Guy Barrette

Windows 7 Virtual PC – Mounting ISO

2009-11-09T18:02:58Z

In previous version, Virtual PC allowed to capture an ISO image directly from the CD menu.

In Windows 7 Virtual PC, the CD menu is gone. Instead, you need to open the Settings dialog box, then click on the DVD Drive item.

Visual Studio Talk Show #108 is now online - Cinq outils pour développeurs (French)

2009-11-01T13:59:32Z

http://www.visualstudiotalkshow.com

Maxime Rouiller: Cinq outils pour développeurs .Net

Nous discutons avec Maxime Rouiller de Moq, Postsharp, Umbrella, MSpec et Spring.Net; cinq outils à connaître pour être un meilleur développeur.

Maxime Rouiller est un développeur basé à Montréal. Il travaille présentement sur SharePoint 2007 avec .NET 3.5. Développeur depuis 5 ans, son désir d'innover et de refuser le status quo l'amène toujours à chercher la façon la plus efficace de régler un problème. Vous pouvez lire son blog à l'adresse suivante http://blog.decayingcode.com/.

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VS 2010 SKUs – Lost?

2009-10-29T17:50:45Z

Are you lost trying to figure out how the new Visual Studio 2010 SKUs maps to VS 2008?

First, gone are the Team System SKUs. The features are not lost, they just merged into the Visual Studio brand. Here’s a chart listing the 2008 and 2010 SKUs. Each is color coded to help you match them.

Chart taken from this document:
Visual Studio 2010 Packaging Fact Sheet (.docx, 554KB)

So lets do crude some comparisons:
VS 2010 Pro with MSDN is like VS 2008 Pro with MSDN + a TFS CAL.
VS 2010 Premium with MSDN is like VS 2008 Team Developer + some of VS 2008 Team Tester tools
VS 2010 Ultimate with MSDN is like VS 2008 Team Suite + new testing and architecture tools

This page has a complete comparison chart:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx#compare

What will happen when 2010 is released? What product will I have? Well, it depend on what you’ll have prior to March 22nd 2010. Microsoft’ Ultimate Offer will bump you one level up. Sweeet!

Next, trying to figure out the TFS changes ;-)

Samedi .NET Silverlight event recap – part deux

2009-10-28T12:05:09Z

Co-presenters Laurent and Louis-Philippe blogged in details about the event. Louis-Philippe even captured my fantastic designer skills.

Here showcasing Sketchflow:

and here in Expression Design:

Ohhhhhh, much better!

This one also in Expression Design:

Of course, I only did the logo ;-)

A great way to learn SketchFlow is by downloading the Expression Blend Starter Kit called Introduction to Prototyping with SketchFlow:
http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc197141.aspx

Mouse 2.0

2009-10-28T11:21:31Z

Apple just released its cool new Magic Mouse last week. Will Microsoft release a multi touch mouse in the future?

Here’s a video from Microsoft research published on the MIT’s Technology Review Website that shows various concepts.

http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=470

Students: How to get Windows 7 at a discount

2009-10-27T14:25:44Z

http://www.win741.com/

UK: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/default.aspx
Canada (EN): http://www.windows.ca/studentoffer
Canada (FR): http://www.windows.ca/fr/studentoffer
France: http://www.windows7pourlesetudiants.fr
Germany: http://www.Windows7fuerStudenten.de
Australia: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windows/offers/windows-7-student-upgrade.aspx
Mexico: http://www.windows7paraestudiantes.com.mx
Korea: http://www.microsoft.com/korea/windows/student

Expression products retail availability in Canada

2009-10-27T11:40:00Z

If you’ve been trying to buy one of the Expression products at retail in Canada, you may have found that if was hard if not impossible to buy them.

I just heard back from Microsoft that there was a distribution problem with the Expression products in Canada. This is being fixed right now. Major online resellers like these ones should be able to fulfill orders now:

www.amazon.ca
www.directdial.com
www.softchoice.com

Samedi .NET: Silverlight event recap

2009-10-25T23:13:12Z

The Montreal .NET Community event “Samedi .NET” was a great success with more then 160 attendees. The event theme was how to build business apps using Silverlight. We covered SketchFlow, RAI Services, calling WCF services, Expression Blend, Animation and styling with Blend and finally, search engine optimization.

Here the pictures taken by Christian Beauclair:

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Thanks to the speakers, the user group organizers, the companies who gave us swag and of course, the attendees.

Visual Studio Talk Show #107 is now online - Coding Dojo (French)

2009-10-18T10:39:01Z

http://www.visualstudiotalkshow.com

Emmanuel Gaillot: Coding Dojo

Nous discutons avec Emmanuel Gaillot comment monter et animer un espace d'apprentissage pour les programmeurs, un "coding dojo". Un "coding dojo" est un lieu d'entraînement dans lequel les participants apprennent, session après session, comment maîtriser des "formes de code", discuter de choix de conception et gérer le stress que crée la nécessité d'exprimer rapidement et efficacement une réponse personnelle à un problème de programmation donné. Un "coding dojo" offre aux programmeurs l'opportunité d'aiguiser leur technique et d'apprendre des autres par l'exemple.

Emmanuel Gaillot travaille chez Pyxis en tant qu'accompagnateur d'équipes, animateur de réunions, formateur et agitateur public. Il aide les équipes produisant du logiciel à être plus efficaces dans leur travail, plus fières de leurs résultats, et plus heureuses en général. Emmanuel intervient en tant qu'orateur à de nombreuses conférences sur l'agilité. Il est l'un des fondateurs (et membre assidu) du Dojo Développement de Paris. Il organise également la conférence Agile Open France. Emmanuel se passionne actuellement pour les environnements de co-apprentissage, dans lesquels les participants apprennent les uns des autres. Nous vous invitons à lire son blog pour en savoir davantage.

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500 Windows 7 tips, tricks and tutorials

2009-10-14T00:33:54Z

From A

About Windows - Open
How to Open About Windows in Windows 7

To Z

Zip Folders - Enable or Disable Windows Explorer View
How to Disable Windows Explorer Folder View of Zip Folders in Windows 7

MVP Shawn Brink has collected near then 500 Windows 7 tips, tricks and tutorials. Awesome!

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/257-windows-7-tutorial-index.html

Book review: Essential Silverlight 3

2009-10-12T22:38:01Z

When I first flipped thru the pages of “Essential Silverlight 3”, I said to myself “Great! another book teaching how to draw circles and rectangles with Silverlight!”. Boy was I wrong!

“Essential Silverlight 3” is a book written by Ashraf Michail, an architect on the Silverlight team. Throughout each chapter, Michail explains in sections called Under the hood how the Silverlight runtime works. What makes this book so special is that it is filled with performance tips that only a Silverlight team member could new. Michail explains what to do and what to avoid and writes in a direct way that is easy to read and that makes everything crystal clear.

At bit of a warning: if you’re looking for a Silverlight book to help you build business apps, learn XAML, learn animation or other Silverlight techniques, you’ll have to look elsewhere but since this book covers how the runtime works and how to avoid pitfalls, it is truly essential in any Silverlight bookshelves.

Run, don’t walk, and buy/order this book.

Does he sleeps?

2009-10-10T10:57:03Z

I woke up early this morning and who was still up and broadcasting live his podcast recording on UStream? Hanselman of course.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hanselminuteslive

Figuring out the new Intel Core i5 and i7 processors

2009-10-08T12:00:16Z

A couple of days ago, I received the TigerDirect.ca newsletter and it was showcasing the new Intel i5 and i7 processors.

Since the clock speed race is mostly over, shopping for a new system is more confusing then ever with hard to differentiate CPUs from AMD and Intel. It used to be simple, the higher the clock, the faster the processor was and more costly it was.

I was curious to know more about these processors so I went to Tom’s Hardware looking for some info and found a great article on these processors:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i5,2410.html

They even made a video :

Reading their review, it’s clear that if I had to buy a new desktop today, I’d go with an i5-750 or i7-920 processor. Tom’s Hardware recommended buy is the i5-750.

More info from Intel:
Intel® Core™ i7 Desktop Processor Family
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor

Intel® Core™ i5 Desktop Processor Family
Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

These processors require a P55 type motherboard. Tom’s Hardware has a review of some budget ones:
P55 On A Budget: Five Core i5/i7 Motherboards For $100-$150

Looking at the i7 family, I noticed that there’s a mobile version coming up:
Intel® Core™ i7 Mobile Processor Family

Congrats to Christian Cote, new Team System MVP

2009-10-07T13:38:41Z

We have another Team System MVP in Montreal (beside Claude Remillard and Étienne (E.T.) Tremblay). Congrats to Christian Côté!

Craig Shoemaker’s hilarious desktop backgrounds

2009-10-07T11:55:13Z

Craig Shoemaker has created a series of desktop backgrounds themes for .NET developers and featuring the one and only Gu, Scott Guthrie.

Download them here