In my last post I took a first pass at designing the database for WhatIWantMost.com. The next step is to use CodeSmith and .netTiers to generate… well, um… the .NET Tiers. Using .netTiers in as easy as they say it is on the site. Really, all…
After reading Scott’s post about Virtual Desktop Manager , one of Microsoft’s XP PowerToys, I decided to give it a try. Like everyone else I have about a gazillion applications open at once and this little tools sounded like a good way to keep…
In my last post in the WhatIWantMost series I further defined the basic entities for the project by adding attributes I think they need. The next step is to make a first pass at designing/implementing a database to support those entities. I simply…
Friday night I tried to update the machineKey section of a web.config file of a site so that it could share logins with another couple of sites. I have done this before a couple of times with those sites. The site currently has the machine keys…
In my last post I defined what I believe to be the basic set of entities needed for the site. I may need to add more later, but for now they will suffice. The goal is to make a decision and keep moving. I don’t want to spend too much time over…
I found an additional tool that I would like to include in the WhatIWantMost project: EViL , Dave Donaldson’s Entity Validation Library. I saw Dave give a presentation on using custom attributes for entity validation at CINNUG a few months ago and…
Based on quickly reviewing the user stories I have come up with a short list of entities the system should support: User - which will be subclassed as Member, Guest, and Admin Wishlist WishlistItem Category Manufacturer (probably jumping the gun on…
To help define some of the functionality I am looking to bake into WhatIWantMost.com I listed out a few user stories. Because the stories can be a little complicated (userA sends email to userB to ask if userC…) I created a couple of personas. None…
In my previous post I laid out the plan and goals for my WhatIWantMost.com project. I forgot to mention a couple of things, though. Because I am a great big huge fan of automated builds, continuous integration, CC.NET, … (author goes on and on for…
Like many developers, I have a few domain names stashed away for rainy days. WhatIWantMost.com is one of those domains. I registered it a while back after doing some brainstorming with a colleague about building a holiday gift registry application…
