Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture()
John Tobler's somewhat ordered collection of thoughts and resources mostly related to software architecture and software engineering.
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Exception Management Application Block References
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But Now Competing In The New "Useful UI" Category Is ....
Two feedback comments led me to the also-free SpaceMonger. Like SequoiaView, SpaceMonger also uses Treemaps to create a highly useful file space visualization tool. SpaceMonger weighs in at only 212K, which makes it very carryable and emailable for use on multiple systems.
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And The Clear "Unusual UI" Winner Is ...
SequoiaView! This harddisk space manager takes a completely different approach and I found myself investigating my file system in ways I would not have dreamed without it!
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More Harddisk Space Managers
I feel I must also give credit to Joachim Marder's TreeSize Professional, the commercial harddisk space manager I have faithfully used for the past several years. TreeSize Pro is an excellent product and quite inexpensive. Marder also offers a freeware version, TreeSize V1.7.
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FolderSizes
It's time to applaud Mark Richards for FolderSizes, his free disk space management utility. I just used it again, today, to shake some farbles from my system. Strongly recommended!
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Quake II .NET
I happily got Quake II .NET running on a laptop the other day. It was fun to watch it run under the Microsoft® .NET Framework! I have no time for computer games, anymore, but several years ago I played a lot of Quake II with some great co-workers. Now, Vertigo Software has made a managed C++ port available for free. See the Quake II .NET>FAQ for details, including where to get the original Quake II source code and demo from id Software. I didn't discover Quake II .NET myself but found out about it in this post on Clemens Vasters: Enterprise Development & Alien Abductions Weblog.
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New Visual Studio Developments
Chris Sells posted A Look into the Future of Visual Studio and "Free" (as in Beer) Access to VSIP! about the new Microsoft® Visual Studio Industry Partners Program (VSIP), including an affiliate level with free registration and access to the VSIP SDK (Do read the fine print in the VSIP SDK Agreement before downloading). Alliance and Premier levels are also available (not free) with even closer contractual relationships with Microsoft®.
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[Tools] Managed Add-Ins Home Page
Jamie Cansdale's Managed Add-Ins now has a Home Page: http://www.managedaddins.net.
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Take That!
I just added a "TakeThat" link to Spidersmack.cgi. Thanks go to Allen Holub for the reference to this Detritus.com effort to oppose spam. While you visit Allen's site, take a good look around because he shares a lot of useful information. If you do not already know about Allen, check out this About Allen Holub page. You can add the same link to your own site if you want to return some "favors."
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[Tools] New Installers for Reflector AddIn
Jamie Cansdale recently distributed by email an updated information link for his Reflector Add-In project. The page includes links to new installers for his Managed Add-Ins and the Reflector Add-In. The Reflector Add-In is really cool because it enables you to have Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector available from within your Visual Studio.NET environment. If you like this utility Add-In, Jamie would appreciate your vote in the VS.NET Add-Ins Competition at the Code Project.