Category Archives: Mono/.Net

Lost in a Sea of Web Frameworks

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Michael Schurter

So I’ve been trying to learn Python and have successfully written a couple small scripts. For the couple of small web sites/services I’ve written, I used CherryPy mostly because I know someone who is active in the CherryPy community.Coming from … Continue reading →

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cssh: C# Shell

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Michael Schurter

The other day I found myself writing a shell script in PHP because I refuse to learn bash’s archaic syntax.  I’m actually a lot happier with PHP as a shell scripting language than a web application language.  However, I’ve always … Continue reading →

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Novell/Microsoft in Linux Lovefest

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Michael Schurter

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft and Novell just entered into a partnership which is extremely beneficial to Linux. Instead of me trying to explain it, read Miguel de Icaza’s post, Joe Audette’s post, and/or the official Press Release. Update: … Continue reading →

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ODBC Test Tool

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Michael Schurter

Today I find myself once again fighting Crystal Reports. It claims that it can’t connect to the ODBC datasource I created for it since it can’t use Npgsql. Just to prove it wrong I quick hacked together an ODBC Test … Continue reading →

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SchoolWorks on Linux: Part 1 of Many

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Michael Schurter

Now that SchoolWorks has officially been released, I guess I can begin posting about my attempts to get it running on Linux. First of all SchoolWorks is school administration software (or SIS) built using: ASP.NET 2.0 (in Windows using Microsoft … Continue reading →

Posted in GNU/Linux, Mono/.Net, Open Source, PostgreSQL, SQL, Technology | Tagged | 1 Comment

Never Use Crystal Reports Again

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Michael Schurter

I’m sick of being suckered into using Crystal Reports because it comes free with Microsoft Visual Studio. Crystal Reports and its API are easily the most buggy, most poorly designed, and worst documented I’ve ever worked with. So I thought … Continue reading →

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