Nickolas Landry

Nickolas Landry

Senior Architect

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  • Mobile CoDe.NET: Exploring the .NET Compact Framework

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2003 - September/October

    Windows or Web? A question you've asked and have been asked countless numbers of times for the past five years.And yet, when it comes to the mobile field and building business applications for smart devices, many are surprised when they realize the same question needs to be answered. The question is slightly dissimilar but the answers are entirely different. "Windows CE or Mobile Web?" you might ask. As for the answer, the .NET world can steer you in two very opposite directions: .NET Compact Framework or ASP.NET Mobile Controls.

  • Mobile CoDe.NET: Microsoft Mobility 101

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2003 - July/August, VFP Conversion Papers

    Mobility is one of those fields which everybody knows is a definite part of our future, in 5 to 10 years or so. Think again.Amber steps out of her client's office, enters her car, pulls out her mobile phone and dials the number to her main office. She's calling Martin?her internal sales representative to inform him that she finally closed a deal with her client. She needs him to place an internal order at the warehouse. There are many items on that order, including 500 units of product X, configuration A. After a quick query in the central inventory management system, Martin informs her that there are only 250 units left of that configuration, but there are more than plenty for her order if the client would be willing to switch to configuration B. Amber now needs to call her client back and save the deal. The client will be very disappointed, the whole thing will have to be negotiated over the phone, and Amber will probably have to cut her margins or else she'll lose everything.

  • MVP Corner: Perspectives from a .NET Guy at GDC

    Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - September/October

    Sept/Oct 2007 MVP Corner Article

  • Windows Vista Mobility: Why Should You Care?

    Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

    Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2007 - Vol. 4 - Issue 2 - Mobility

    “Why should I upgrade to Windows Vista™?” is the single most-asked question I get at work these days. Curiosity is driving a lot of folks towards this latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft. What’s new? What does it do? What’s in it for me? Everyone wants to know what’s so special about it and if it is worth it. “How much time do you have right now?” is usually my first reply, closely followed by, “Do you have a laptop?”