in danger of undermining C#?
Posted on February 2nd, 2009.
Implicitly unreadable: the C# “var” keyword and lazy code
I am starting to increasingly see code samples that make heavy use of var and the impact of readability can be pretty extreme – it really is the kind of thing that makes a war-weary old coder like me shiver.
Posted on November 13th, 2008.