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SmallScript is dead! Long live SmallScript!
08 July 09 11:36 AM | CSharpener | 2 comment(s)

In a previous post, Before it becomes famous , I posted about S#, or SmallScript, a SmallTalk variant that was being designed that was supposed to have a version that might have worked on .NET. Now, it seems that project has pretty much died out. David...

Filed under: [.NET General], [Languages], [Tools], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [Smalltalk], [.NET]

[Tools] New version of UMLet available (9.1)
02 July 09 09:57 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

A newer version of UMLet is available. This free UML editor, UMLet , is my "UML as sketch" tool of choice! You can read *about* a very interesting article on the rationale behind UMLet here (note, however, that the article's authors require payment for...

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [Tools], [SoftDev], [UML]

[Tools] New Version of UMLet is out (UMLet 8)!
30 November 07 03:17 PM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

UMLet 8 is out! UMLet is a light-weight UML diagramming tool for those who need something for UML as sketch drawing. This is not a heavy duty code-generating MDA tool. UMLet is wonderful for sketching out your ideas without feeling so darned formal !...

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [Agile Development], [Tools]

[Languages] Ruby is coming along on .NET
20 June 06 11:53 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

I have been checking out a couple of newer implementations of Ruby for .NET. Each offers something different and it is obvious that we are getting closer to having a really usable variant of Ruby on .NET in the near future. Here are my current favorite...

Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [Ruby], [.NET]

[Languages] A Smalltalk Compiler for .NET - #Smalltalk
20 June 06 11:39 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

A fortuitous incident led me to review the .NET Languages website, which has a great list of .NET languages on its Resources page. There, I found out about a new-to-me compiler, #Smalltalk , that implements Smalltalk to run on .NET. The #Smalltalk system...

Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], [SoftDev], [Smalltalk], [.NET]

[Tools] Unit Testing for JavaScript
30 May 06 09:09 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

The entire development community probably already knows about this, but I just discovered that an Open Source unit testing framework exists for JavaScript. The framework is JsUnit and it is a port from JUnit . If you find yourself doing extensive work...

Filed under: [Reference], [Tools], [SoftDev], [TDD], [JavaScript]

[.NET General] O Happy Day!
20 April 06 10:25 PM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

This is just a "happy day" announcement that Microsoft has decided to make all of the Visual Studio .NET Express Editions permanently free ! Thank you!

Filed under: [.NET General], [.NET C#], [Software Architecture], [Database], [Tools], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [General], [ASP.NET], [WebServices], [GameDev]

[.NET General] Microsoft: your SQL Server 2005 Express Installer stinks!
12 March 06 09:39 PM | CSharpener | 14 comment(s)

Microsoft, are you listening? Others may have had a different experience, but I have been totally unsuccessful at working with the SQL Server 2005 Express installer. I have wasted far too much time trying to get it to work. I'm giving up. The nicest word...

Filed under: [.NET General], [.NET C#], [Tools], [ASP.NET]

[UMPC] The Origami Cat Is Out Of The Bag!
09 March 06 03:48 PM | CSharpener | 2 comment(s)

Recently, some of us down here in Southern California were entertained by a cold blast of hype-infected wind from the North (Redmond, WA). The hype had to do with a viral marketing campaign that was somewhat accelerated by an (at least theoretically)...

Filed under: [.NET General], [Tools], [General], [Hardware], [TabletPC], [UMPC], [MobileDevices]

[Graphics] An awesome Blender 3D Tutorial Wikibook!
28 February 06 09:59 AM | CSharpener | 3 comment(s)

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro is a great, free tutorial for the free, open source Blender 3D graphics modeling and rendering software. I still cannot believe how little press and attention Blender 3D gets. To me, it's the coolest gift the open source community...

Filed under: [Graphics], [Reference], [Tools], [SoftDev], [General]