One of the biggest benefits to building anything in .NET is that, in relatively short time, a fully functioning application can be built using Visual Studio. Had a similar application were to be built using Java, a lot of ramp-up time would be required for what I would call “core infrastructure”, something that’s handled very well by Visual Studio. As a developer, you can start coding right away. And yes, I’m aware of AppFuse. I’ve used it in the past and it does address a lot of these ramp-up efforts. But, I’ll leave that discussion for another time. One of…
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Every once in a while, an email thread is started by an individual wanting to know how to connect to SharePoint web services from java. The first time I came across this challenge was back in 2007 when I was building a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) workflow system for the business group I was supporting. One of the key requirements of this system was to retain an audit trail of all emails and documents associated with a given workflow. To put it bluntly, SharePoint wasn’t my first choice. I was very much aware of other document management systems which would have been a better…
Sometimes, it’s just about simplifying my work-life. Regardless of where I’ve worked, filling out time sheets has always been a required part of my working life chore. There are times when I’m diligent at it then there are times when, more often than I would like to admit, I end up playing the guessing game at the end of the week or end of the month. Sure, you could use Outlook Journal to keep track of your hours and I have in the past. It’s just not ideal when you’re interrupted with support issues throughout the day. I need to simplify how I track…
There is a prevailing view that you’re not a real tech geek unless you have your own blog. I disagree. But then, it looks very much like I’ve succumbed to peer pressure. I prefer to think I was a rebel by going against the grain all along. That said, like every new programming language I’ve written, here’s to my first blog, “Hello World!”