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Microsoft has finally released SBS 2008 to manufacturing. The new version has some significant changes and more info is available at the official SBS blog over here . Crossposted from Diago.co.za Microsoft , Technical Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
As a software developer and trainer I am often asked what tools can help with ensuring code is written correctly and follows the right development guidelines and best practices. Over time the ideas around coding styles and formatting have changed considerable and Microsoft has released new versions of two extremely useful applications which focus on this topic, one checking code before it is compiled and the other checking code after it has been compiled. FxCop 1.36 ( Homepage ) Last night I was...
I have been actively and religiously following the StackOverflow initiative started earlier this year by Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood . I have been listening to every podcast, finding the content of their discussions informative and interesting, often bringing some reality and realism to the world of development and IT. Jeff e-mailed me a link to the beta about 2 weeks ago, however due to my own personal commitments with Tech-Ed South Africa I was not able to spend a lot of time on the site. I have...
Jeff Attwood and Joel Spolsky started a new initiative called stackoverflow.com . The conceptual idea is for developers to record a question and upload it to the site, and have someone record the answer and respond to these questions. Jeff and Joel will also be recording a weekly phone call between them on various development topics. Both of them quite deeply describe the birth of the idea on their blogs, with Jeff blogging about it here about a week ago and more recently Joel on his blog here ....