It is quite common to develop a webservice/website and test it on the same machine. The same can be tested and viewed through localhost. But in the android emulator localhost doesn’t work. To access the development machine, use 10.0.2.2
Hope this tip saves you time
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) a part of the dot NET framework which allows you to easily create webservices.
Couple of years back, SOAP based services gained lot of popularity and soon became the de facto standard in the industry. But things have started changing. With the advancement of Web 2.0, mobile apps, SEO and various other things, RESTful services have gained lot of popularity.
To easy the learning and development effort, I have compiled a list of resources available on the net.
Starter Kit from Microsoft
http://www.asp.net/downloads/starter-kits/wcf-rest
http://aspnet.codeplex.com/releases/view/24644
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/netframework/cc950529.aspx
Tutorials
http://www.robbagby.com/rest/rest-in-wcf-blog-series-index/
Well stay tuned, I’ll keep on updating this page for more resources.
Recently I saw an advertisement of Axosoft’s RocketSVN. It’s a Visual Studio plugin for SVN.
You wouldn’t need to install Tortoise SVN to install on your system, if you are using RocketSVN.
As of now, it’s free but soon it would be charged at $49/user. I really don’t understand why are they charging for this. RocketSVN is nothing but a copy of open source project AnkhSVN. AnkhSVN is, a plugin for Visual Studio, subversion client. It means that you can use it to update your projects, see the differences, commit the code right with in the Visual Studio. You can perform almost all the operations suppoerted by SVN. The best part is – it’s free, easy to use and open source.
It looks like Axosoft is facing cash crunch that’s why they are taking open source softwares, rebranding them, compiling and selling them.
I wouldn’t expect that from such a reputed company.
The new version of WPF Ribbon has been released. From now on the Ribbon control is a WPF control which means you can leverage the power of WPF. It supports .NET 3.5SP1 and .NET 4.0 .
For more information visit Peter Brown’s blog
http://10rem.net/blog/2010/08/02/announcing-microsoft-ribbon-for-wpf-rtw
http://10rem.net/blog/2010/10/22/wpf-ribbon-october-release
The jQuery UI has been added to the Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network (CDN). Now you can start using jQuery UI in your ASP.NET websites by adding the following link in your websites:
http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.5/jquery-ui.js
You can start using it directly, no registration required.
To learn about more offerings on CDN by Microsoft visithttp://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx
Here you fill find a comprehensive list of all the scripts available on Microsoft CDN.
CDN improves the performance of the website by many folds. We ourself use CDN, although we use Google CDN, on our sites – http://www.HRStop.com – a web based HR management system, our corporate site – www.GreatDevelopers.com
We are planning to move to Microsoft CDN, since they have added jQuery UI in their kitty. The reason is Microsoft CDN performs better as compared to Google CDN as per this
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/05/11/cdn-performance-downloading-jquery-from-google-microsoft-and-edgecast-cdns/
Will test the performance and if there is a difference, we’ll move to Microsoft CDN. Looks like Microsoft is picking up the rules of the game…
At one point or another, you need to decide whether to stay or leave your job. A lot of consideration should be made before you can finally decide whether to resign or not. You need to weigh the pros and cons of what you are about to do and determine whether leaving your job is the right choice for you.
If you think you need to leave your company, you must know how to resign in a professional manner. Doing this can help you leave a good impression on the company. Here are the steps on how to properly resign from work.
Make sure to give appropriate notice period. By definition, a notice period is the length of time stated in your contract where you must work between resigning and leaving from your job. Review your contract and determine the minimum resignation notice period stated. Make sure you follow what is written in your contract. This step is very important if you want to leave a good impression to the company.
Compose a professional resignation letter. A resignation letter is still needed even if you already announced your resignation to your employer. Your resignation letter must include the date your resignation will be effective, your current position and the date of your last day of work. Address your resignation letter to the right person. Remember, your resignation letter must be professional. Create a letter of resignation similar to a business letter.
Personally give your letter of resignation. Your letter should be handed over to the person whom you addressed your resignation letter to. Make sure you deliver it personally. Talk to your employer when you give your letter of resignation. If possible, have an informal talk with your employer. Discuss in a polite matter your intention to leave the company.
Ask for a reference letter from your employer. Don’t wait for a long time before you ask for a reference letter. As time goes by, your employer might forget you and you might find it hard to ask for a letter of recommendation
by then.
Process and complete necessary files and payments. Before you leave the company, make sure you finish all the projects given to you. You should also confirm any outstanding payments from the company. This is very important if you want to leave the company with a smooth transition.
Handover company materials, files and other things. Lastly, before you leave the company, make sure you return all company materials and files given to you. Remember that all company properties are documented and listed. If you forgot to return company materials, the company will know this and you don’t want this to happen.
Here are the steps on how to resign from your work professionally. Remember that is very important for you to learn how to do this. If you were not able to resign properly and professionally, you might end up having a bad reputation. This is very crucial as it may affect your future work.
Office file management has never been much easier with some help from technology. However, managing documents involves all sorts of print files as well as those found on computers. All offices are working on these two types of documents and either type of document should be filed accordingly to ensure office work does not come to breaks of unpleasant interruptions.
Do you have to work late at night to do a mountain of paperwork at your desk? Have you been feeling restless because you have to take your office work at home? You might have been spending so much time getting various documents and files done. Company work does not have to be that cumbersome. Get tasks done effortlessly without having to do unnecessary overtime work. A file management software is all you need to relieve yourself of the ever tedious job of handling and managing documents.
Many companies are now exploiting the infonic document management system. In fact, business owners call it their best friend. Streamlining business activities is no longer a difficult challenge with this new and cutting-edge software that is giving companies and industries a new perspective in managing files. The problem with big companies is that they have an overwhelming size of information stacked as files and folders either in cabinets or on computers. Without any standard management system, these files could either be difficult to retrieve or lost.
This new software we are talking about is the perfect solution for troublesome amount of documents and it is actually an all-out answer to file management problems encountered in all offices.
Everybody knows the truth that all business establishments are flooded with an enormous amount of papers. Records, receipts, contracts, letters, certificates, and all the other documents you can name are found in all offices. At any given day, an establishment could have as much paperwork to make managing documents even a more complex and taxing task. All these records and papers must be well kept for a period of time until they are of no use anymore. To many office workers, the seemingly simple task of handling little documents is not so simple at all.
Documents cannot be left lying around because this increases the chances of losing pertinent files. Part of office efficiency is being able to manage documents the most effective way because good management of files, regardless of the size, makes transactions quicker. Imagine if your boss was to ask for a file and you do not remember where you have placed it. You create a bad impression of an irresponsible and incompetent employee.
Today, we are already relying on computer technology to deal with document storage and much of company records are found on computers. But this does not mean that files in soft copy do not need management. Without intelligent control, handling, classification, and storage of files, you could be vulnerable to reduced capableness, productiveness, and performance. However, you can now have a document manager at your service.
The infonic technology is here to assist you with your document filing needs. You see, you could barely do it alone but you can experience ease in management of all your documents without having to go through every file. Managing documents has never been so convenient that you can just be amazed at how tasks get so easy and facile. The new trend is also shifting from paper documents to electronic files that are more manageable. There is a software that does the trick.
If you are looking for ‘eDirectory Employee Directory System with up to 36 customizable fields’ and ‘eFolder Company File Sharing System with Password Protection’
Visit: http://www.hrstop.com
Last winter, in the wake of the financial meltdown and a corresponding steep decline in the advertising business, NewWest.Net enjoyed a couple months of exceptionally strong sales in our core online advertising business. In the early spring, we put on a successful conference in Bozeman — a town hard-hit by the real estate meltdown — and generally felt pretty good about our performance in light of the economy.
Then, in May and June, when business is usually stronger, we hit a soft spot.
What should we make of these counterintuitive fluctuations?
I think there are two factors at play: the psychological and the seasonal. It’s hard to get your arms around such amorphous forces, but even a little bit of insight into them can help with the all-important but always-difficult task of business forecasting.
There’s always a large psychological component to the economy, and I think that’s more pronounced in times of flux. Even in a “normal” economy, business performance is measured not against an absolute standard but against expectations; a public company can report terrible numbers but still see its stock go up, if those numbers were just a little less terrible than anticipated. And vice versa.
A small business will experience something similar if it has taken measures that anticipate a weak period, and then the results turn out to be less weak than expected. Or vice versa.
My initial read on what happened at NewWest.Net this winter and spring was that glimmers of optimism had emerged in the winter once it became clear that the system wasn’t collapsing. Larger, more stable businesses decided they could proceed with something resembling their baseline marketing plan, and they signed contracts accordingly.
But as summer approached, optimism gave way to the realization that consumer spending would not be bouncing back very fast. This, in turn, was partly a seasonal phenomenon: People tend to be optimistic in the springtime, expecting the best as the economy emerges from the winter doldrums and companies implement their carefully laid plans for the year.
One of the old saws in the technology business, for example, is that stocks tend to trade higher in the spring and then start to fade in the fall when it becomes clear that the projections for the year were a little too optimistic.
The summer is always a hard time to read economic trends, and that’s especially true this year. People are taking summer vacations but not spending as much money. Real estate sales are happening, but only in the less-expensive segments of the housing market. Federal stimulus spending is keeping some people in work, but credit remains very tight and investment capital scarce.
The mood of the country is also a mixed bag. President Obama’s popularity, which is based in part on the belief that he’s the man to right the economic ship, can itself contribute to the righting of the ship. But if the backlash against dramatically increased government spending and the health care reform effort in particular undermines that popularity, there will be less optimism about recovery and therefore less recovery.
The trick for many businesses is to stay positive about where things are going but at the same time remain prepared if things don’t go so well. If you give off gloom-and-doom signals, your customers and suppliers might lose faith in you and have second thoughts about spending and investing. But being a Pollyanna is dangerous, too; as one of my investors likes to remind me, hope is not a strategy.
I do think the slow-but-steady improvement in the economic outlook over the past six months bodes well for the fall; the stock market is recovering, the big banks are not going belly-up, European and Asian economies are on the mend, and the absence of disaster has improved everybody’s mood.
Consumer spending and real estate sales are not going to rebound to pre-bust levels anytime soon, and plenty of small businesses are still on the brink. But for this season, at least, we can keep our expectations low and then beat them. That’s the first sign of a true recovery and a good survival strategy for any company
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