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• [Tools] New Version of UMLet is out (UMLet 8)!

  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 !... Posted Nov 30 2007, 03:17 PM by CSharpener with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: [Software Architecture], [Agile Development], [Tools], General Software Development

• [Languages] Ruby is coming along on .NET

  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... Posted Jun 20 2006, 11:53 AM by CSharpener with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], .NET, interpreter, [Ruby], compiler

• [Languages] A Smalltalk Compiler for .NET - #Smalltalk

  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... Posted Jun 20 2006, 11:39 AM by CSharpener with | with no comments Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], [SoftDev], .NET, interpreter, compiler, Smalltalk

• [Tools] Unit Testing for JavaScript

  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... Posted May 30 2006, 09:09 AM by CSharpener with | with no comments Filed under: [Reference], [Tools], [SoftDev], [TDD], [JavaScript], General Software Development

• [.NET General] O Happy Day!

  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! Posted Apr 20 2006, 10:25 PM by CSharpener with | with no comments 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!

  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... Posted Mar 12 2006, 09:39 PM by CSharpener with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: [.NET General], [.NET C#], [Tools], [ASP.NET]

• [UMPC] The Origami Cat Is Out Of The Bag!

  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)... Posted Mar 09 2006, 03:48 PM by CSharpener with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: [.NET General], [Tools], [General], [Hardware], [TabletPC], [UMPC], [MobileDevices]

• [Graphics] An awesome Blender 3D Tutorial Wikibook!

  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... Posted Feb 28 2006, 09:59 AM by CSharpener with | with no comments Filed under: [Graphics], [Reference], [Tools], [SoftDev], [General]

• [Languages] LSharp, a new .NET Lisp-like scripting language

  From the ancestral line of Lisp, we now have another new scripting language for .NET. LSharp "uses a Lisp dialect similar to Arc." LSharp is Open Source (GPL). More information is available on Rob Blackwell's Web Log . Posted Feb 27 2006, 08:04 AM by CSharpener with | with no comments Filed under: [.NET General], [Languages], [Tools], [SoftDev]

• [Languages] Zonnon, a new .NET language

  Descending from the heritage of Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon, Zonnon is a new language for .NET. According to the Zonnon website, "It retains an emphasis on simplicity, clear syntax and separation of concerns whilst focusing on concurrency and ease of... Posted Feb 27 2006, 07:58 AM by CSharpener with | with no comments Filed under: [.NET General], [Languages], [Tools], [SoftDev]