Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, ASPInsider, and frequent conference speaker. His blog covers a variety of .NET topics with a frequent focus on software development techniques and application performance tips.
Steven Smith | 17 May 2012 13:18
Steve Smith writes "....This month I presented on Common Design Patterns at two regional events. I’ve given this talk a few times before, and it continues to evolve. The first one was on 4 May at Stir Trek, as a replacement talk for a cancellation. I only..."
Read more » Common Design Patterns Presentations
Steven Smith | 26 Apr 2012 14:16
Steve Smith writes "....Earlier this year, I wrapped up my work with The Code Project and Lake Quincy Media and returned to NimblePros, the consulting company Michelle and I started a few years ago and which she’s run quite successfully the last few years. NimblePros has..."
Read more » Joining Telerik
Steven Smith | 25 Apr 2012 13:49
Steve Smith writes "....One of the more advanced books I’ve read relating to the subjects of Software Development and Lean is The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen. I recently published a..."
Read more » Principles of Product Development Flow Book Review
Steven Smith | 13 Apr 2012 13:56
Steve Smith writes "....When you’re working in a strongly typed language like C# or Visual Basic, instantiating an object is done with the new keyword. It’s important that we recognize the significance of using this keyword in our code, because I would venture to say..."
Read more » New is Glue
Steven Smith | 13 Apr 2012 13:41
Steve Smith writes "....I have a simple menu in an ASP.NET MVC application allows a user to take one of several actions after first selecting a resource to work with from a drop down list / select box or textbox. In the case where the user hasn’t yet selected..."
Read more » Modifying and Disabling Hyperlinks using jQuery
Steven Smith | 11 Apr 2012 21:06
Steve Smith writes "....A fairly frequent requirement in applications is to check for authorization to perform an action. At the most basic level, this might just involve seeing if the user is authenticated (at all) or checking a flag to see if they are an..."
Read more » Beyond Role Based Authorization in ASPNET MVC
Steven Smith | 28 Mar 2012 19:51
Steve Smith writes "....There are a number of things you can do with your web-based application to have it behave like a native iOS application. One of these I mentioned previously, which is to disable the user’s ability to zoom in and out using pinch gestures. ..."
Read more » Configuring Web Apps To Behave Like Native Apps on iOS
Steven Smith | 28 Mar 2012 19:16
Steve Smith writes "....If you’re building web-based applications for mobile devices like the iPad/iPhone and you want to mimic native applications’ look and feel and experience, one thing you may want to do is disable the pinch zoom gesture. Most native applications..."
Read more » How Do I Disable Zoom in an iPad iPhone Mobile Web App?
Steven Smith | 27 Mar 2012 18:51
Steve Smith writes "....A couple of months ago I got an Asus Zen ultrabook, which I posted about when I first got it, and a month or so later. Now that I’ve had it a while, I thought I’d post one more time with how it’s continued to work for me. I’m still very..."
Read more » Asus Zen Ultrabook Revisited
Steven Smith | 23 Mar 2012 15:38
Steve Smith writes "....I’ve been bitten by this and have seen others run into it enough times that I thought I’d blog about it. Let’s say you’re creating a new Console, WPF, or Windows Forms application in .NET 4. You’re using Visual Studio 2010, and..."
Read more » How to use System.Web in a Console Application
