Monthly Archives: June 2010

Mac Hardware For A .NET Developer

Posted on June 21, 2010 by rcravens

I have been considering purchasing a MacBook Pro (MBP) for development for some time now. Recently, work has approved an iMac (27” 2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM) for my primary development workstation. That was just what I needed … Continue reading →

Posted in hardware, mac | 2 Comments

Create Natural Gradient Backgrounds For The Web

Posted on June 11, 2010 by rcravens

It is very common to use background colors to add a bit of design flare to a web site. In the ‘80s, sites seemed to be either black & white or designed (I use that term loosely) with primary colors. … Continue reading →

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A Google Maps Version 3 jQuery Plugin

Posted on June 6, 2010 by rcravens

As more and more devices become GPS capable or location aware, mapping will become more pervasive. This is already happening today. There are a number of mapping solutions that are available. This post will examine how to use a jQuery … Continue reading →

Posted in jQuery, javascript, mapping | 27 Comments

The Repository Pattern with Linq to Fluent NHibernate and MySQL

Posted on June 1, 2010 by rcravens

I have heard a lot of good things about NHibernate, but have never had the opportunity to use it. In this post I will describe how to get started using Fluent NHibernate with Linq to NHibernate using MySQL for a … Continue reading →

Posted in best practice, mysql, nhibernate | 17 Comments