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Creating my own HTTP webserver for desktop apps
What triggered this I have been looking for solutions for a simple stand-alone Web server for a while: allowing me to distribute run the same C# .NET solutions I create for the Web as “desktop applications” anyone can download and run without any additional hassles (like installing a web server that is not standard part […]
Posted in: C# MVC4
2-way data binding with Underscore and jQuery
December 3, 2013
2-way data binding In Underscore, Data binding by default is one way. You take a template (a snippet of HTML code), “inject” a JavaScript object into that template and get your pre-processed HTML as a result. This is perfect when your site is read-only. The moment you want to start a dialog with the user, […]
Posted in: JavaScript and HTML5
First preview on Financial Management app
February 17, 2013
In the past month I have been working on a financial management application. Scroll down for the images and videos. Status A work in progress. Technologies C# / .NET MVC4 — The “new way to go” in the .NET environment. MVC4 applies the MVC pattern and uses the Controller as the access-point when a user […]
Posted in: C# MVC4
C# MVC 4 and Knockout — Getting started
January 15, 2013
In this post Intro — Goals and choices MVC4 — Life after ASP Forms Linq and the Entity Framework — Simplification of Data Access, giving a more consistent feeling within the C# project Knockout.JS — Binding data to HTML TypeScript — Writing JavaScript as if it is Object Oriented, making it less painful to refactor […]
Posted in: C# MVC4
Home: Notes to my future self
October 15, 2012
Hosting a sever Yes Peter: your expensive 150 Euro per month hosted server is seriously under-powered. Why not host it at home? Basic config Fanless Atom-processor powered board 4 GB RAM 500 GB RAID1 for OS and services 2 TB cloud storage (USB3 external drive?) SVN / GIT File backups / file hosting?
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Update Report 001 – Ohra, Italy, Touch Screens, Android and Design Patterns
April 11, 2012
Since I probably will not be able to hold up to a weekly report as Alper Cugun and Kars Alferink on “Whats the Hubbub” I decided to simply create update reports and number them. Period: October 2011 to March 2012 this update covers the period from October 2011 to March 2012. Working on- and closing […]
Posted in: Status Report
Five things for 2012
January 14, 2012
2011, a look back 2011 was the end of a 5 year contract of an 560 m2 office space producing a revenue of almost 100.000 euro per year and costing me around 15.000 to 30.000 a year. After paying all my dues, that was a book I happily closed. From one long term Freelancing contract […]
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5 things to do when moving into startup mode
August 22, 2011
In the next 6 months, 3 projects are to be finished: An Android application to log your daily consumption – For a specific target audience and possibly with two or three spin-off products for people who are on a diet HotForestGreen – A framework for real time event handling over multiple devices. Also shortly called […]
Posted in: Business
Six things to build and four things to do (professionally) in 2011
November 16, 2010
I guess these are my early New Years resolutions. Six things to build Create a solid personal / collaborative Content Creation / Content Management tool – to do my personal and business writing in and manage my projects and to-do items Write the Roomware Cluster Node Code Base – to run all kind of real […]
Posted in: innovation and entrepreneurship
Writing an app to write stuff together
November 15, 2010
Inspired by my own needs for collaborative and Wiki-style document building and Scrivener and Storymill I have added another pet project to my list: to build a collaborative tool for offline and shared content-creation and content management. It is a nice step back to what I have been doing and building in the late 1990s […]
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Peter Kaptein 
December 7, 2013
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