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Team Foundation Server On Cloud
My company started to use Team Foundation Service, which is the Team Foundation Server On Cloud. That is free to use up to 5 Users for each project.
I found that is useful for us. That saves the administration effort to manage a Team Foundation Server in our Office and save the cost of hardware. All Server Load goes to Microsoft. In additional, we can always use the latest version of Team Foundation Server. We do not need to worry about upgrading the software and install the patches. Lastly, it has a nice interface for Agile Development. We can create the user stories and do the sprint planning. That is so great! I highly recommend this.
P.S. It support GIT. We started to use it for our PHP projects too.
HttpRequestValidationException in Request.Form
I am writing a CMS in C# and a html editor in the asp.net page. Therefore, I got some HTML code in Request.Form Object. Last night, I found the problem. I got HttpRequestValidationException when I save a html content. That is safe by rejecting any post variables has html code. So, I tried the used [ValidateInput(false)] in the controller, that is not working. Finally, I found I need to turn off that globally in web.config
Code
<httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" /> | |
<pages validateRequest="false"> |
Please remember to use <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" /> for switching the validation mode into 2.0, unless just turn off validate request is not enough!
Will Metro UI kill WPF?
Windows 8 will use Metro UI, even it support xaml.But that is different from WPF.Will Metro UI kill WPF? Around 2008, WPF started to get the market. At that time, I had asked whether WPF will kill Winforms. But now, I am writing some Winform applications. Winform is still alive, that is too early to say whether Metro UI will kill WPF. Moreover, Metro UI sounds a Tablet UI rather than a Desktop UI. So, I still thinks WPF will worth while.
Microsoft New SQL Server version ,"Denali" CTP3, is released
I got an email from Microsoft about new SQL Server version ,"Denali" CTP3, is released. I read their documents it got more support features in cloud. Moreover, its express version is more focus on localDB. This sounds like a in-process DB. That is very similar with sqlite. I have a look on that to how much improvements they have.
Click here to download from Microsoft
Reference:
SQL Server Code Name "Denali" Cloud On Your Terms
SQL Express
Mono 2.4.2 is released
Mono 2.4.2 is released. Please download at http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html