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I got turned onto a fairly new tool by a friend and was interested in checking it out. It's called Microsoft StyleCop and done in the style of FxCop but rather than analyzing assemblies it looks at code for formatting and style rules. The original use was within Microsoft for keeping code across all teams consistent. Imagine having to deal with hundreds of developers moving around an organization like Microsoft where there are dozens of major teams (Windows, Office, Visual Studio, Games, etc.) and millions of lines of code. It helps if the code is consistent in style so people moving between teams don't have to re-learn how the "style" of that new team works. Makes sense and I can see where there's benefit, even in smaller...

http://www.unthinkability.com/?p=200 Scott Fletcher has cast me as Simplex. Read on........ Read More...

Call for Speakers CTDOTNET CodeCamp - Hartford CT (Saturday Aug 16th 9AM-5PM) To be held at New Horizons Computer Learning Center (Bloomfield CT) http://www.newhorizons.com/content/centerSearchResults.aspx?SiteId=25 ... A code camp is a FREE, community-driven, all-day event for developers. Speakers are local or regional developers. Topics are based on community interest. Sessions are original and feature a heavy technical focus (no marketing fluff). We will follow the Spirit of the Codecamp Manifesto as described here - http://www.thedevcommunity.org/codecamps/manifesto.aspx We are seeking talented .NET developers to make a presentation or two at the First Hartford CodeCamp on August 16th (Saturday). If you have ever wanted fame (& perhaps...

So a month ago Antonio got me started on www.community-credit.com , it took me a few weeks to actually start using the site, but I managed to get quite a few items into the site in the month of June and actually won an award! I came in seventh for the month of June and won the following new office mate. 7th Prize: Inflatable Alien Alien invades a pool Was it coincidence there was a reported UFO sighting the same night we inflated this green alien? Start your own alien invasion! Once he arrives I...( read more ) Read More...

Subscribe to Everything . Original Url: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2008/07/01/asp-net-podcast-show-119-using-the-history-back-functionality-with-the-asp-net-ajax-web-services-in-net-3-5-service-pack-1-beta-1.aspx Subscribe to WMV format . Subscribe to M4V for iPod Users . Subscribe to MP3 (Audio only) . Download WMV . Download M4V for iPod Users . Download MP3 (Audio only) . Download PPT associated file . Show Notes: This show is an extension of Show #110 on ASP.NET AJAX and Live Maps . Back and forward are now enabled. Data stored on the url. Upcoming Community Events: GiveCamp in Ann Arbor, MI. http://www.annarborgivecamp.org . Check for Satellite events. CodeStock in Knoxville on August 9. http://www.codestock...

It’s Canada Day, and what better way to celebrate geekdom with a 100% All-Beef Canadian announcement. We’re very proud to present the first major Canadian Open Spaces ALT.NET event , hosted right here in my hometown of Calgary August 15-17, 2008. The event follows the same principals and format as the previous ALT.NET Open Spaces hosted in Seattle and Austin . We’ll be hosting it at the local University and they’ll be tons’o’fun as with any of the ALT.NET events. Lots of cool local Canadian guys will be there. Vancouver or Bust Greg Young , the Bahama Connection with Kyle Baley , the regular NHibernate Mafia gang headed up by James Kovacs , the Edmonton Contingent with Donald Belcham , Justice Gray will be doing hair product demos , and a host...

We’ve released version 2.0 of Tree Surgeon . This is the first major release since I took the project over from Mike Roberts. This release adds the following features: 2005 and 2008 support in addition to the original 2003 support Ability to choose the unit test framework generated (NUnit or MbUnit) Updated tool resources to latest versions NAnt build scripts will use the appropriate .NET versions (1.1, 2.0 and 3.5) Minor bug fixes Improved User Interface Please download the latest project files here . Source code, zip file, and installer are all available. Read More...

Join our next webcast! 15th of July 2008 Developers.ie invites all our members to attend our regular webcast. We think that during your coffee break is the right time to attend a short talk on various subjects, starting with Silverlight this month. Our speaker in July is Tim Heuer, Silverlight Program Manager for Microsoft . Tim will broadcast from Arizona! In this webcast, Silverlight and Data , we'll discuss the various ways Silverlight can consume and produce data and what are some best practices...( read more ) Read More...

My shop has been using Subversion for a number of years. It is a reliable tool and works well for our team. One area that Subversion could handle better is tracking merge information. Our team is always working on multiple feature branches and merging those changes back into the main line of development. The current merge support works fine (most of the time), but doesn't handle complex situations well. Subversion 1.5 begins to improve this with "Merge tracking" support. From the Release Notes : Merge tracking means Subversion keeps track of what changes have been merged where. This reduces the overhead involved in maintaining branches, and gives users a way to inquire what changes are merged — or are available to be merged — on...

This week I unexpectedly found myself at Microsoft in Seattle. I was contracted by Microsoft Learning as a Subject Matter Expert to do some work on a couple of their upcoming certification exams for developers. It was my first time engaging with Microsoft in this area and I found it very interesting and challenging. There is actually a very well-defined standard process that the development of every exam must go through, before it is offered as a "live" exam. It was an interesting few days - and then I had also made some time to meet with other contacts at corp to see what is going on inthe differnet groups, especially as they are all gearing up for the new fiscal year (July 1). Read More...