Google-whacking
October 28th, 2003 Comments Off on Google-whacking
it had to be done – after much amusement, i’ve found my first google whack!
.net going standards compliant?
October 27th, 2003 Comments Off on .net going standards compliant?
it looks like somebody has written an inheritable framework for web controls that produce xhtml 1.0 strict compliant code. excellent! it’s only in beta but certainly a step in the right direction. they say they won’t be releasing source code, so i wonder how much they’ll be charging?
cross-platform delivery, the microsoft way
October 24th, 2003 Comments Off on cross-platform delivery, the microsoft way
i went to the .net roadshow on wednesday and was suitably sold to by microsoft geeks. the new .net framework actually looks like a great development platform and visual studio is a rather nice coding environment. i just couldn’t get my head around microsoft’s claim to enable “cross-platform delivery”. yeah right – as long as it’s a microsoft platform.
and the code it spits out – ergh! it is such a shame – server side controls and the idea of coding behind pages are the best ideas to come out of .net and are on the path of enlightenment to separating logic from presentation (in much the same way as jakarta’s mvc framework that i’ve gotten so used to in struts). but the html code that things like asp:form tags spew out is ridiculous. microsoft sits on the w3c standards board and built .net from scratch but still can’t develop these controls to output valid html (let alone xhtml)! i guess this same company can’t build a compliant web page on their own site either so at least they’re consistent.
it looks like i’m going to have to spend a lot of unnecessary time overriding all server side controls using customized Render() methods to output what i want. not ideal. with any luck microsoft will listen to the development community and change this annoying “feature”.
i’m getting the decorators in
October 16th, 2003 Comments Off on i’m getting the decorators in
right that’s it… i’m re-doing the stylesheet for this site. i’ve been reading designing with web standards lately and, without getting all evangelical about the virtues of XHTML and CSS, i’ve learnt a few things i didn’t know before and it bothers me to see things i could make better on this site.
Back in London town
October 6th, 2003 Comments Off on Back in London town
It seems the only time I have had lately to casually browse or blog has been very brief – usually during a lunch break in between mouthfuls, slobbering over my keyboard. I paint a pretty picture for you, I’m sure. We have not had decent Internet access at home either, due to our recent move (from Brighton back to London). But all that has changed – I’ve got a new wireless network up and running at home and I’ve just finished my latest project at work.
So – I can finally upload those photos from the states. Some classics from the tubing… but I doubt Cab and Phil will think so!