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Sep 29 2009

ASP.NET: Split AppSettings and ConnectionStrings to separate files

This is a simple yet not always known "trick". We usually have in our ASP.NET Web.Config files the app settings variables and connection strings: < appSettings > < add key = " MyAppSetting1 " value = "" /> <...
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Nov 20 2008

Tuning ASP.NET applications performance

One of my defects is that I always think there's room for improvement in everything. But time (and budget) is limited, so we always have to evaluate and decide when to stop improving to move to the next feature. This is why Service Packs and revisíons...
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Oct 19 2008

KartonesNet CS2007 Addon Pack 1.1.1

I've just uploaded the newest version of my CS2007 Addon Pack , addressing two "external" problems related to the Twitter addon: Writing or migrating posts with old dates (more than 2 days old) will no longer tweet. This comes handy if migrating...
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Sep 10 2008

Book Review: Coder To Developer

I've added a new book review of Coder to Developer book ;)
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Dec 07 2007

Configure Exchange RPC over HTTP

Small auto-reminder post for the future: How to configure a Microsoft Exchange mail account in Outlook to work with RPC over HTTP (which means, to access your exchange account from outside your office). Close Outlook and go to Control Panel -> Mail...
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Jun 03 2007

Preventing spam with Community Server 2007

We live at a time where spam is becoming more problematic than viruses. And as the spam bots get more sophisticated, becomes easier for them to invade any online site and fill with comments blogs, admin addresses and even forums. Kartones.Net is no exception...
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May 27 2007

Using WiX (Windows Installer XML)

For my current project, I've had to create installation packages with WiX , an opensource tool that allows to create very powerfull installers with XML. I've used the 2.0 version before, but now there is a beta of the 3.0 version, called Votive...
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May 16 2007

Quick tips for developing under Windows Vista

Now that I'm having quite a lot of development (and fighting with the OS) under Vista, here you are some quick tips that will help you a lot to develop efficiently with Visual Studio 2005. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7...
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Apr 21 2007

VS2005 Unit Tests and copying files

Sometimes you need to copy some files to the output folder before executing your application from Visual Studio. This isn't a problem, unless you're going to execute a VS2005 unit test battery, because it creates a custom output folder before launching...
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