Mar21

Problem Solved: Generating Dynamic CAML Queries

I've turned the process of writing CAML queries into a piece of cake.   The solution is a very simple helper library that has zero parsing/conversion code that could go wrong, and it's all based on a simple idea (more on that later).    The so ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-21-08 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Apr03

Toronto Code Camp Session Follow-up: Rapid Web Application Development Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

For those of you who attended, I hope you enjoyed my talk at the Toronto Code Camp last Saturday.  Click here for the slide deck.   I will be delivering the talk again at the next Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting, which should be occurring ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-03-07 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jan29

Building a better SharePoint blog

I've been spending some spare time improving the OOTB blog site in SharePoint 2007 (WSS 3.0).   Here's what I got working so far on our development server: Trackback support.  Send or receive trackback "pings" with your SharePoint b ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-29-07 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan29

The mind of a coder

My last post motivated me to reiterate a point I tried to make.  In that post, I said:   "You have to realize that code is not something magical that happens to do what you want as long as it's written in a certain way.  When you code, you ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-29-07 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan29

TS Exam 70-541: WSS 3.0 - Application Development

I took this exam on Friday and I want to share the following with anyone who is interested in taking it: For a limited time (while it's still in beta), you can take the exam for free using promotion code BTA541.  You save $125 (and you don't ha ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-29-07 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jan26

Coming soon to this blog...

I don't yet have a fancy title at Infusion such as Practice Manager of Emerging Technologies, but I've been working with SharePoint products and technologies for some time now and there are many tips, tricks and customizations that I want to share ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-26-07 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post