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Something is squawking!
23 July 09 03:40 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

After a rather long ... lull ..., I'm hearing much more noise again from the (almost mythological) realm of Pearl 6 . Seems like some sort of Parrot has been squawking loudly, lately. In fact, it may have even squawked loudly enough to get me to join...

Filed under: [Languages], [Software Architecture], [WebDev], [SoftDev]

Yes, I was an Agile Manifesto signatory!
09 July 09 11:24 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

Yes, I was a relatively early signatory to the Agile Manifesto . I "signed" in the 19 May to 20 June, 2003 , time period. I did my first test-driven development (TDD) using the SUnit testing framework in the Smalltalk programming language. I was immediately...

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [Agile Development], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [TDD]

SmallScript is dead! Long live SmallScript!
08 July 09 11:36 AM | CSharpener | 1 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]

Hot off the press! Google will develop a new operating system!
08 July 09 10:58 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

Introducing the Google Chrome OS I can feel the trembling from Redmond from here in Southern California! :)

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [Articles], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [General], [GoogleDev], [Google]

New platform grows up! Google Apps is out of Beta!
08 July 09 10:40 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

On The Official Google Blog , Google has announced that Google Apps is now out of beta . One important observation for software developers is that Google Apps will now cost you. No more free ride! While you can try it for free, it costs $50 per user per...

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [GoogleDev], [Google]

Time to get busy again!
11 February 09 01:26 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

Well! I've let this blog sit too long without taking care of it. I'm very busy, these days, on a number of different levels. But lately, I've started doing some work and research on Open Source GIS systems and on SharePoint development, so you should...

Filed under: [Software Architecture], [WebDev], [SoftDev]

[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]

[.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]

[SoftDev] Thinking toward Web 2.0
27 February 06 10:49 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

An interesting post titled Thinking in Web 2.0: Sixteen Ways in Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog somehow stood out in today's readings. It seems to be keeping company with a number of other interesting articles on Web 2.0. Worth checking out in greater...

Filed under: [WebDev], [SoftDev]

[Tools] Developers - IE 7 Beta is available
01 February 06 07:21 PM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

Microsoft has posted the IE 7 Beta for Windows XP SP2. Enjoy!

Filed under: [.NET General], [WebDev], [General]