Month: October 2014

I presented at the “SharePoint Days” conference in Portorož, Slovenia

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October has certainly been a busy month for me! One of the reasons was that I had the opportunity to speak at the SharePoint Dnevi, or SharePoint Days conference in Portotož, Slovenia last week. The conference was on the 22nd and 23rd of October.

Since AngularJS is becoming ever more popular, I thought it would be a good idea to show people the benefits of using it with SharePoint apps.

We have great patterns and practices when it comes to server side code, but often the accompanying JavaScript ends up being difficult to manage. AngularJS is a great fit in these circumstances, especially when you consider SharePoint Hosted Apps which are JavaScript only.

I’ll have to cut this post a bit short, but here is the slide deck that I presented, for those that are interested.

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Storing user data: foreign keys or strings?

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So you need to store user data in your SQL database. Do you store a foreign key to your identity table? An Active Directory (or other) login string? Their full name?

Let me first say that while I have some experience with audit records in various environments, this post doesn’t relate to anything specific. Rather, it stems from a discussion on the topic with some colleagues, so I thought it would be useful to publish my thoughts on the matter. Continue reading →

Xamarin Hack Day in Slovenia!

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Following the success of the Xamarin Hack Days in Sydney, Brisbane and Beijing, we’re gearing up to host a Xamarin Hack Day in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

If you’re in the area, register and have a crack at building a cross-platform mobile app on the day. There are phones and other goodies that will be given away courtesy of Microsoft and Xamarin, so don’t miss out!

If you can’t make it, or want to get a head start before the event, you can also check out some of the presentations from previous events on SSW TV.

See you there!