We all read articles and blogs on this subject, some good, some bad, some crazy, some not. Rocky wrote an excellent post on this subject recently, one worth reading.
I am a huge fan of Agile Software Development. One day I do plan to write a blog post of my own on this...until then Jared did a great job voicing pretty much everything I believe in Agile.
FYI
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http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/archive/2009/01/15/application-architecture-guide-2nd-edition.aspx
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The long
awaited 2nd edition of the patterns & practices Application Architecture
Guide has just reached content complete status. Congratulations to J.D. and the
whole Application Architecture Guide team on a superb job! You can download the
content complete version of the guide from the CodePlex site here.
The
Application Architecture Guide is one of our most important releases this year.
Painting a coherent picture for an area as deep and wide as application
architecture is very difficult, but judging by the download numbers (nearly
37000 in less than a day!) the community is clearly looking for this kind of
guidance.
The guide
itself is really the tip of the ice berg. J.D. and team have made much more
content, including how-to's and videos, available at the Application
Architecture Guide's Knowledge Base site here.
Check it out and let us know what you think.
Next step
for the guide is final editing, getting it published to MSDN and printing it in
book form, so be sure to look for it in a book store near you soon!
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I know there are a lot of folks looking for work so I plan to post what I know:
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Permanent Hire
Not remote/offsite
".NET Software Developer
We're looking to add a web developer to our software
development group. You'll work in a development team where flexibility,
creativity, and continuous learning form the modus operandi. Successful
Web Developer Candidates have:
4+ years experience with Microsoft web technologies, including
ASP.NET,
VB.NET, and MS SQL Server
Understanding of the full software development lifecycle
Proficiency in Object Oriented and N-tier architecture design principles
Interface implementation (HTML/DHTML/CSS/AJAX)
Deep knowledge of XML (a must)
Knowledge of XSL/XSLT (a plus)
Desire to thrive in a creative team environment
The ability to quickly learn and effectively apply new technologies and concepts"
I will be heading down to Virginia Beach this Saturday to attend SharePoint Saturday. Give me a ping if you will be there too.
I wasted far to much time trying to figure this out on my own. I finally came across this link, which made it all real easy.
I have been trying to get my hands on this term "cloud computing". It's very confusing. I do not feel bad now as even the experts cannot agree on what it is.
I was going to get around to blogging about this, eventually. I came across this read this morning which does a nice job, so I am now spared!
A good post from Head in the Cloud.