derek hatchardaggregating from ardentdev.com and derekhat.comhttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/atom.aspxCommunity Server2008-04-29T23:56:23ZIf Programming Languages were Religionshttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/23/if-programming-languages-were-religions.aspx2008-12-23T14:45:09Z2008-12-23T14:45:09ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/if-programming-languages-were-religions/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>An awesome post over at www.aegisub.net comparing programming languages to world religions. A fun Friday afternoon read.
C would be Judaism - it’s old and restrictive, but most of the world is familiar with its laws and respects them. The catch is, you can’t convert into it - you’re either into it from the start, or [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/if-programming-languages-were-religions/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6804043" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxVideo Show on What’s New in Visual Studio 10http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/23/video-show-on-what-s-new-in-visual-studio-10.aspx2008-12-23T14:44:23Z2008-12-23T14:44:23ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/video-show-on-whats-new-in-visual-studio-10/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>There’s a new show on Channel 9 called 10-4 that looks at what’s new in .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 10.
The first episode is a pretty introductory walkthrough showing you how to download and run the Virtual PC image with the CTP build. Host Brian Keller even takes you through the process of [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/video-show-on-whats-new-in-visual-studio-10/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6804041" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspx2008 Web Performance Year in Reviewhttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/23/2008-web-performance-year-in-review.aspx2008-12-23T14:44:06Z2008-12-23T14:44:06ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/2008-web-performance-year-in-review/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>Steve Souders from Google (web performance and open source initiatives) has a nice post summarizing his end of term lecture at Stanford entitled "State of Performance".
Nice to see the highly awesome Strangeloop Networks get some link love in the post.
Steve also mentions the O’Reilly Velocity conference that I was tempted to attend last year. I [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/2008-web-performance-year-in-review/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6804040" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxMIX09 - Save 40% (Hurry)http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/16/mix09-save-40-hurry.aspx2008-12-16T12:12:59Z2008-12-16T12:12:59ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/15/mix09-save-40-hurry/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>Big discount for the first 200 people to register for MIX09 with the code MIXspecial1:
Get in for $795 USD.  Regular prices:
EARLY BIRD Conference Registration: $1,195 USD
After January 15th, Full Conference Registration: $1,395 USD
Workshops Registration: [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/15/mix09-save-40-hurry/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6790372" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxOxite Open Source ASP.NET MVC Projecthttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/10/oxite-open-source-asp-net-mvc-project.aspx2008-12-11T01:50:42Z2008-12-11T01:50:42ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/10/oxite-open-source-aspnet-mvc-project/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>The team behind Channel 9, Channel 8, Channel 10, TechNet Edge, and Mix Online have released an open source blogging / basic content management platform called Oxite.
In addition to the core blogging features you’d expect, Oxite is a full working example of ASP.NET MVC in action!
And it’s from the real world:  Oxite powers the MIX [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/10/oxite-open-source-aspnet-mvc-project/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6777610" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxSilverlight Leads to Netflix Staff Reductionhttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/12/10/silverlight-leads-to-netflix-staff-reduction.aspx2008-12-11T01:50:41Z2008-12-11T01:50:41ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/silverlight-leads-to-netflix-staff-reduction/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>From the Nextflix VP of Corporate Communications:
For those of you who watch movies instantly on your PC or Mac, you may have noticed our player is much easier to install and use now with Silverlight. The good news is fewer problems for you. The bad news is that we are now overstaffed with technical specialists [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/silverlight-leads-to-netflix-staff-reduction/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6777609" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxAre You Fussy About Markup?http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/11/28/are-you-fussy-about-markup.aspx2008-11-28T14:52:07Z2008-11-28T14:52:07ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/are-you-fussy-about-markup/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>If you’re fussy about markup formatting, check out Daniel Crenna’s Dimebrain Markup Tamer on Codeplex:
http://www.codeplex.com/DimebrainMarkupTamer
Dimebrain Markup Tamer is a Visual Studio Add-In that allows easy markup formatting for ASP.NET, WPF, and Silverlight developers.
</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/are-you-fussy-about-markup/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6758568" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxA Conference for Technical Training?http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/11/27/a-conference-for-technical-training.aspx2008-11-27T13:06:38Z2008-11-27T13:06:38ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/26/a-conference-for-technical-training/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>If you want some hardcore technical training, do you go to a conference?
I don’t.
There’s so much great content available online. Much of it is free. And you can digest exactly what you need and skip things that are irrelevant to your immediate needs.
But conferences are incredibly valuable. I have had many "aha!" moments [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/26/a-conference-for-technical-training/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6757009" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxWhat Laptop Do You Use?http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/09/19/what-laptop-do-you-use.aspx2008-09-19T11:49:31Z2008-09-19T11:49:31ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/09/18/what-laptop-do-you-use/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>What laptop are you using right now?  Do you love it or hate it?  What’s good about it?  What’s bad?  Are you shopping for a new one?  What are you considering?
My current laptop is a 15.4" MacBook Pro running Vista x64.  I have my eye on a Dell E6400.
</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/09/18/what-laptop-do-you-use/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6634136" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxSilverlight Line of Business Applicationshttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/09/15/silverlight-line-of-business-applications.aspx2008-09-16T02:16:49Z2008-09-16T02:16:49ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/09/16/silverlight-line-of-business-applications/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>I just posted the most recent episode of Devcasting.  I interviewed speaker and blogger Dan Crenna about building line of business applications with Microsoft Silverlight.
http://devcasting.com/index.php/2008/09/15/devcasting-15-silverlight-lob-applications/
</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/09/16/silverlight-line-of-business-applications/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6626688" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxEpisode 13 of Devcasting is Uphttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/07/08/episode-13-of-devcasting-is-up.aspx2008-07-08T06:37:38Z2008-07-08T06:37:38ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/07/07/episode-13-of-devcasting-is-up/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>The latest episode of the developer podcast Devcasting just went up:
http://devcasting.com/index.php/2008/07/07/devcasting-13-amazon-web-services/
I also recorded a great conversation today with Joel Semeniuk on "How to Make Scrum Really Work" that will become episode 14.  Stay tuned!
</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/07/07/episode-13-of-devcasting-is-up/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6375312" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxDo You Want ARDENTCODER.com?http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/05/26/do-you-want-ardentcoder-com.aspx2008-05-26T19:21:17Z2008-05-26T19:21:17ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/26/do-you-want-ardentcodercom/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>Currently I don’t have a vision for using ARDENTCODER.com / ARDENTCODER.net and they expire in the not-too-distant future.
If you have a vision for these domains and will commit to using them for something that contributes to humankind in some small way, email me or leave a comment.
</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/26/do-you-want-ardentcodercom/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6222870" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxNew Podcast Episodehttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/05/16/new-podcast-episode.aspx2008-05-16T17:20:14Z2008-05-16T17:20:14ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/16/new-podcast-episode/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>The latest of episode of Devcasting is posted (finally):
http://devcasting.com/index.php/2008/05/16/devcasting-11-rob-windsor-on-many-things/
</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/16/new-podcast-episode/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6196432" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspx8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Graduated from Computer Sciencehttp://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/05/16/8-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-graduated-from-computer-science.aspx2008-05-16T17:19:34Z2008-05-16T17:19:34ZPosted at <b>Derek Hatchard blogs on</b> by Derek Hatchard (<a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/14/8-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-graduated-from-computer-science/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>When you leave school and enter the world of professional software development, it turns out there’s a lot you don’t know.  How successful you can be professionally depends largely on how well you can learn a lot of those things, especially the "less techie" aspects of professional software development.
This post is being live blogged from [...]</blockquote><a href='http://derekh.com/index.php/2008/05/14/8-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-graduated-from-computer-science/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6196430" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspxYour Software Development Career Is In Peril…http://weblogs.asp.net/derekh/archive/2008/04/29/your-software-development-career-is-in-peril.aspx2008-04-30T02:56:23Z2008-04-30T02:56:23ZPosted at <b>Ardent Dev</b> by derek (<a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/your-software-development-career-is-in-peril/'>Go directly to post</a>): <blockquote style='font-style: italic'>…because you are not registered for DevTeach Toronto.
OK, maybe not in peril.
Then again…  what are you doing to enhance your skill set?  Who are you sharing ideas with?  Who or what is challenging the constructs, patterns, and assumptions you rely on everyday?  What is breaking your team out of your own echo chamber?
Sales statistics say [...]</blockquote><a href='http://www.ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/your-software-development-career-is-in-peril/'>Go to post</a><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6143192" width="1" height="1">dhatchardhttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/dhatchard.aspx