Jackie Goldstein's Weblog
Microsoft, .NET, and other stuff...
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MSDN Screencast Library
The MSDN team over in the UK has put together a huge collection (279 at the time of this post) of short screencasts for .NET developers. Each video is only about 10-15 minutes long, but packs a lot of useful information.
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Renaissance Case Studies Now Available
A few weeks ago, The Renaissance Computer Systems web site was updated with a set of case studies describing our roles in several recent projects. Check out Renaissance Case Studies and let me know if you have any comments.
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Looking at .NET - From Both Sides Now
Usually when we talk about comparing VB and C#, it is in the context of trying to show which language is better. However, here is a different approach – a pair of articles that explain nuances of one language for developers who normally program in the other language. A great first step towards understanding and “playing nicely together” :-)
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User Interface Patterns Explorer
Infragistics has just launched an interesting site for UI designers at http://quince.infragistics.com
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February 2009 Meeting of Israel Visual Basic User Group
This month we return to take a look at some of the web development technologies from Microsoft - Dynamic Data Controls (DDC) and Model View Controller (MVC).
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Renaissance January 2009 Newsletter now available
The January 2009 edition of the Renaissance Computer Systems Ltd. newsletter is now available at
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SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide
The SQL Server 2008 team has released a document (at 490 pages, we should probably call it a book!) that covers the essential phases and steps to upgrade existing instances of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 to SQL Server 2008. It can be downloaded from here.
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Outsourcing Software Development During a Recession
What I will discuss here is not a sales pitch for my company - it is relevant and true for any outsourcing company (the success of a project will depend on the particular company involved). Moreover, it is relevant to the outsourcing of almost anything, not just software.
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If programming languages were religions...
A humorous look at programming languages, to help ease the way back to work. From amz.
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How NOT to use PowerPoint
If you are a professional (or even amateur) speaker, you have probably had some training on Power Point Do's and Don'ts. This humorous video is a short, but powerful, reminder or some of those important lessons.