Brad Kingsley's Blog
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Installing and configuring Bonobo GIT Server for Windows (IIS7) for remote IIS push capability (Guest Post)
A co-worker - Terri Donahue - was helping a client the other day with some troubleshooting for GIT's remote push capabilities on Window Server (IIS7). She had zero previous experience with GIT but after some research and testing she got it working. I thought it might be useful to others so asked that she do a casual write up for a guest post that I could put on my blog, so here it is. Enjoy!
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Microsoft Lightswitch
Lightswitch 2011 has been released now and if you haven't already checked it out, you should. We have been testing it through the beta cycle on an internal project and our experience has been extremely positive. Like any new technology there are little quirks to learn and accept but overall it is a great productivity enhancer.
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Resolving a "There is a duplicate 'system.web.extensions/scripting/scriptResourceHandler' section defined" Error
People get this error a lot when upgrading an ASP.NET 2.0 application to ASP.NET 4.0.
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Install and Use the IIS Database Manager to Manage a Remote SQL Server or MySQL Database
The IIS Database Manager is a *great* tool for connecting to, and managing, remote databases - both Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases. But don't install it from Microsoft's site or even WebPI or you'll just get headaches.
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Problem Steps Recorder Overview
The Problem Steps Recorder is a handy tool you may want to check out if you ever need to capture issue-reproduction and share that information with others - or have others capture the information to share it with you. :)
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IIS Database Manager
If you want to connect to, and manage, a database on a remote server using the IIS Database Manager tool - do NOT try to download and install it from the link below. All you'll get is frustration. While not clear to me, or several other people who stumbled upon, that link is for the server-side component... not the part you need as an end-user.
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Deploying LightSwitch Applications
Hopefully this is because LightSwitch is still in beta (as of this writing on 5/31/11) but from our research and testing, it seems that the documentation in the following article is correct:
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Help Test Cytanium's Site Cloud
Go get a free Site Cloud test account and check it out. You can upload content using WebMatrix or Visual Studio... or deploy any of the Web Application Gallery applications directly from the control panel. Set up multiple sites. Set up multiple instances (web workers*) per site. Hit it with some load and let us know how the experience goes.
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10 Mistakes To Avoid In Setting Up An E-commerce Site
According to SearchEngineJournal.com, the main things to avoid in setting up an e-commerce site are:
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Manage Your Default Documents with IIS Manager
Take charge of your default documents by using the IIS7 Remote Administration tool. If you don't already have it installed, check out the prerequisite step, then read this post on getting it installed and connected to your site.