Ran into an interesting problem today and the links I found on the net did not help me resolve the issue. The Error The SessionStateTempDataProvider requires SessionState to be enabled.   How To Fix To see what the problem was I ran a quick “File – New MVC App” and fired it up. It worked. I knew something must be awry with the config file. After poking around a team member of mine noticed the error. Current Config (which throws the exception)   <modules > <remove name="ScriptModule" /> <remove name="UrlRoutingModule" /> <add...
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I’ve had this error pop up nearly 20 times when setting up CCNET through the years. Unfortunately I never notated what I had to do to fix it. I usually just spent 20 minutes banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Then when I finally do figure it out I never notate it down. Well, this time I’m going to notate it here so I can fix it next time real quick and hopefully someone else will find this useful through “teh internets” as well.   The Error BUILD FAILED Failed to initialize the ‘Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0′ (net-2.0) target framework....
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Event Aggregator – What is it? The event aggregator in Prism is an implementation of the Event Aggregator pattern. Fowler explains the Event Aggregator pattern as follows:  Channel events from multiple objects into a single object to simplify registration for clients. Microsoft also has a link for this pattern as well, its located here. Here’s what they have to say [snippet]: The EventAggregator service is primarily a container for events that allow decoupling of publishers and subscribers so they can evolve independently. This decoupling is useful in modularized...
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I’ve been using a social network of sorts for as long as I’ve been using the Internet. From bulletin boards to Twitter, I’ve been there and still use them all to this day. Their importance is worth its weight in diamonds. Through the years of using these networks user patterns have developed and I’ve grown accustomed to stereotyping certain users in different categories. This post is a list of some of the stereotypes I’ve noticed. Enjoy.   Weekday WarriorThe Weekday Warrior is your normal Nine-Five desk job worker. Accountant, engineer, software...
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