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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...
Code Snippet Tool
SnipPit is a SQL Server based VS add-in (and separate desktop app.) snippet respository . http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/SnipPit.aspx Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
What is an Office Business Application
In this video Javed Sikander explains just what an OBA is. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Javed-Sikander-Office-2007-Office-Business-Application/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
WCF Standards
Looking for a guide to all of the web services protocols implemented by WCF? There's no single document that captures all of the information, but there is a group of documents that talk about the implemented protocols and some of the choices in those implementations. Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/drnick/archive/2008/07/22/standards-guide.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
BizTalk Services Update
BizTalk Labs has updated its range of connectivity and business process services through the BizTalk Services SDK which offers access to the following services: Workflow, Identity, Windows Live ID Credentials, Unauthenticated Access, TransportClientCredentials, HTTP Connectivity Mode. The services offered by BizTalk Labs are experimental and there has been no decision made about making them into a product. Full Story: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/BizTalk-Services Share this post: email it! ...
Agile And the truth
What is the role of the truth in the Agile development process? Here is a post that seem to know: http://dpwhelan.com/blog/agile/truthfulness-on-software-teams/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
WCF Best practices
Here is a post to some links regarding WCF best practices: http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/05/31/WCF_5F00_Best_5F00_Practices.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Entity Framework and Data Modeling
In this MSDN Magazine article the author answers questions regarding the Entity Framework and provides an understanding of how and why it was developed. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700331.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Building Apps with SSDS
MSDN Magazine has this article on using SQL Server Data Services as your data store to your application(s). A very cool concept if infrastructure, licensing etc is an issue. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700349.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Software factories - a practicle implemenation
Here is an article from MSDN on a practical implementation of software factories. In the article brief principles get discussed, but the over Wow of the article reside in the cutting of development costs. Something to consider: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/cc496679.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
DDD in practice
Found this very good article on infoq by Srini Penchikala on Domain Driven Design and the practice implementation of the concept. Even a sample has been included. Read more here: http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
SOA Principles and Modularity
Some points on SOA architecture principles. Interesting read: http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/soa-rediscovering-modularity Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Using Mocks
I think I have posted on using mocks before, but here is another blog post regarding this matter - rather leaning more towards being against this matter: http://serialseb.blogspot.com/2007/12/why-mock-frameworks-suck-and-how-to.html Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Velocity
Microsoft has just released a in-memory cache for the .Net framework targeting more then just asp.net applications. This is a well needed add on to the .Net frameworkand I am sure many developers have been waiting for: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/cc655792.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
BizTalk and Powershell
Tomas Restrepo has some very intersting and cool articles around using powershell with Biztalk. Read more here: http://www.winterdom.com/weblog/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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