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John Flanders' workflow to BizTalk wizard can be found for download here:
http://www.masteringbiztalk.com/blogs/jon/PermaLink,guid,cd6db0a1-0ad3-48f8-84a7-0121e141ed81.aspx
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Microsoft's plans for BizTalk Server R3 has just been released, some key features:
- New web service registry capabilities with support for UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration) version 3.0
- Enhanced
service enablement of applications (through new and enhanced adapters
for LOB applications, databases, and legacy/host systems)
- Enhanced service enablement of “edge” devices through BizTalk RFID Mobile
- Enhanced interoperability and connectivity support for B2B protocols (like SWIFT, EDI, etc)
- SOA patterns and best practices guidance to assist our customer’s implementations
http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/archive/2008/04/23/biztalk-server-platform-updates.aspx
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In order to reduce duplication across frameworks like WCF, WPF, and
ASP.NET, Microsoft has formed the Application Framework Core team. The
goal of this team is to prevent design issues like the different
dependency property systems for WPF and WF.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/MEF;jsessionid=989118BD295E86DFB537545B33932C3D
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Mule, a lightweight and highly scalable ESB, has just release Mule 2.0.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/mule2
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"Microsoft Corp will this week launch a pilot software platform which aims to enable users to synchronise all their computers and handheld devices via an internet-based application"
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2310704,00.html
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Link to a blog post about this sometimes usefull piece of knowledge:
http://blog.biztalk-info.com/archive/2008/01/21/Programmatically_Enable_or_Disable_Receive_Locations.aspx
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Nice article on infoq.com on how SCRUM will scale to fit the team's needs when each team member has a clear understanding of the principles of the SCRUM process:
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/scaling-scrum
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Script#
enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to
compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use
standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE
intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others.
http://www.codeplex.com/scriptsharp
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APIFinder is a growing index of various application programming interfaces (APIs). The site can be found here:
http://www.apifinder.com/
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This article describes 2 cool LINQ tools. These tools help make the LINQ learning curve a bit better:
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/linq-tooling
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Microsoft has launched the Utility application block:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc468366.aspx
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For all interested in Agile development methods. This is a more specific look at version control.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/kniberg-agile-version-control
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InfoQ has this interview with James Snell and Dan Diephouse on the Abdera project. A good read for anyone playing in the integration sphere:
http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/04/abdera;jsessionid=1708997B93FCFC10292561BC67E6D305
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Jan van den Beld wrote this interesting post on the process around getting ISO approval for Open XML:
http://janvandenbeld.blogspot.com/2008/04/hypocrisy.html
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This is a great blog post for anyone - like myself - starting to look at the OpenXML format.
http://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/archive/2008/04/02/happy-news-for-open-xml-developers.aspx