home stretch!

don't give up now...
get your projects and labs in!

not really relevant, but a very interesting article...

Are Usability and Security Two Opposite Directions in Computer Systems?

asp.net tutorial...

here is a nice asp.net tutorial

winding down...

i know we have gone over a lot of stuff over the last week or two. the good news is that, in terms of concepts, we have gone over most everything. what we will be doing over the next few weeks is working on applying these concepts in some of the many ways they can be applied. so if you missed something the first time through, we'll probably hit it again,

if, hypothetically...

your instructor wanted you to create a hyperlink column on a datagrid, this article might be useful

datagrids: the mini-series...

a 16 part(!?) series from 4 Guys From Rolla

reflections...

this is where the fun really starts in this class. the first 8 or 9 weeks are making sure we have the fundamentals down, now we are putting it all together to start where we can build more robust applications. you folks are doing great - keep those assignments coming!!!

midterm

i was in general very pleased with the results of the midterm. coding in a timed testing environment is never easy, but you folks did well.

take a minute to pat yourselves on the back...

but just a minute, cause the toughest work is ahead!

however, you are in a position to handle it...

browser compatibility issues in asp.net

here is a discussion of the exact thing we discussed today in class...
perhaps we will try the suggestion in class

three tier

in this class we talk about separating the business logic and database access from presentation. in format terms, this is known as a three tier architecture. this concept is true in all software development, not just .net....

resuability, and ease of maintenance is the key here, as with most good software design. when all three components are tangled together (as was often the case in regular asp) things were hard to change

reminder

to those keeping blogs...
one "reflective" post per week...

one post that contains a resource about a current topic we are studying plus comments...

we are starting to stray from this format - myself included...