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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...

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

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

K2 BlackPoint

K2 Blackpoint is a tool built upon Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Presentation Foundation that targets SharePoint, allowing users to build workflows and process-driven applications quickly with no code. Found out more here: http://blackpoint.k2.com/en/index.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 08 August 2008 02:51 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Development, Design, Workflow, .net, K2

Article Series - BizTalk and WCF

Here is the summary page for Richard Seroter's articles on BizTalk and WCF. Enjoy: http://seroter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/article-series-on-biztalk-and-wcf-part-ix-biztalk-adapter-pack-biztalk-patterns/ 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 06 August 2008 03:01 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, WCF, .net

InRule

InRule has announced the release of V3.0 of their .Net based Rules Engine. Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/bpmblog/archive/2008/07/30/inrule-technology-announces-inrule-version-3-0.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 31 July 2008 02:33 AM by riaan

Filed under: Integration, Development, programming, Design, .net, Rules Engine

MS Sphere Display

Microsoft wants to see every available surface become a computer screen. It has already developed a multi-touch Surface Computer (which is being used in AT&T stores), and turned that vertical in a multi-touch wall. Now, it’s latest project at Microsoft Research is a Sphere http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-researchers-get-fancy-with-a-sphere-display/ Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit...

Posted 30 July 2008 03:01 AM by riaan | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Microsoft, Development, programming, Design, News, technology

HP,Intel And Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed

HP, Intel and Yahoo! has just announced a collaboration regarding creating a cloud computing test bed. Users will be able to build and launch new applications on the platform.The test bed will initially consist of six “centers of excellence” at IDA facilities, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Steinbuch Centre for Computing of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, HP Labs, Intel Research and Yahoo!. Read more here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/29/hp-yahoo-intel-announce-cloud...

Posted 30 July 2008 02:55 AM by riaan

Filed under: Integration, Development, Business, Design, startups, Cload Computing

Agile and Risk

Article on how agile practices manage and possibly eliminate risk in the development cycle. http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=COL&ObjectId=11133&tth=DYN&tt=siteemail&iDyn=2 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 30 July 2008 02:46 AM by riaan

Filed under: Development, programming, Design, Agile, SCRUM, .net, XP

Cuil (pronounced "cool")

A new search engine aiming to better what Google does has just launched. After reading this article from news24 - http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2365520,00.html - I have tried the engine myself. Well, in my opinion, not yet Google. Still some work to do! Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 29 July 2008 02:04 AM by riaan

Filed under: Development, Money, Design, Web 2.0, Mobile, startups, ideas

Hiding Menu Items

I read this interesting little post by Joel Spolsky on the hiding of menu items. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/07/01.html I seem to agree with his view that user's get confused and struggle to get the disabled menu item to work. And sometimes they just give up on the piece of software all together. What do you think? Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 28 July 2008 02:12 AM by riaan | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Development, programming, Design, General Information

Custom Membership provider and using it in SharePoint

This is a Channel 9 video showing how to create a custom membership provider in ASP.Net 2.0 and how to implement this concept in SharePoint. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/BomBom/Building-your-own-MemberShipProvider-in-ASPNET-20-and-use-it-in-SharePoint/ Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 28 July 2008 02:05 AM by riaan | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Development, SharePoint, Design, OBA, information worker, .net, MOSS 2007, LOB, Portals

BizTalk Adapter Pack Documentation

To accompany the BizTalk Adapter pack poster, here is a link to the help files for the Adapter pack: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb927658.aspx Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 25 July 2008 03:06 AM by riaan

Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, Platforms

BizTalk Adapter Pack Poster

The latest in the series of BizTalk posters has just been released for download. Get the poster here: http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2008/07/24/announcing-the-biztalk-adapter-pack-poster.aspx Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Posted 25 July 2008 02:49 AM by riaan | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, Platforms

Code Snippet Tool

Posted 24 July 2008 03:09 AM by riaan | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, Development, VB.Net, programming, Design, patterns, Practices

What is an Office Business Application

Posted 23 July 2008 02:54 AM by riaan

Filed under: C#, Development, Design, Office Server, Office, OBA, information worker, .net

SharePoint Customization Best Practices

Posted 23 July 2008 02:50 AM by riaan

Filed under: Development, SharePoint, Design, patterns, .net, Practices, MOSS 2007

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