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I've been modifying the GUI of a Windows Forms application to integrate in with an authorization subsystem. The approach taken is to hook into the databinding process and make the Winforms control...
Following on from my previous post, I was searching for how other developers handled the definition of what roles are allowed to perform which tasks in a declarative programming model....
I'm currently working on the Authorization infrastructure for a software package in the finance industry. The approach taken is to use .NET attributes to declaratively state which user roles are...
I was listening to IT Conversations again but this time it was the Gilmor Gang. One of the guests was Mary Jo Foley who discussed a story on Microsoft cutting back on what's going into the Longhorn...
Check out the IT Conversations Memory Lane interview with Dan Bricklin. I love the mention of Dan's mother saying to him: Dan, did you know that a spreadsheet can add and subtract?...
I hate software that's intrusive or attempts to make decisions for me or "guide" me to a decision favouring the software vendor....
The great benefit of Microsoft's new development direction transparency is that it reduces the probability of real lemons (i.e. products that no one wants) since there is very early feedback....
There's a whiteboard session with Anders Hejlsberg on the MSDN site entitled "Whiteboard with Anders Hejlsberg". The very first question that Anders addresses relates to AOP and his reaction was...
Check out the new functionality in the Java "Tiger" release. Looks like the major .NET languages and Java language oriented functionality are going to be walking lockstep for the forseeable future....