Archive for November, 2008

Code generation and architectures - for MV developers

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I thought I’d take another shot at this topic of code generation, to define some terms and set the informational base that may help more people to understand and get excited about my other blog entry on this topic.

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The Technology Roller Coaster

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

As much as none of us like the technology roller coaster, it simply "is". I think MV developers sort of miss the big picture when we have discussions about .NET, Java, Flash, Ajax, Ruby, or any other new technology that hits the streets. Please forgive a short but hard-hitting commentary.

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CodeSmith, .netTiers, code generation, etc

Monday, November 17th, 2008

This is a quick request for a show of hands as to how many of you have done any work with code generation for clients to MV - or how many of you may be interested in rapid code generation for new MV user interfaces.

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Software Protection for MV applications - Part 2

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Continuing from yesterday’s blog on this topic, here I’ll present my solution to the problem of software protection - and ask if anyone else is interested in using this solution…

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Software Protection for MV applications - Part 1

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

There are several schools of thought about how MV developers deploy their software. Here is a summary of a few approaches to the task, and my own new solution.

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NebulaXLite Introduction

Monday, November 10th, 2008

People occasionally express interest in Excel integration in the various MV forums. Many of you are running the free developer license of NebulaXLite which was created in response to those inquiries. This is a product update with recent info and links - pretty much an ad for anyone who hasn’t seen NebulaXLite recently or ever.

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