New blog, new technologies
My experiences of building a blog from scratch using HTML5 and JavaScript on the front-end, and Node.js on the back end.
Blog post archive
Creating Custom UITableViewCell's with MonoTouch - the correct way
A new approach for creating custom UITableViewCell's in a MonoTouch iPhone app.
JavaScript TDD with Jasmine: the FizzBuzz kata (screencast)
A screencast showing how to use Test Driven Development to drive your JavsaScript (using Jasmine as the unit testing framework).
TDD and JavaScript with Jasmine
Notes from Alex York's TDD and JavaScript demo at the Trondheim XP and Agile meetup.
Git workshop at NNUG Trondheim
My workshop/presentation on git at NNUG Trondheim, August 2010.
MonoTouch app: NDC 2010 iPhone app in the App Store now
An iPhone app written in MonoTouch about this years NDC conference.
A guide to Twitter that even your dad will understand
A beginners guide to using Twitter.
Understanding the C# var keyword
An explanation of the C# var keyword.
Selecting a contact from the Address Book with MonoTouch
Select a contact from the address book of an iPhone application with MonoTouch.
Deleting cells from a UITableView with MonoTouch
A screencast showing how to create an iPhone application with a UITableView, then demonstrating the ability to delete a UITableViewCell from the table.
MonoTouch code snippet - Application Icon Badge Number
How to show the number of new items on your iPHone applications badge, with MonoTouch.
MonoTouch code snippet - Network Activity Indicator
How to display the network activity indicator icon in the status bar of an iPhone application using C# and MonoTouch.
UINavigationController with MonoTouch - Building a simple RSS reader - Part 2
Part two of two blog posts where we will create a simple RSS Reader app using MonoTouch. The application uses a UINavigationController, and a UITableViewController.
UINavigationController with MonoTouch - Building a simple RSS reader - Part 1
Part one of two blog posts where we will create a simple RSS Reader app using MonoTouch. The application uses a UINavigationController, and a UITableViewController.
A comparison of C# and Objective-C - why I'm glad for MonoTouch
A comparison of C# and Objective-C, and why I am personally glad that MonoTouch is here.
Syntax highlighting in blog posts - Prettify
Using a JavaScript syntax highlighter for pretty code snippets in blog posts.
Performing a LINQ Union on two anonymous type collections with C#
An article showing how to perform a LINQ Union operation on two anonymous type collections.
DataBinding with Anonymous Types in C#
A demonstration of how it is possible to bind a C# anonymous type to an ASP.NET repeater.
Taking an ASP.NET website offline, the easy way
Taking an ASP.NET website/application offline in one simple step.
Pimp my Visual Studio 2008 (developer tools)
The development tools I use on a day to day basis.
Using LINQ to reduce code and increase code readability
Do more with less code using LINQ, and make your code readable.
Performance of foreach loops vs. LINQ
A look at how LINQ performs in basic operations compared to foreach loops.
Path.GetDirectoryName return value is case inconsistent
Calling Path.GetDirectoryName in .NET and passing in the path of a file containing a tilde, returns case inconsistent values.
ASP.NET File Upload differences between Firefox and IE
Browser differences to watch out for when using a FileUpload control in ASP.NET.
Hello world
What this blog/website will and will not be for.