A very common question that I get asked by people is; what tools do you use to complete your development and what type of system do you use. Now, I believe I have written a bit about this in the past, but I thought I would take some time to go through and give a bit of a detailed overview of what I use for development and why I have selected the hardware and software that I have. I will cover this in detail from both the hardware and software point of view.
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Posted by Mitchel on Friday, May 22, 2009
My last blog article "Selecting the Right Source Control Provider" touched on the evaluation criteria that I use when looking for a source control system. This article is a review of sorts of SourceGear's Vault product, my preferred source control system. I'll start by reviewing vault as it relates to the criteria from the previous article, I will then provide my overall feedback on my experience with Vault.
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Posted by Mitchel on Thursday, April 16, 2009
One of the most common questions that I have been getting recently has been "what source control provider do you use and why?". This article is the first in a series of two articles about source control. This article takes a quick look at criteria that I believe is important to consider when it comes to evaulating source control systems for use. The next article in the series will be a review of the source control system that I use, in relation to the evaulation criteria that I list in this article.
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Posted by Mitchel on Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Recently I have been responding to more and more forum posts and e-mails regarding DotNetNuke and selecting a hosting provider. Back in May I had a blog post Selecting a Hosting Provider Revisited, this article did a great job of outlining the basic consideration points when it comes to selecting a hosting environment for DotNetNuke. However, recent technology changes and other hosting options has created a few more items that need to be considered. This article is designed to specifically address the concerns and questions behind shared, virtual dedicated, dedicated, and cloud hosting options.
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Posted by Mitchel on Monday, December 08, 2008
Recently I have answered a number of questions regarding an easy way to export datagrid contents to excel format. In this blog post I will share a static class that I have created called "ExportHelper" which I use quite often to generate quick Excel exports of datagrid data. I will outline the process and the code below. It should be noted that this solution is NOT a DotNetNuke specific solution, I use this for both DotNetNuke and standard ASP.NET solutions.
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Posted by Mitchel on Thursday, May 22, 2008
Recently when browsing the forums on DotNetNuke.com I have noticed more and more
questions regarding Script Injection vulnerability in the core and third-party modules.
I have often found that at times it is hard for non-developers to truly understand
the concept of script injection and what makes a site vulnerable. So in this
article I will take a bit of time to discuss both types of injection that users
of DotNetNuke should be aware of, how to test for them, and also how to prevent
the vulnerability when creating modules.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Recently I have been asked by multiple people what rapid design tools I use, or
what types of code generation tools do I use. Many people are surprised when
I tell them that for the most part I don't use any rapid generation tools.
I do use a few home grown tools, such as my Info Class Generator, which is available
on this site. However, that is as far as I go with automated code generators.
However, one thing that I have started using more and more frequently are Code Snippets
within Visual Studio.
I have found that creating a few helpful Code Snippets has allowed me to quickly
and easily format my code, and build my needed structures in almost no time.
In this blog article I will share two of my most commonly used Code Snippets, if
there is a demand I will post future code snippets here as well.
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Posted by Mitchel on Sunday, March 02, 2008
The question on which is better WSP (Website Project) or WAP (Web Application
Project) has been one asked many times on this site and DotNetNuke. Over the
past months I have provided explainations that fit for each of the specific applications,
however, I never really took the time to provide a full compare/contrast article
that shows you the overall ease of using one over the other or the hidden downfalls
of one over the other. This article will take you through a number of steps
to compare the two development models, so you can make your own decision on which
is better.
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Posted by Mitchel on Wednesday, January 02, 2008
A question I have been asked many times recently is how do you debug a DotNetNuke module that has been developed using the WAP (Web Application Project) development model. This is a question that I have known the general answer to for quite some time, but I have never actually had a need to truly debug one of my custom modules. During the course of helping a client with an issue today I actually took the time to document all steps necessary to debug a WAP DotNetNuke Module within Visual Studio 2005. This article will walk you through all steps necessary to debug your project.
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Posted by Mitchel on Thursday, December 20, 2007
I just released my ASP.NET Global Error Handler HttpModule that can be used to capture application level errors and send e-mail notifications to a specified individual. For more information and to download this item please click on the following link. Click here to visit the ASP.NET Global Error Handler Download Page
Posted by Mitchel on Sunday, August 19, 2007
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