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Categories: TechnologyAuthor Aspire Blog TeamPosted on 4 Comments on MVC3 Forms Authentication using strongly typed User Roles

MVC3 Forms Authentication using strongly typed User Roles

We often need to authenticate users and, depending on their roles, give them access to specific areas. MVC3 gives you a such possibility by means of RolesAdapter. But using RolesAdapter … Continue reading “MVC3 Forms Authentication using strongly typed User Roles”

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Pretty Time – timestamp formatting made easy

It’s of the highest importance to present information in an understandable way. Users of applications shouldn’t waste their  valuable time figuring out the meaning of information. A great example is … Continue reading “Pretty Time – timestamp formatting made easy”

Categories: TechnologyAuthor Aspire Blog TeamPosted on 4 Comments on Red, green, refactor cycle – smallest TDD iteration

Red, green, refactor cycle – smallest TDD iteration

As I wrote before, TDD is a methodology. It requires a set of disciplines, and one of them is ‘red, green, refactor’. It is about writing test first, make it … Continue reading “Red, green, refactor cycle – smallest TDD iteration”

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The Cloud as the answer to Consumerization of IT

The consumerization of IT forces IT providers to think differently. Business users want to have access to similar features and devices both at the office and at home. Increasingly, these … Continue reading “The Cloud as the answer to Consumerization of IT”

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What does TDD mean?

Test Driven Development (TDD) is not about writing tests. Writing tests is writing tests, period. TDD is more than that, it’s a methodology.  It has started as a part of … Continue reading “What does TDD mean?”

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Do you feel like Mango?

A basket full of food: Apple, BlackBerry, Mango or maybe Gingerbread or Honeycomb? The fight between mobile operating systems has begun long time ago. Without a doubt, we can say … Continue reading “Do you feel like Mango?”

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What’s the best cloud road to follow: Google Apps or Microsoft Online Services?

For many organizations it is clear that moving your e-mail and documents to the cloud is the right way to go. During the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference several resellers shared … Continue reading “What’s the best cloud road to follow: Google Apps or Microsoft Online Services?”

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Native mobile app losing ground thanks to the web app

App Stores are doing well. Apple is earning decent money by providing it. But for how long? An increasing amount of publishers complains about the costly investment to support an … Continue reading “Native mobile app losing ground thanks to the web app”

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The ignored mobile shopping potential

Do you realize by 2015, it’s predicted that mobile purchases will total $119 billion globally! Wow ……. those are digits. Honestly, I didn’t realize it would be such an amount … Continue reading “The ignored mobile shopping potential”

Categories: TechnologyAuthor Aspire Blog TeamPosted on 5 Comments on Poland Europe’s 5th e-commerce market and growing

Poland Europe’s 5th e-commerce market and growing

About 20 years ago the Internet became available in Poland, however the first significant Internet portals appeared online just four years ago. Since then we have been observing the dynamic … Continue reading “Poland Europe’s 5th e-commerce market and growing”