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DotNetOpenAuth OAuth2 CTP

David Christiansen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:46:31 GMT

Exciting times are afoot. We have just released a Community Technology Preview of DotNetOpenAuth with built in support for OAuth2.

Download it here

Andrew posted a notice to our discussion group earlier today

For those of you chomping at the bit to start development with DotNetOpenAuth upcoming OAuth 2.0 support, now you can.

https://www.ohloh.net/p/dotnetopenauth/download?package=DotNetOpenAuth+CTP&release=OAuth2

Please do take notice of the rider that comes with this (and any) CTP;

The public API has not been locked down, and please assume that critical security holes exist, at this early stage in development. The OAuth 2.0 spec is still a moving target, and I have not yet audited all the code to lock it down security-wise. This is a preview so you can begin development with the library and provide early feedback.

Do not "go live" with this version!

And please don't be shy with the feedback. :)

Further reading:

OAuth2 Specification (http://wiki.oauth.net/OAuth-2)

Howto: Using DotNetOpenAuth v3.4.x with ASP.NET MVC2

David Christiansen — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:28:54 GMT

When targeting ASP.NET MVC 2, this assemblyBinding makes MVC 1 references relink to MVC 2 so libraries such as DotNetOpenAuth that compile against MVC 1 will work with it.

You can depend on NDepend (v3)

David Christiansen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:36:32 GMT

I have just downloaded my update to NDepend, and also really I think you should too. Why? Well, how do you fancy having the wealth of information that NDepend provides INTEGRATED within your Visual Studio environment? Yeah! Wow.

I have to admit that having to pop out to an external application was beginning to grind a little – especially when I have all my other tools integrated within my VS environment so I was was pretty much blown away by what I saw during the overview tour (http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx).

NDepend is a Visual Studio tool that makes it easy to manage complex .NET code base.
With NDepend, hundreds of standard and custom rules are continuously checked in Visual Studio with no performance cost. Hence, the design remains clean, large refactoring are seamless, code reviews are effective and evolution is mastered.
Benefits are better communication, improved quality and faster development.

Download your own copy of NDepend here (Trial Edition) http://www.ndepend.com/NDependDownload.aspx

The OpenID levees break: Everyone’s OpenID accepted on Facebook

David Christiansen — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:14:45 GMT

Facebook will momentarily add yet another feather to their bow by becoming the biggest example of a social network accepting OpenID from other companies.

It is maybe now, more than ever we should expect websites to care more about verifying the age and identity of their customers – now that one of the largest in the market has widely accepted a technology that makes asserting verified claims SO easy.

Lions and Tigers – End of Safari evaluation

David Christiansen — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:37:20 GMT

So today see’s the end of my week long attempt to use an online bookstore search in replacement of my habitual use of Gooooogle.

All in all it was a relative success. We were certainly able to find the topics we were looking for – but as expected, Safari was able to best answer questions on ‘best practise’ and ‘how should be approach x’. Where Google steps forward was exposing the real world experiences actually implementing those practises, thanks to the world of Blogging and Forums.

Has to be said I found the interface to be simple. I don’t think I would ever be able to sit and read a whole chapter let alone a book. I wasn’t able to achieve the ‘flow’ otherwise experienced by reading a book or web page. Having to set the page Zoom each time became rather irritating after a while but I was able to find the information I required – answer the question – and move on.

I would LOVE to be able to flip pages using my cursors, rather than my mouse. I would love to see all the pages of a book laid out on a ‘whitebox’ table in some kind of deep-zoom visualisation so I can see all the headings, sub heading, illustrations, to mimic what you would do by the ‘flicking’ through a book.

So, will a Safari subscription kill my GoogleAmazon addiction. No, not yet. Besides, I can’t take Safari to the ‘john’.

This curiosity was satisfied thanks to my friends at GeekWithBlogs.net and Safari Books Online. Thanks very much guys!

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