From theserverside.net : Microsoft has decided to delay the release of SQL Server 2005 from the first half of 2005 until later in the summer of that year. A Community Technical Preview will be released as an interim beta with possibly more to come before the final beta and the product’s eventual release...

My question about how to prototype a web application received interesting feedback. I was talking in the beginning about HTML and ASP.NET, but the discussions brought some other expected and less expected answers. In the end, we can conclude that prototyping is a complete process in itself. The cited...

When you need to create a mock-up for a web application, how do you choose to proceed? This is an interesting question someone recently asked me. What's the best way to prototype a web application which will be implemented in ASP.NET in the end. Roughly I can think about two ways: use plain HTML use...

Simon Mourier says that he is " missing good tracing support from the CLR ". In my opinion, this is one area where AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) can bring value into. Although the tools are not ready yet for prime time for .NET, it should be possible with AOP to dynamically activate trace for an...

From theserverside.net : Microsoft has decided to delay the release of SQL Server 2005 from the first half of 2005 until later in the summer of that year. A Community Technical Preview will be released as an interim beta with possibly more to come before the final beta and the product’s eventual release...

My question about how to prototype a web application received interesting feedback. I was talking in the beginning about HTML and ASP.NET, but the discussions brought some other expected and less expected answers. In the end, we can conclude that prototyping is a complete process in itself. The cited...

When you need to create a mock-up for a web application, how do you choose to proceed? This is an interesting question someone recently asked me. What's the best way to prototype a web application which will be implemented in ASP.NET in the end. Roughly I can think about two ways: use plain HTML use...

Simon Mourier says that he is " missing good tracing support from the CLR ". In my opinion, this is one area where AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) can bring value into. Although the tools are not ready yet for prime time for .NET, it should be possible with AOP to dynamically activate trace for an...

Ok, well, this is a catchy title, but this is the way I feel right now. When Acropolis was announced, it was supposed to become the industrialized replacement for the CAB (Composite UI Application Block) and the SCSF (Smart Client Software Factory). Unfortunately, the design focus seems to have shifted...