Archives
-
Conn .NET Developer Group presentation - Victor Mushkatin (AviCode)
Victor Mushkatin (AviCode) gave a presentation on Monitoring and Troubleshooting of .NET Application in Production Environment to the Connecticut .NET Developers Group on Thursday (Apr 26th).
-
CMM-SEI & MSF 4 with VSTS (blogs)
With the advent of VSTS2K5 and MSF 4 integration, there will be renewed interest in CMM-SEI. MSF Formal has been renamed to MSF for CMMI. Having worked with CMM L-4 projects, I can see the importance of it in enterprise settings. Some related blogs covering this aspect (pun intended) of development are - Rick LaPlante, David Anderson & Adam Gallant and of course, Rob Caron always has the pulse of VSTS and Software Engineering.
-
Writing Groove applications
Paresh Suthar (Groove Engineer) has a post on writing Groove applications. A 'must-read' if you develop for the Groove platform.
.
-
Passed 500th posting
Didn't quite realize it but I passed the 500th postings mark!
Jeepers.. time passes fast when you are having fun.. ;-)
.
-
XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0 (Article @ O'Reilly)
From OReilly -
-
Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook (Ch 01 - C#2.0 free download)
Jesse Liberty's new book Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook is almost here (April release scheduled).
-
Blogs Will Change Your Business [Business Week]
Current issue of Business Week has this on its cover - Blogs Will Change Your Business
-
Microsoft and Research In Motion to Bring Enterprise IM to BlackBerry
Microsoft and Research In Motion to Bring Enterprise IM to BlackBerry - using MSFT Live Communications Server 2005.
-
Mobile Development Time: Microsoft Emerging as Most Predictable Platform (for development)
Wireless Developer Network reports that the Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform has emerged as the most predictable platform (in terms of development time).
-
Problems downloading VS2005 Beta 2? Get it via postal mail
Downloading VS2005 Beta 2 has been quite problematic for a few of us (it took me a few long-waiting tries but finally got through). MSFT can mail you the bits (free shipping in USA).
-
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Expiration Date
Dan Fernandez, Visual C# Product Manager reports that the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Expiration Date is May 1st 2006.
-
Turning intelligence into performance
Turning intelligence into performance [via Infoconomy] - Biz Intelligence vendor Hyperion's new Application Suite 4 goes beyond Corporate Performance Management (CPM).
-
Microsoft goes for the Defense Dept Market
FCW has an article on Microsoft's New Market - namely, the DoD market which brings in new opportunities for Microsoft partners and developers. Microsoft's recent acquisition of Groove brings it more presence in the Homeland Security IT market.
-
Larkware Reader Survey
Maestro Gunderloy is conducting a Larkware Reader Survey. The Larkware site is a terrific source of developer information and taking the survey may win you some Fabulous Prizes.
-
Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Collaboration Software Provider Groove Networks
-
Excellent two-part interview with Ray Ozzie (Microsoft-Groove)
-
Last call to register - Mini CodeCamp C# Special Edition (@ Watham MA)
Last call to register - Mini CodeCamp C# Special Edition (@ Watham MA All day Saturday April 30th).
Done in the CodeCamp tradition and will benefit VB/C++ developers who want to get into .NET or C# programmers looking for an all-day refresher course.
-
What does it mean to sponsor a Connecticut .NET Developers Group meeting event?
(Our thanks to Julia Lerman of Vermont .NET Developers Group for the idea)
-
Using Reflection - balancing the issue with 'loose coupling'
Sahil Malik's post on the performance of Reflection raises some issues. While Reflection can bring in the power of extensibility ('loose coupling via Interfaces') it comes at the cost of performance (as pointed out by Sahil). Justin Gehtland's example of extensibility using Factory methods and XML config files concludes with - "That means you shouldn't do everything via reflection, but its judicious use for something like loading a dynamically assigned class at runtime (but binding it statically to a known interface) is perfectly reasonable, especially if you are talking about a modern distributed application, where the two more important criteria for boosting performance are limiting round trips on the network and minimizing hits to the database. If you can solve those problems, then maybe you can think about how a little reflection affects performance. I find that extensibility is usually a more important factor for me."
-
INETA Newsletter interview with C++ Guru Kate Gregory
The March '05 issue of INETA Newsletter has a nice short interview with C++ Guru Kate Gregory. Kate shares some of her opinions on C++ in a managed world - "I actually prefer VB to C# because I never drift off into C++ by accident." I can relate to that!
-
On unbecoming a MVP (a romantic note on tech volunteering)
My favorite Irish blogger Paschal has expressed some discontent about the recent MVP awards. With tech volunteering: there is much to learn in addition to giving it back to the community - improving leadership and communications skills, to name a few. One of my most enjoyable volunteer jobs was to teach senior citizens how to use the Internet at my local library. To see them do and learn how to send emails to their grand-kids, track their pension investments or a retired art school-teacher surf to the Louvre website brought an inner joy. But I learned a lot from that experience as well - it improved my communications skills. For me to translate technical knowledge in very simple English terms was something tremendous.
-
Visual Studio Hacks
OReilly has a new book out - Visual Studio Hacks 'Tips and Tools for turbocharging the IDE'. With 5 example hacks shown (in pdf).
-
Ex-Groove exec loses initial bid to nix Microsoft deal
ZDNET reports: An ex-Groove Networks executive suffered a legal setback on Friday in his bid to block Microsoft's takeover of his former company. [via Glenn Roncal in Gv3 Developer Groove Space].
-
INETA Survey on Interop
A short (6-ques) INETA Survey on Interop may also win you a $100 ThinkGeek certificate [via The ServerSide.Net].
-
An ongoing battle in the world of SOA - ESB vs Fabric
There is an ongoing battle in the world of SOA - it primarily hovers around the competing architectures of ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) and SOA Fabric. LooselyCoupled follows the battle with some insightful posts and on the other side Dave Chappell debunks some of the myths pertaining to ESB. Dave also explains Microsoft's position on ESB.