Hello, We have an application where people can type in multiple langugaes. Though we only have one database to store all the data. We have text columns as nvarchar ( assuming we only want text data to be in multiple languages and not all dates etc.) Do you think this is a feasbile solution and are there any other points to consider bes...
There is a long running habit here where I work that the connection string lives in the web.config, a Sql Connection object is instantiated in a using block with that connection string and passed to the DataObjects constructor (via a CreateInstance Method as the constructor is private). Something like this: using(SqlConnection conn = ne...
I've never been so good at design because there are so many different possibilities and they all have pros and cons and I'm never sure which to go with. Anyway, here's my problem, I have a need for many different loosly related classes to have validation. However, some of these classes will need extra information to do the validation. I ...
Leaving aside the question of whether you should serve single or multiple stylesheets, assuming you're sending just one, what do you think of this as a basic structure? /* Structure */ Any template layout stuff should be put into here, so header, footer, body etc. /* Structure End */ /* Common Components*/ Repeated elements, such as...
Often a quick UI evaluation needs to be done without actual users’ involvement. What approach is to take? Is there a framework one could stick to (i.e. principles to look out for, steps to take as part of the evaluation) or is it all haphazard, art based on experience rather than rigid process? ...
I have a project that I'm working on and I need to be able to print out ID cards from the program. Are there any products out there that are reasonably priced so I can design a document for print and use it in .NET? I'm trying to avoid using System.Drawing from having to do it manually because when the company I work for needs to make ch...
I have been looking at the Model-View-ViewModel pattern that is suggested by several people out there (especially John Gossman, take a look at this post and this podcast), but what other patterns (if any) have people used and liked ... and where do they add value? I have also stumbled across: Model-View-ViewModel Presentation Model Da...
Design reviews pre-implementation I am assuming ensures a good design the better meets the requirements of a project. Code reviews during implementation ensure that the coder properly translates the design into actual code. Are design reviews necessary? Pros and cons. ...
In my new assignment, I have inherited this legacy chunk, which I had to redesign and refactor. The scope was initially restricted to the Presentation tier, which happened to be the bulkiest of all. During the course of analysis, it was realised that the application was built over a period of time with various modules using different cla...
Okay, I got this small program which tags (as in ID3v2.4 etc.) some music files. Now I want the user to have the option to move and/or rename those tagged files if he/she wishes to. Considering that I am trying to keep a fairly clean and loosely coupled design in this system (even though extensibility is not really important here, it's ...
What's is a good ratio for the number Classes to Lines of Code for an Object-Oriented language (say C++,C#,Java and their likes)? Many people, including managers, like the traditional LOC (lines of code) metric to measure the complexity of software, while many hard-boiled Object Oriented developers will say LOC is worthless its Class co...
If I have a class representing access to one table in my database in a class:table relationship, so I can hide table details in one class. But as any useful application I have to query several tables. How can I accomodate this using the class:table design? ...
Is it time to start using HTML5? Someone has to start sometime but is now the time? Is it possible to to use the new HTML5 tags and code in such a way as to degrade gracefully? ...
Hi! So which is better. Do we start letting Tests design our code. Do we start introducing constructor injection for dependencies just to make code testable? or do we use the "override" protected method & sub class the class under test. ...
When I'm working on a project, sometimes I'll design the GUI first and then write the backend code to make it work, but other times I'll do the opposite and make the GUI once I have the system working. How do you choose which way round to code and are there any particular types of project or circumstances that would lean you either way? ...
Obviously, there is no one single solution that would satisfy everyone's needs; an architecture is always a trade-off. I want to create a framework, originally aimed at RAD of web games. Target language is PHP, although the architecture should be widely applicable. Goals that I have in head for this framework are: flexibility in ways yo...
I need to write an application that essentially functions like a week-view of a calendar, columns for the days and then rows for appointments. Where the height of the appointment box visually represents time. In my case, I just don't want the time of day as the vertical axis, I just want hours or mins. The Google AJAX approach is very...
What are some recommendations for finding Expression Blend/WPF Designers to perform contract work? I think a (local) freelance designer might be the most reasonably priced, but I don't even know where to start. As additional background, I am located in the Midwest region of the US, where designers are not as prevalent. ...
I am writing a website with Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5. I have a masterpage set up to simplify the layout and to keep the content pages for content rather than content and layout. The navigation is list, css'd so it looks like a bar. In order to highlight the page on the bar, the list item needs to look like this <li id="curren...
I'm curious as to if there are any best practices relating to JQuery when constructing encapsulated code blocks. Generally, when I construct a page I like to encapsulate the functions used within that page inside an object. This allows me some encapsulation when building applications. There's nothing I hate more than seeing a JavaScript...