Catherine Russell

I worked on several conversion projects where we had to convert java application into C#, asp.net application.

There is a tool on a market, that can help out with this kind of conversions.

http://www.creamtec.com/products/ajaxswing/

Enjoy it.

Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted

At Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) this week, the future of Silverlight is one topic that has gotten short shrift. There have been no sessions about Silverlight 5 and only one mention of Silverlight in the kick-off keynote.

But there were plenty of mentions of HTML 5 and Microsoft’s commitment to that technology, not only in the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, but also as the glue “facilitating a level of independence and innovation between the back end and the front end” (as CEO Steve Ballmer said during an October 28 keynote address at the PDC).

So what’s a developer to make of Microsoft’s messaging (or lack thereof) about Silverlight at its premiere developer conference?

I asked Bob Muglia, the Microsoft President in charge of the company’s server and tools business, that very question and got what I consider to be the clearest answer yet about how Microsoft is evolving its Silverlight strategy.

“Silverlight is our development platform for Windows Phone,” he said. Silverlight also has some “sweet spots” in media and line-of-business applications, he said.

But when it comes to touting Silverlight as Microsoft’s vehicle for delivering a cross-platform runtime, “our strategy has shifted,” Muglia told me.

Silverlight will continue to be a cross-platform solution, working on a variety of operating system/browser platforms, going forward, he said. “But HTML is the only true cross platform solution for everything, including (Apple’s) iOS platform,” Muglia said.

To read the whole article go to:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-our-strategy-with-silverlight-has-shifted/7834

Create and share Visual Studio color schemes

http://studiostyl.es/

download the scheme you like, then in VS2010…
Tools->Import Export Settings->Import selected environment settings
I would save your current, just in case->Next->browse (to the downloaded file)->finish.

Enjoy it,

Catherine

TinySQL is small and handy SQL script which can quickly generate consistent code snippet that you can paste in your project. It basically operates by reading schema of provided table and applying template to each column of table in order to generate code snippet.

With TinySQL, you can create complete or specific portion of business class, business service, or data access layer. You can also generate repetitive code snippet like storing all DataReader columns into respective property of business object, or passing all object properties to SqlParameter in data access layer, or creating stored procedures for a table or creating simple update or insert statement in stored procedure etc.

TinySQL is definitely not a replacement of sophisticated code generation tools like CodeSmith, TierDeveloper, LLBLGen etc. Those tools are very advance and can generate code for whole project including user interface, business layer, data access layers and even store procedures. TinySQL can only generate basic code snippet that you can use in your existing code or project.

Implementation of TinySQL is very simple and straight forward. It reads schema definition of all columns of provided table and template; it then render code by rotating loop for each column. Variable you have to take care in TinySQL are:

@TableName: table name for which you want to generate code
@PrintTableName: how above table name should display in generated code. You may have table "tblCategories" but you want "Category" as class name.
@Template: Template for generated code

Open TinySQL in SQL Management Studio, provide table name and template, press F5 to execute TinySQL and you will have generated code in result pane. Now you just have to copy generated code from result pane and paste in your project.

To download the tool go to: http://tinysql.codeplex.com/