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The Latest Picks from CodeProject.com
CodeProject.com has some of the most badly written articles I use for my reference outside of newsgroup posts. Not everyone can write for people and machines—and many contributors to this site are not possessed by English as their native language—so, in spite of my criticism, I take the time to save my favorites here.
Client-Side Paging with Tables
Bill Hennessy writes about “a very simple, cross-browser approach to client-side paging.” The forlorn hope is that ASP.NET 2.0 will obviate the need for such a study.
Preventing Automated / Dictionary Login Attacks
“Preventing Automated / Dictionary Login Attacks without the use of CAPTCHA” is an advanced ‘luxury’ topic that I look forward to experimenting with when I get my mountain of tasks off my plate. My own form of obesity does not go unnoticed. By the way, use your browser to find out what the acronym CAPTCHA stands for…
Web File Manager
This little ditty by Jeff Atwood looks like another bit that should be overrun by ASP.NET 2.0—but I check my optimism with precautions.
Web Service Authentication
“WebServiceAuthentication” is yet another candidate for obsolescence. It feels quick and dirty to me.
Authorize and authenticate users with AD
“How much time do you spend to ensure user permissions? Ease the job and let Windows and Active Directory do it for you.” This article is definitely one for the enterprise—more power windows and Corinthian leather for future luxury.
Introduction to Mono—ASP.NET with XSP and Apache
Brian Delahunty writes, “The second article in a series of articles about Mono. This article explains how to host and serve ASP.NET Web Applications and Web Services on Linux using XSP and Apache with the help of Mono.”
Generate Thumbnail Images from PDF Documents
Jonathan Hodgson writes, “This article presents VB.NET code to create thumbnail images from a directory of Adobe Acrobat PDF documents using the .NET Framework.”
Crossing the bridge between Ghostscript and GDI+
A Java contractor here in the W2 labor camp motivated me to research how Ghostscript runs on the Windows platform since he’s got something going on in a Windows box. This article by Jonathan de Halleux depends on C++ but may still be useful.