At Code Camp 5 in Waltham this past Sunday I was delivering my session entitled “All you need to know about Membership”, when I learned that I didn’t know everything I need to know about membership.
Someone asked if the scripts were available that aspnet_regsql.exe uses to create the membership table. My answer was that I hadn’t seen them so I assumed they were baked into the exe. WRONG! Our good buddy and fellow Code Camp presenter, Dan Krhla, pointed out that in the same directory that you find the aspnet_regsql.exe (namely C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727) you also find the scripts that the tool users including InstallMembership.sql. There are a bunch of them and you have to install them in order (installcommon.sql first, etc.). They offer some good insights and I have already spent a bit of time on them myself.
Thanks again Dan and I am happy that the question came up so I could learn something too. This is why I really love the Code Camp.
Category Archives: Events
Mini Code Camp Security Edition Slides
As promised, but fashionably late as always, here are the slides from this Saturday’s Mini Code Camp Security Edition.
I want to thank everyone that attended and the feedback has been great (no death treats so far)!
Membership.ppt (752 KB)
Security Best Practices.ppt (579 KB)
Check Duane’s blog at www.cyberspacesamurai.com for his slides.
See you at the next Code Camp!
Thanks
Patrick
Code Camp Security Edition (mini)
Duane and I are doing a mini (one day) Code Camp in Waltham in late March focused on security.
We already have a pretty good list signed up so if you really want to come, register today.
We are running it on Saturday, March 25th starting first thing in the morning. See you there.
Bruce Backa Online
My old friend and mentor, Bruce Backa is finally blogging and this is a MUST SEE! If you want to learn lessons of business and technology the hard way then by all means ignore this, otherwise put this on your RSS reader and don’t miss a post. I work with Bruce and I still plan to read his posts religiously.
Boston Launch of VS 2005 and SQL 2005
Microsoft held the Boston Launch event at the new Convention Center on Thursday and by all accounts it was very successful. Duane Laflotte and I delivered the Web Development session to a pretty packed room. Overall the event surpassed the 3,000 mark and everyone I talked to seemed very pleased with the information provided in both the data and development tracks.
I wish I had posted before the event, but travel and things being so busy at CriticalSites have put me behind lately. I plan to be more proactive going forward.
Your Name in Lights…
Thom Robbins of MS is introducing a really cool competition called the “Launch 2005 Screencast Contest”. The concept is that you get a free 30 day copy of Camtasia and record one or more demos with audio. The entries will be screened and the winners in the major launch cities will win some useful stuff.
Thom breaks it all down on his blog here.
I did one of these during the break at the last Code Camp and it was actually pretty cool. My demo is up on Channel 9 and I am definitely going to be doing some more (though if I know Thom, I am not allowed in the contest).
Code Camp 4 is Upon Us
New England is where the whole Code Camp phenomenon began and than God that I am not doing 12 sessions in 2 days the way I did for the first one!
But I am doing 3 sessions this weekend at the 4th Code Camp themed “Developers Gone Wild”.
Thom Robbins has the details posted as well as a link to register here.
It should be great! While I will only be there on Saturday due to a conflict on Sunday, I am very glad to be going.
See you there;)
PDC Last Day
As I got caught up on the activities here at the PDC in Los Angeles, I fell off the wagon of posting about what has gone on. Overall it was a good event, but there weren’t a ton of surprises. As I write this I am listening to Michael Howard explain the updated threat modeling thinking that sounds quite good. The push in threat modeling is to make it accessible to developers who aren’t security gurus. This is a good goal because I can count on one hand the number of clients that I have visited that actually do real threat modeling. As the tools do more and more for us, this is the high value, non automatable activities that we need to see more in the enterprise.
This shows that MS is making a push on all fronts. There isn’t any complacency that I can find, though occasionally there is some confusion.
I have heard over and over again from people that you just can’t keep your hands in everything anymore. The number of products coming out based on the announcements here this week alone bring this point home. Lets hope that it doesn’t go so far that we ever get to the point where someone narrows their focus so much that they decide to become experts specializing in the File Menu of Word (and all 3487 entries and shortcuts in that menu)…
PDC Opening Keynote
I am writing this from Bill Gates’ keynote at PDC in Los Angeles. User experience is definitely the message of the day. Windows Vista is a clear indication of the MS belief that if you build a better interface then they will come (or stay as the case may be).
Atlas, which will allow MS technology developers to build XMLHttp based, google map like, experiences is a prime example that this is the battlefield of this round. There was a bit of a history lesson that was likely very unneeded given the crowd, but then WinFX (highlighting Avalon), Windows Vista and the supporting technologies were covered.
Windows Vista is supposed to, “Bring clarity to your world”. The Vista demo was cool, it is hard to call it anything else. If you like the UI in Windows XP then you might have a hard time being lured to Vista, but if you have ever envied the Mac interface then you will have to dig a bit to find enough justification to jump. Control and security are the other motivator. Phishing attacks have been increasing dramatically and IE 7 goes a long way to allowing you to be much more confident that you aren’t being victimized. The dynamic protection service will let you opt in to view a known phishing site so that you are never really prevented from hanging yourself. I think this is a good example of MS keeping pace with the hackers, the problem for many people is that they may not want to move, but security will force the upgrade ultimately.
Office 12 was announced and will be released at the same time as Windows Vista. The biggest changes are to the user interface (basically reinvented) and the intrinsic XML file format.
More later…
See you at PDC
I am off to Microsoft’s Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) this weekend. I expect that I will see many of the people who read this at the event in Los Angeles. While there I will be involved in quite a few activities including speaking at the So Cal .Net User Group’s PDC Underground event. If you are there and looking for me, I will be hanging out (and handling the scheduling) for the PDC TV Booth much of the time. This is a booth that lets attendees have up to 3 minutes to say whatever they want on a topic of their choice and have it broadcast throughout the conference center. Wish me luck!