Andres Aguiar's Weblog
Just My Code
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Surface area
I'm really happy to hear that see Don Box keeps talking about that they need to reduce surface area of the .NET framework.
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Abstraction vs Concretion
When we design software we usually build abstractions on top of other abstractions that we or someone else built.
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Platforms and surface area
Both .NET and Java want to win the heart of the 'corporate developer' (aka known as the VB6/Powerbuilder/OracleTools/VisualFoxpro developer). If there is a winner in the .NET/Java war, it will be the one who captures that market.
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SYS-CON Media Readers Choice Awards
These are the total number of votes for all of their magazines:
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New Java APIs
Two more JSRs from the 'let's catch .NET' chapter:
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NewzCrawler 1.5
There's a new version NewzCrawler Beta. I did not found a 'what's new' page, so these are the features I found:
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DataSets magic and VS.NET Project Files
I needed to parse a .csproj file (the C# Visual Studio .NET project file) and add a few references to some assemblies in our nant/nunit test suite.
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C# to VB.NET Converter
I confess that I never thought I would need a C# to VB.NET converter, but today after coding some sample app for a customer in C#, he said 'mmm I wanted it in VB.NET, can you convert it'?
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PDC
I'll be there too.
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MS Application Blocks
On Friday, I met Diego Gonzalez (yes, you need Passport to login ;), from Lagash (in spanish). He is one of the guys writing the MS Application Blocks.