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Sep2

This Is How A Little jQuery Saved You From Using Hideous CSS Hacks

by: Jon Fazzaro
What I have here for you today is an unassuming snip of jQuery designed to circumvent the perils of the Browser-Specific CSS Hack. However tempting they may be to paste in for a quick fix, these disgusting pimples of software of are full of nasty preservatives that throw one's humours into ill balance, and they do not belong in the style sheets of a professional-grade web site.

The code itself uses jQuery's browser object to build CSS class names out of the browser and version in use, and adds them to the page's <body> tag.
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Sep1

And It's Another Microsoft Certification!

by: Stasha Dirrim

Congratulations to Aptera team member Dan Fischer on his recent Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) certification! Dan received this certification after passing the Pro: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 exam and fulfilling all of the certification’s professional requirements.

Dan’s 8 years of .NET experience prompted his ambition to achieve MCPD status in order to fully understand the gamut of .NET tools and practices. Dan originally worked with .NET 1.0 in Visual Studio 2002 and is now proficient in .NET 3.5.

In discussing his new certification Dan explained, “Aptera’s Microsoft Gold Partner status was a ...

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Aug26

Facepalm of the Week: UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase

by: Jon Fazzaro

Someday, you may find yourself building a public-facing web site using SharePoint. Odds are pretty strong that when that day comes you are going to be creating at least one or two custom Application Pages which anonymous visitors must be able to access. You may already know that one way to achieve this is to have your custom page inherit from the aptly named UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase class.
What you may not know is that even when christened with a name like that, anonymous access for this type's descendants doesn't just work out of the box. If that were the case, I ...

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Aug19

It Makes One of These Out of U and I

by: Jon Fazzaro

While I was taking in a recent episode of Dot Net Rocks (the one covering the new LightSwitch rapid development platform), co-host Richard Campbell said something in passing that caught my ear. He described a hypothetical enterprise development scenario in which the "senior guys are building a set of WCF services that the, um, client-building guys can access".

I batted an eye. Why are we assuming that our senior developers should be focused on the server side code?

This is no slight to Campbell, of course—he probably meant nothing by it at all, good-natured Canadian citizen that he is. But ...

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Aug18

Aptera Team Member Earns Another Microsoft Certification

by: Stasha Dirrim

Congratulations to Jason Jordan, Aptera’s Practice Leader in Software Development, on his newest certification: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects (MCTS)! Jason successfully completed the certification exam and requirements to acquire his third Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification.

Jason has used Microsoft Project for various internal development projects and sought out this certification to confirm standards and ensure that he was well versed on the software’s features and capabilities. The MCTS: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects certification will benefit Jason and the Aptera Team on a daily basis by enhancing the quality and efficiency of creating, ...

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Aptera's 2010 Healthcare Webinar Series

February 08, 2010

Aptera's premier webinar series begins February 17th and is focused on the needs of today's healthcare professionals. The series will run throughout 2010.
SharePoint Ignite 2010 - Exclusive Insight

October 23, 2009

Aptera was proud to take part in SharePoint Ignite, an invite-only training event performed by Microsoft employees. Brad Greubel, the Director of Consulting Services at Aptera, attended the event, which is the first of its kind.
Top 50 Companies to Watch

October 23, 2009

Aptera Software earned a place on Indiana’s second annual 50 “Companies to Watch” list. Selected from over 500 nominations, Aptera represented the only company from Allen County to receive the accolade.
Aptera is Creating Jobs

October 22, 2009

Aptera understands that local students need to complement their education with hands-on experience by working on real projects. The Aptera environment provides a place where interns can get their hands dirty; we’re big enough to provide structure but small enough to welcome fresh perspectives.
We're Connected!

October 22, 2009

Aptera was invited to speak at Connections 2009, the largest e-mail marketing conference in the world. The sold-out event was hosted by ExactTarget, an e-mail marketing service provider based in Indianapolis, Indiana