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PDC 2008 Architecture Edition

Here is a couple of presentations from PDC 2008 focusing mainly on architecture. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa701144.aspx Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 21 November 2008 01:53 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, Architecture, .net

Testing and the development cycle

We all know how important testing is in the development life cycle. Here is an article written by Jeffrey Palermo on the effect of testing - or lack there of: http://jeffreypalermo.com/blog/if-you-cannot-afford-to-test-it-you-cannot-afford-to-sell-it/ Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 19 November 2008 02:03 AM by riaan

Filed under: Code, BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, patterns, Practices, Products

Code Contracts

Design by contract builds on top of concepts like static typing, where certain actions cannot be performed unless it can be verified at compile time. Contracts usually take the form of pre- and post-conditions such as a parameter or return value never being null or only containing a certain range of values. Rather than force developers to learn a whole new language such as Spec#, Microsoft is working on a language-agnostic library that can be leveraged by any .NET language. In some ways contracts...

Posted 10 November 2008 03:30 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, .net, SOA

DevForce Express

DevForce Express extends .NET with class libraries, components, RAD tools, and a business object server. Using DevForce, developers can simplify data access, improve UI design, and enable rich applications to operate over the Internet. DevForce Express supports .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0 and is fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. The DevForce Express package is a free, no-time-limit, no-royalty product that includes all product documentation, tutorials and demos. http...

Posted 07 November 2008 02:07 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Microsoft, Development, patterns, .net, SOA

CodeRush Xpress for C#

DevExpress has announced the availability of CodeRush Xpress for C#, a free add-in for Visual Studio 2008, targeted at C# developers and meant to improve their coding experience. CodeRush Xpress offers code navigation features like Highlight All References, Smart Clipboard Operations, Generate from Using (TDD), and 25 code refactoring features like Make Explicit, Make Implicit, Name Anonymous Type, and others. http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/ Subscribe in...

Posted 07 November 2008 01:49 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Development, programming, patterns, .net

Adapter Updates

Below is two links to blog entries regarding the Adpater Pack V2 and a list of hotfixes in the adapter pack: http://blogs.msdn.com/adapters/archive/2008/10/30/adapter-pack-v2-ctp4.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/adapters/archive/2008/10/30/hotfix-list-for-the-microsoft-biztalk-adapter-pack-and-related-scenarios.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 31 October 2008 01:31 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development

Oslo released

Posted 28 October 2008 12:46 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, Oslo

Real World SOA

Microsoft has just launched Real Word SOA - a web site dedicated to real life SOA implementations. http://www.microsoft.com/soa/launch/ Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 27 October 2008 01:19 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, SaaS, IBM, SOA, ESB, ISB

Microsoft’s Modeling Strategy

The foundation of Microsoft’s vision for their new model-driven service-oriented architecture (SOA) - Oslo project, model driven development would bridge the gap between business analysts and IT, delivering on the SOA promise to align application development with business needs. http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/10/Microsoft Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 27 October 2008 12:49 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, SOA, Oslo

Microsoft Bringing Multitouch to Windows

Microsoft is planning on publicly releasing the Surface SDK at this year's PDC. This is seen by some as the next step towards bringing their multitouch technology to the Windows operating system. http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/10/Surface-SDK Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 27 October 2008 12:45 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, Windows, Surface, Touch

Kanban as Alternative Agile Implementation

Kanban systems for software, derived from the Toyota Production System, are an iterationless approach for scheduling work. Instead of using a time boxed iteration and planning meeting, the pulls stories from the backlog only when it has completed its previous work. Read more: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/10/kanban_agile Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 24 October 2008 02:28 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Development, patterns, Agile, SCRUM, Practices, Kanban

Concurrency and Language Design

Posted 23 October 2008 02:32 AM by riaan | 42 comment(s)

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Microsoft, Development, .net, SOA

Dublin

Posted 16 October 2008 02:50 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Microsoft, WF, WCF, dotnet, Windows, WPF, Server

SOA Governance Software

HP announced a significant new release of its market-leading service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance software, HP SOA Systinet 3.00. Read more here: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/081006xa.html Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 16 October 2008 02:36 AM by riaan | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, SaaS, IBM, SOA, ESB, ISB

Encryption Pipeline Component

Posted 15 October 2008 02:53 AM by riaan

Filed under: BizTalk, C#, Integration, Development, .net

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