AJaX with SOA

Can Ajax be running partner of Web services? [http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1116318,00.html] Whether or not AJaX [http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php] and the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can coexist together is yet to be seen with the nature &…

String Enum

Is this a dirty hack or what? Implementing a class to replicate a string enumeration (as by-design enum is numeric only): public class RegLibUDFs { public static string CodeName = "AC"; public static string Version = "AV"; public static string Users = "AU"; public static string CompanyDB = "…

Calling Code Dynamically

I’ve never really fancied Interfaces. But its quite surprising to find out that Interfaces are faster [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp02172004.asp] for object reference and invocation, as compared to Delegates or .NET Reflection.…

Lingual Color Code

Color Code [http://loop.aiga.org/resources/loop/loop9/colorproject/colorcode.html] is an experimental map of 33,000 English nouns. Each tiny rectangle corresponds to a noun. The color of the rectangle has been assigned based on an internet image search for that noun. The words are clustered so…

myGmaps

myGmaps [http://mygmaps.com/mygmaps.cgi/] enables you to create, save and host custom data files and display them with Google Maps [http://maps.google.com]. And there’s the Google Maps Standalone Mode [http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/gmaps-standalone/] (unofficial) and the Google Maps Hacking and Bookmarklets [http://libgmail.sourceforge.…

Small scale RUP

Using RUP to manage small projects and teams [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/jul05/kohrell/]…

ILMerge

ILMerge [http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=35917] can merge .NET assemblies into a single assembly. ILMerge is packaged as a console application. But all of its functionality is also available programmatically. While Visual Studio does not allow one to add an executable as a reference, the…