May 2008 Entries
The .NET Entity Framework is Microsoft's new tool for object/relational mapping (ORM). While MS does have big plans for it, it does have some important limitations....
Steve Krug's "Common Sense Approach to Web Usability" provides surprising and sometimes counterintuitive principles that every good website must follow. Krug preaches the importance of removing clutter in order to make the purpose and functionality of a site (or page) clear--and happily, he practices what he preaches in this remarkably lucid book. Here are some of Krug's key insights...
This post describes when you should use SQL Server encryption, which type of encryption key to use, and how to create the infrastructure for managing documents whose size exceeds the maximum encryption block size of 8000 bytes. It also summarizes network and operations steps you need to take to make sure your entire infrastructure is reasonably secure.