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Beauty is only Skin-Deep: Skinning your WinForms Application
09 May 08 11:00 AM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
We all want our Windows applications to stand out, and I think most people would like to believe that there are a few distinct approaches to achieving this. You can either have an app that does great things, one that does things great, or one that does Read More...
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Writing Custom NAnt Tasks
07 May 08 01:23 PM | jacobl | 2 Comments   
Working as a Build Engineer for about 9 months, I've had the opportunity to push NAnt build scripting to the limits. Our DotImage product is made up of both managed and unmanaged code, third party libraries with .NET wrappers, code that sometimes differs Read More...
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Presenting at the Western Mass.NET Users Group
05 May 08 08:59 AM | jacobl | 0 Comments   
I will be doing a presentation on build automation using CruiseControl and NAnt at the Western Mass .NET Users Group meeting on May 6th at 6pm. The presentation will cover the basics of CruiseControl and NAnt as well as developing custom tasks to stretch Read More...
Writing Custom Web Services for SharePoint Products and Technologies - Microsoft Typo...
26 April 08 01:22 PM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
Writing a custom web service for SharePoint, I ran into these two great articles which walked me through the process, but it still wasn't enough to tame the beast. Check out Writing Custom Web Services for SharePoint Products and Services on MSDN and Read More...
Code Camp 9: Thoughts and Impressions
07 April 08 08:25 AM | jacobl | 2 Comments   
This weekend, along with 4 other Atalasoftians, I went attended Code Camp 9 at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA. The content was diverse and the presenters were very knowledgeable. The coolest part is that the idea of Code Camp is that all the presenters Read More...
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"Bad, IIS. Bad!" - Forcing IIS to run your site in .NET 2.0
03 April 08 10:43 AM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
I was working in IIS, today, and came across an issue where it was attempting to load my site in ASP.NET 1.1.xxx. I, for one, know that the site I was deploying was built as a precompiled web from VS2005, which, as far as I know, means that it's .NET Read More...
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AJAXWorld '08: Thoughts and Impressions
26 March 08 07:52 AM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
This was my second conference as an Atalasoft employee and I must say, 'I have terrible luck.' Back in September, I went with my coworker Rick to ReMix in Boston and, while I can't speak for the both of us, I was largely unimpressed. The content was definitely Read More...
Putting the Post on a Pedestal
25 March 08 03:04 PM | jacobl | 0 Comments   
I’ve wanted to start a blog for a long time now, but whenever I have time to do it, I always convince myself to put it off until next time. Being my first post, I’d like to tell you all a little about myself and what I’d like to bring to the Blogosphere. Read More...