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Video: LLBLGen Pro v3 designer and runtime framework
With DevExpress ' Seth Juarez I recorded a webinar / video (Length: 1:25:05) which shows the most important features of the LLBLGen Pro designer (roughly the first hour of the video) and how to use the LLBLGen Pro runtime framework with DevExpress' reporting...

Posted Monday, March 14, 2011 11:37 AM by FransBouma | 1 comment(s)

Microsoft LightSwitch: a Squier which will never be a Fender
Yesterday, Microsoft announced a new Visual Studio tool: Microsoft LightSwitch . LightSwitch is a tool which allows you to create Line of Business (LoB) applications by using a visual tool, similar to Microsoft Access, although LightSwitch can also produce...

Posted Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:56 AM by FransBouma | 25 comment(s)

LLBLGen Pro v3.0 with Entity Framework v4.0 (12m video)
Today I recorded a video in which I illustrate some of the database-first functionality available in LLBLGen Pro v3.0. LLBLGen Pro v3.0 also supports model-first functionality, which I hope to illustrate in an upcoming video. LLBLGen Pro v3.0 is currently...

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:23 PM by FransBouma | 5 comment(s)

If the Chief-Architect doesn't decide... who does?
Yesterday I read this great article about VS.NET's technical roadmap , posted by Rico Mariani . Rico is the Chief Architect of Visual Studio, and he explains what that title means as follows: I am the Chief Architect but I'm also *only* the Chief Architect...

Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 11:04 AM by FransBouma | 10 comment(s)

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite RTM now available on MSDN subscribers
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite (x86 and x64 WoW) - DVD (English). Date/Time Posted: 2007-11-19 06:46:35 (UTC). Have fun hammering the MSDN download servers

Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 10:12 AM by FransBouma | 13 comment(s)

Alternative Rock
Ever heard the term 'Alternative rock' ? It's a term for rock music which isn't mainstream. Or something. Anyway, read the wikipedia page for the fine print . I'm a metal fan (despite the pile of trance house music I've created in a dark past ) and once...

Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 11:31 AM by FransBouma | 13 comment(s)

Just in case you're using VS.NET 2008 Beta 2 with C#...
If you're using C# and VS.NET 2008 and you're typing some code like: CustomCollection<MyType> items = new CustomCollection<MyType>() foreach(OtherType other in OtherTypeCollection) { items.Add(CreateItemFromOtherType(other)); } where CustomCollection<MyType>...

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 1:46 PM by FransBouma | 2 comment(s)

VS.NET 2008 Beta 2 / .NET 3.5: Windows Forms ComboBox contains nasty bug.
The Windows Forms combobox control contains a nasty a lot of people who will try .NET 2.0 applications on .NET 3.0 will run into: the Sorted property makes comboboxes unable to bind to data: they stay empty. This is particular bad, because any solid working...

Posted Sunday, July 29, 2007 7:13 PM by FransBouma | 4 comment(s)

Thou Shall Not Work Around Technical Limitations! (whatever they are)
Dan Fernandez responded to my recent blogpost with a follow-up on the Jamie vs. Microsoft soap. He used an analogy to try to make his point: To paraphrase an analogy from that post, this would be comparable to a 3rd party company working around the technical...

Posted Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:19 PM by FransBouma | 43 comment(s)

The endless fall to uselessness of MS Connect
I ran into a new low for Microsoft Connect product feedback. Check this item (you have to login with your MS Passport/Live ID. I don't know why). The title is "When will .NET 2.0 service pack 1 be out (IF ever) ?", I posted this on April 17th. The title...

Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:05 PM by FransBouma | 13 comment(s)

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