…I had to define a REST interface, returning XML data. I already did such things before, but I’ve hesitated to learn the XSD syntax for all the usual reasons: yet another useless language, you can’t express with it all the requirements to the data anyway etc, etc. So I’ve usually created my C# classes, serialized them to XML, …
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Limiting the number of outgoing SOAP web service calls
If you create a web app, which consume information from other web services, you eventually need a possibility to control the number of outgoing SOAP web requests. On the one hand, the default maximum number of connections is 2, which could be a performance bottleneck. On the other hand, if you call another web service too …
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Make Object ID
The biggest problems Microsoft has with their products and tools is that they hide intersting features. Under “hide” I understand here failure to communicate, advertise or evangelize the features to the public. For example, did you know, that you can install any module of Vista in the command line. There is now a command …
Open Space Rant
I’m a strong proponent of the open space office concept. I need this empowering feeling emerging from several people actively working at the same time in the same place on similar problems. How wonderful is that to hear someone being thrilled with some very good news about a complicated project! You can share his happiness. …
billg: “Microsoft.com is a terrible website”
Full text here: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/library/2003Jangatesmoviemaker.pdf I think they’ve improved since 2003. A little. :)
Change happens
When I’ve got my firt box of visit cards, the first thought was “what a waste, I’ll never gonna need it”. Really, in the world, when you’re trying to hide and protect your email address from spammers as good as possible, the idea of giving out your contact informations to unknown people seemed ridiculous to me. Nevertheless, I …