Web/Tech
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In the last post, we looked at the core technology we're going to use to expose our web-service, along with the basic project set-up. In today's post, we're going to flesh out this project and see the web-service in action. At this point, I should point out that I've switched back across for VS2010 for […]
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As promised, here begins the technical portion of the series on moving application functionality to the cloud. As suggested, we're going to take code from a couple of previous posts and put it in the cloud (although not immediately – first we're going to move it to a local web-service, consume that in AutoCAD, and […]
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I mentioned some time ago that our Localization Services (LS) team was embarking on a community-based translation of Homestyler into Russian. The fruits of this labour are now ready for testing: the various translation projects, for the application, for its content and for supporting web-pages are now 100% complete. But that's not to say things […]
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I've been meaning to post on this topic for some time, and a recent comment reminded me to do so. As many of you will have noticed, when you do a straight copy & paste of code from this blog into Visual Studio, it comes with unwanted line feeds. For instance, taking some recently posted […]
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Actually, I wish that were true. I'm planning on taking some time off in October, but that seems a long way off, at this stage. What I've actually been doing is working with some REST-based APIs: firstly, I've been finishing up work on September's Plugin of the Month, TransTips for AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, & 3ds […]
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Here's something that's a little off-topic – relative to my other posts – but potentially of interest to fellow bloggers, people who have their own websites and even readers who're using Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7. Since attending the Microsoft TechDays 11 event in Geneva, back in April, I've been meaning to fool around […]
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I'll be delivering a Facecast on AutoCAD Customization next Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 5pm CET / 8am PST. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP via this Facebook page. The timing on the page seems to be for 3 hours, but I've been told the session will last around 30 minutes. I'll embed a […]
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It's been a while since I've talked about AutoCAD WS, even though the application is proving hugely popular on its various platforms: whether inside a web browser or on iOS and Android devices. There have been some really interesting capabilities exposed, lately, which are making it increasingly interesting to the development community. One, in particular, […]
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I talked briefly about TED, a few weeks ago. A number of Autodesk employees attend this event, including members of our senior staff. During a recent All Hands session, Amar Hanspal – who heads up our Platforms Solutions and Emerging Business division, which includes both Autodesk Labs and AutoCAD Engineering (among other teams) – reported […]
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I'm just taking a few days off to visit family in Italy. We're sitting in a brand-new EuroCity train on its way from Bern to Milano Centrale. Aside from it being very comfortable – which is new, most of the other times I've made this journey have been in cattle-wagons – it's got one cool […]