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.NET Framework versions and directories

As part of the .NET framework installation, the following are added. Framework version CLR version Directory Description 1.0 1.0 %SystemRoot% \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\ compiler, asp.net, registration scripts, utilities, assemblies 1.1 SP2 updated 1.1 %SystemRoot% \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\ compiler, asp.net, registration scripts, utilities, assemblies 2.0 (Generics) SP2 updated 2.0 %SystemRoot% \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ compiler, asp.net, registration scripts, utilities, assemblies 3.0 (WCF, WF, WPF, Card-space) SP2 updated 2.0 %SystemRoot% \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\ WCF, WF, WPF %ProgramFiles% \Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\ additional DLLs for referencing 3.5 (AJAX, LINQ, EF) SP1 updated 2.0 %SystemRoot% \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\ compiler, MsBuild, WPF %ProgramFiles% \Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\ additional DLLs for referencing %ProgramF

DOCTYPE in HTML/ XHTML documents and rendering modes

Acceptable standard doctypes to use for a text/html document as well as the browser rendering modes are shown here: HTML version DTD type Examples Modern non-IE (1) IE9/ IE8/ Opera 9.5 IE7/ Opera 7.1 IE6/ Opera 7.0 HTML 5 N.A. <!DOCTYPE html> S S A A HTML 4.01 Strict <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> or with URL "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd" S S A A Transitional <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Q Q Q Q Transitional (with URL) As above with either URLs "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd" or "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd" A A A A HTML 4.0 Strict <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> S S A A Transitional <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Q Q Q Q Tra

Roles in the Enterprise Architecture Function

The Enterprise Architecture comprises the following IT dimensions: Program Management Software Architecture Data Architecture Network Architecture Platform Architecture Business Architecture (which over-arches all the above 5) Of interest, are the roles of the Solution Architect and the Business Architect. Solution Architect The Solution Architect needs to be proficient in all 5 dimensions (with the exception of the Business Architecture). Being proficient is defined as being able to (at least): set standards, directions, define best practices lead large projects and develop programme plans establish policies, designs and directions As such, the Solution Architect can do almost anything technical and are valuable across a wide array of enterprise-wide projects and initiatives. The Solution Architect works on large and complex IT architecture projects with full competency. He/ she is responsible for major architecture deliverables for enterprise-wide programmes and LOB pro

Software Maintenance & Service Delivery

Maintenance work can be classified as: Corrective maintenance – to deal with defects-fixing Adaptive maintenance – to deal with adapting to environmental (hardware, OS, etc.) changes Perfective maintenance – to deal with changing or new features/ functional requirements. E.g. functional enhancements, regulatory changes Preventive maintenance – to deal with performance tuning, improving maintainability (e.g. refactoring, annotating/ adding comments) Finally there is a way of classifying these tasks that we do!

Oracle/ Sun JRE End-of-Life & Support

It is so difficult to narrow down to the supported JRE versions and their corresponding EOL from searching the web that I decided to blog the information down. According to Oracle’s website , the JRE versions and EOL information is as follows: Java SE Support Roadmap Major Release GA Date EOL Notification EOL Latest Update 1.4 Feb 2002 Dec 2006 Oct 2008 1.4.2 update 30 5.0 May 2004 Apr 2008 Oct 2009 1.5.0 update 22 6 Dec 2006 Feb 2011 Jul 2012 6 update 27 7 Jul 2011 TBD Jul 2014 7

Market-Share of Mobile/ Tablet Devices

Found an interesting article detailing the market-share for the above. The salient summary based on May 2011 follows: Tablets Mobile Phones Other Devices iPad Android Other Tablet iPhone Android Other Smart- phone Feature Phone iPod Touch Other Canada 33.5% 0.4% 1.3% 34.6% 8.2% 3.6% 1.5% 14.9% 2.0% Brazil 31.8% 1.6% 0.0% 21.0% 11.7% 11.3% 17.3% 4.1% 1.1% Germany 29.4% 0.9% 0.0% 35.1% 16.2% 4.6% 2.8% 8.3% 2.5% Spain 27.4% 0.8% 0.0% 34.2% 22.1% 7.2% 2.7% 3.6% 1.9% France 26.9% 0.6% 0.0% 34.3% 17.1% 5.7% 5.5% 3.9% 6.0% Singapore 26.2% 1.4% 0.1% 51.9% 10.0% 3.9% 1.5% 4.8% 0.2% Australia 25.9% 0.5% 0.0% 50.0% 10.5% 3.8% 1.8% 7.1% 0.4% U.S. 21.8% 0.6% 0.1% 23.5% 35.6% 6.7% 2.4% 7.8% 1.5% U.K. 21.3% 0.3% 0.0% 29.9% 15.1% 15.0% 8.2% 8.7% 1.5% Chile 12.9% 0.6% 0.0% 45.2% 13.9% 11.6% 9.1% 6.0% 0.7% Argentina 12.4% 0.4% 0.0% 12.5% 23.2% 16.8% 27.5%