Julie Lerman posted to her blog about her struggles with ClickOnce deployment. I don't know all the facts but reading her post really made me go, huh?  I've deployed a major CRM app via ClickOnce at work and I haven't had any of these problems.  Everyone has different ways of getting their apps out to their users based on their environment configurations.  I don't know what type of environment you are in or how your desktops are managed but here's how I deploy ClickOnce apps for our Enterprise.  ClickOnce Catch 22You've wrote your application and you've copied it to your web server for ClickOnce deployment. ...

I was catching up on some blog reading tonight and saw where Daniel had posted about using Codesmith and .NetTiers to generate code.  I've been using this for several months myself but hadn't gotten around to blogging about it. Quick intro to what it is.  Codesmith is a client app that users templates to generate code.  .NetTiers is an open source projected that provides templates to generate a n-tiered architecture.  If you watched my video cast of building a three tiered architecture in Visual Studio, using these two tools can quickly create the business and datalayer for a project.  Obviously it isn't...

Have you ever heard of something called “user groups”?  In regards to technology user groups have been around for awhile.  As a matter of fact a lot of the technology we use today was showcased, debated and ultimately formed into companies because of user groups.  User groups have been meeting for decades and they serve as a way for the so called “elite” of technology to showcase their wares.  Since this is a .Net related web site I wanted to talk about .Net user groups.  Due to this site’s targeted reader, more than likely whoever is reading this has heard...

Dave Schmidt was sent some pretty tough questions from a customer that were obviously slated toward using Java over .Net.  David responded to the questions and decided to post them to his blog since he spent so much time responding.  Although he is a Microsoft employee (take that with what you will) he does have some great points on some of the questions.  Others I think I could have answered better.  I almost missed the document he attached about .Net Momentum Evidence which was at the bottom of the post.  The most interesting section in this document to me was the "Customer Endorsement of...

Have you ever wondered how windows credentials and Kerberos worked under the hood and how to leverage that as a .Net developer?  What about Smart Cards, or the new up and coming addition to Vista called “InfoCard”?  Did you know there was a tool to assist in building roles for your applications called Azman?  Or better yet what is PKI or Federated Services? I think you get the idea, there are tons of things .Net developers should be aware of when it comes to securing our...

I'll be speaking at the Memphis Code Camp in August.  I will be covering Smart Clients for the Enterprise.  I'm pretty excited about speaking and have already started preparing in my spare time.  I am planning on covering lots of material.  I could easily turn it into a 8 hour session, there' just so much stuff to talk about!  I'm looking forward to meeting several other speakers who's blogs I read such as Wally.  It should be a great time, if you are in the area hopefully you can make it.