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A recent secretGeek post on TODO-Driven Development may have started out as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek parody, but I am among the first to admit that I have used this "new" methodology successfully many times! While I now believe that Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a better way to go (when you can), I still use the TODO-Driven approach sometimes.

Craig Andera tossed off this little quickie, XPQ. It was kind of hard to run it from Internet Explorer, so I promptly wrapped it in a Microsoft VisualStudio.NET solution file and you can find a link to it at CSharpener's Corner. Enjoy.

Microsoft has released the new final version of Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) 2.0. Do not miss the "Hands on Lab" documents availabe at that URL!

Information has been recently released on the Microsoft Information Bridge Framework (IBF). This definitely looks like something that will occupy a few coming evenings!

For .NET smart device programming, the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework looks like a nice addition to the .NET Compact Framework classes. In fact, the OpenNetCF site appears to be a phenomenal resource for .NET Compact Framework developers. BTW, I was tipped off to this site by Larkware's Daily Grind, which has RSS feeds. I keep the Daily Grind high up on my blogroll.

I am getting a CS0042 error while trying to compile a solution I did not create: Unexpected error creating debug information file 'a filename with a .PDB extension' -- 'Unspecified error ' Can anyone advise me on exactly how CS0042 errors come to exist so I can solve this little problem and get this thing running?

Suffering from a fit of generosity, Mike Schinkel, president of Xtras.Net, has made an offer on his personal blog of a free XDN Professional membership (http://www.xtras.net/xdn) during the month of May 2004 foranyone that blogs about .NET frequently. If you are a .NET blogger, see Mike's post for how to get your free XDN membership.

I recently came across an oustanding reference site on design patterns for creating good XML. The site is XMLPatterns.com. The content has already been very helpful to me and I recommend this as a useful reference link.