Ben Hall's Blog: May 2006

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Ben Hall is a UK C# developer\tester with a strong passion for software development and loves writing code. Ben enjoys exploring different ways of testing software, including both manual and automated testing, focusing on the best ways to test different types of applications. He also loves developing web applications using ASP.net and Ruby on Rails. Ben is a C# MVP and can be contacted by emailing Blog {at} Ben Hall .me .uk

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Launching Mayday

Founder of

Attendoo

ASP.net \ IIS MVP

Day 2: ASP.Net 2.0 Training Course

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Today was cool. We did Themeing and master pages to start off with. Done some Validation stuff but wasn't overally impressive. Then moved onto Web Parts, and managed to create a custom provider ! (COOL!) Also got to leave early which meant I missed the rush hour on the tube which is always nice. Tomorrow - Data Access + ADO.net

Vista Beta 2; Office 2007; WinFX Beta 2

Today is the day!! Vista Beta2 Office 2007 WinFX Beta2 All released today, just downloading office + vista now (offical beta tester ;)). Will be blogging about it all at later point. I have my vista test box (P4 Dual Core 2.66, 1Gb, 250Gb, 7300GS - nice box!) ready and waiting for it. Should be ready in the morning, but as I am on the course will install when I get home. I will let you all know how I get on

QA: ASP.Net 2.0 Training Course

Monday, May 22, 2006

So today was the first day of my ASP.net 2.0 training course at QA in London. Bit of a slow start, was talking about the page executation, view state but got interesting more with the themeing and master page section. But had a cool free lunch! This couse hopefully will help towards my 70-528 C# ASP.net 2.0 exam which I need to complete to become a MSTS in Web Applicaitons. Forgot to blog but I also passed 70-536 in C#-if anyone has any questions I will try and answer them while sticking to the NDA of the exam (so no asking for Q/A) Tomorrow - Site Navigation.......

Re-Launching blog?

Thursday, May 18, 2006

So i'm thinking I might relaunch my blog. I've got a project which I am currently looking into at porting GTK+ onto Mac OS X 10 so you can run Linux programs natively (without having ot install X11). What does this mean?? I can get MonoDevelop running natively on my mac which means I could do some more C# coding. Plus it gives me the chance to do a bit more C/C++ and GTK+ coding which I feel I am missing. Plus! it would be cool to work on something like this. Don't know how I'm am going to do it tho at the moment.....watch this space ;) My other project is.......my final year project / disseration. Planning on blogging my whole process daily as I work on it - and then add a link (and maybe the backup) of the blog to the end. Might interest certain people about what they could face at Uni. Think that pretty much covers what I am doing. Looking at GTK+ now, and how to get started.