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Asp.net mvc framework update

July 17th, 2008 by bri

I promised an update on how we got on with using the new asp.net 3.5 mvc project type, and here it is.
After much to-ing and fro-ing and reading of blog posts, I managed to get it installed and working on my Vista machine.  Unfortunately, after a week of (mainly) complete frustration the decision was taken […]

Tags: asp.net mvc django
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Ambergate Carnival Site Goes Live

June 10th, 2008 by johnap

After a lot of work in a very short space of time, we are proud to announce the launch of the Ambergate Carnival website. So without further ado….
 

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You can find it at http://www.ambergatecarnival.org.uk/The carnival has been going on for a long long time, and has, of course had it’s ups and downs. Last year things […]

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Wix

April 10th, 2008 by bri

Over the past few days I’ve been looking into Wix. It basically enables you to create a fully-fledged msi package, with or without a user interface. You simply describe what you need using an xml file - then go through a compiling and linking procedure to create the msi file.
Great stuff - I […]

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SharpDevelop (a.ka. #develop):

March 14th, 2008 by bri

After discussions within Smartercode about investigating the ASP.Net MVC Framework, I decided to find out how the #develop project is coming along.
The thought process being, that it would be nice if the new Framework could fit in with #develop, meaning there would be no need to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008.
The good news is that […]

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Coleman Bradshaw Site is Live!

March 10th, 2008 by johnap

It is with great pleasure that we announce the birth of our new piece of work onto the www…
Coleman Bradshaw, a firm of Accountants with offices in Matlock and Sutton-in-Ashfield commissioned us to design and build a site for them. They didn’t have one at the time, and thought it was about time - as […]

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Web Development Frameworks

March 6th, 2008 by bri

From time to time I experience “web development framework anxiety”.
Are we using the right framework for the job?
Is there a newer, better framework out there that can enable us to do the job faster and with less effort?
So it’s good to see that at least one of the frameworks that we have chosen to produce […]

Tags: development
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Barcode Scanning

February 7th, 2008 by bri

I was the proud receiver of a new phone last week - the Nokia N95.
Only today, somebody alerted me to the presence of a Barcode Scanner!.
Apparently, it is all the rage in Japan, but yet to catch on in this country… it’s only a matter of time - that’s what I say! (also it obviously […]

Tags: Barcode
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New Site Live

January 19th, 2008 by bri

Well it’s only taken a few weeks and the new Smartercode site is now Live!
The Django development has gone really well - from the initial project setup to more complex tasks such as integrating with the Blog database back-end. I’m definitely recommending it as a platform that enables you to get up and running […]

Tags: Smartercode website
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Ubuntu Wireless Joy

December 22nd, 2007 by bri

I decided to have a go at installing the latest version of Ubutnu (7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon) on my desktop machine the other day (with some trepidation - I’ve had trouble with Linux before involving spending several days trying to get a Radeon card to work!).
To my extreme joy everything worked fine as soon as […]

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Developing using Django

December 9th, 2007 by bri

I’ve been waiting for a long time for an opportunity to develop a site using Django, and the opportunity has finally presented itself in the form of redeveloping our own site at smartercode based on a new look and feel.
I’m hoping that the Django framework will make developing the site as easy as promised in […]

Tags: development, django
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