Welcome to the PocketNerd Web Site
PocketNerd is the pseudonym for
Richard Stockley, a
consultant based out of the North West of England, who specializes in helping companies deliver .NET
solutions. This site is a way for Richard to share some of his experiences,
which other developers may or may not find useful.
The links below are to the most recent site publications, including in-depth articles that you can take away as PDF documents or eBooks, that describe how to make the most of Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework. These links include fully commented solutions, examples, best practices and add-ins to help you develop applications for the Microsoft platform.
You can also find code samples that show how to perform common tasks in the
Bits of Code section.
Several of the Bits of Code have been built into an installable
Framework
that you can add to and deploy with your applications. The
Framework
code provides re-usable classes that extend the .NET Framework. Alternatively,
if you don't want to write the code, why not see if there is a
Wizard that will do
it for you!
If you don't fancy the bits of code or wizards sections, then why not check out
my Blog. Everybody has an
opinion, and most people are entitled to one - this is mine. You'll find
some techie stuff in there and the occasional rant!
I spend a lot of time and effort writing the information here. So, if you find the information on this site useful then please use the Page Rank facilities or leave a comment. Alternatively,
if you find the information really useful, you can make a donation using the following link at the bottom of each page:
Below are some of the more recent publications to the site. Give them a click ... you may find something useful!
EnvSettings provides a really easy and flexible way of configuring an application (win, web etc.) whilst taking different environments into consideration. The EnvSettings can automatically determine the runtime environment (DEV, UAT, Prod etc) and select the corresponding application settings. Already used in numerous different projects, give it a go and never look back!
10 March 2008
Looks at creating a general use, multipurpose progress indicator that automatically informs visitors that an AJAX request in progress
17 May 2007
This is a wrapper class for System.Drawing.Color, that enables a color to be Serialized and Deserialized
05 October 2006
The TimedDictionary provides functionality that is similar to a normal Dictionary except the items within it can expire and be cleaned up
05 October 2006
This is a simple class that is used to associate a Name with a corresponding Generic Value and to add Items to ComboBoxes, ListBoxes etc
17 March 2006
This .NET 2.0 bit of code shows how application settings in one assembly, typically an EXE, can be shared with referenced assemblies, typically DLLs.
08 March 2006
Sample code that shows how to create a Feedback Provider, similar to an ErrorProvider, that can display Info, Warn, Error, Dirty and Mandatory icons
27 February 2006
This article looks at how we can enable our website visitors to download data from our webpages to view or manipulate it in their favorite applications. In particular, we are going to look at how we can export individual tables and complete pages to Excel and how we can generate PDF versions of our webpages on the fly.
18 February 2006
The PocketNerd Framework provides additional classes and functionality that can be added to your applications
26 June 2005
Creates a collection of name value pair items that can be converted into an XML Document or transformed using XSLT. It is also possible to add groups of name value pair items.
25 June 2005