Tim Hoolihan

…or some other catchy metaphor that will grab your attention. These technologies were hot over the last 5 years. Flex gained a particular amount of popularity in the Java community where UI technologies have a bit of a spotty record (that’s like saying my Bengals have a bit of a spotty record over a lifetime). [...]

Things are often more complicated than they seem. Certainly in the worlds of economics and nationalism. It’s no wonder that as the largest economy in the world, America wants to protect that place and Americans are sensitive to any efforts to move jobs elsewhere. Certainly that is true today, with unemployment currently at 9.1%. In [...]

Working on a relatively straightforward page, I want to have some of the simpler static contact come up as an overlay style of popup. Following web standards, it would be nice to have this code automatically work based on a CSS class. This would provide two benefits: easy to add more such links without writing [...]

If you use NuGet, and only check-in your packages.config files to source control, then your source control repository will stay smaller, and checkout faster. Checking in binaries is usually a nice thing to avoid. However, you need new developers to be able to get those libraries locally easily, and to allow your build server (continuous [...]

One or my recent projects was to work with a client to create a Silverlight control for reporting purposes that has some general flashiness, and is reusable across several sections of the site. It has brushed into some interesting areas. I have used Silverlight for some media and imaging applications before, but this was the [...]

In a tough economy, jobs can be hard to find. Especially the right jobs, ones that make you happy and help you grow in your career. Even if you are satisfied with your job, having a network of programmers, managers, and other IT professionals is a great thing. You have people to bounce ideas off [...]

How will this new software handle: Authentication Authorization Exceptions Instrumentation Persistence Object/Data Distribution Business Intelligence Team Turnover Quality Assurance Increased Load Validation This is a work in progress. Suggestions?

I’ve been working through the NHibernate with ASP.NET ProblemDesignSolution (Wrox Blox), with some small changes. I’m writing my sample in C# using the .Net framework 3.5. I prefer to use auto-properties. It’s common that fields have private setters and only nhibernate can map using the backing field (set via reflection). public String City { get; [...]

I worked on a project a couple of years ago using dynamic controls in an Asp.Net WebForms environment. Managing dynamic controls can be a real hassle. So when I read Dave Reed’s great article about Viewstate, I wondered if I could do it better now. I worked up a simple example using no Viewstate where [...]

I’ve been working on a project with the Asp.Net MVC framework lately, and thought I’d write up some lessons learned. I’m using Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 as a guide. The first chapter is available online for free as a pdf. One: Be absolutely certain you are avoiding web forms web controls. I took the master [...]