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Bloggers Guide to Connected Systems V 1.0
Good guide to all MS connected system related tegnologies - includes : Oslo,Azure,Workflow services etc etc. http://bloggersguides.net/media/p/186.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!
Architecture Pocket Guides
Here is a list of pocket guides to help you when design your applications or systems. The list includes Web Architecture,Mobile Architecture,Agile Architecture. This is taken from J.D.Meier's blog: Pocket Guide Series for Application Architecture Web Application Architecture Pocket Guide Agile Architecture Method Pocket Guide Service Architecture Pocket Guide RIA Architecture Pocket Guide Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark...
Ray Ozzie article on MS
Nice read from Wired magazine. Overview of Ray Ozzie and his role at MS. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-12/ff_ozzie Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Web Platform Installer now supports XP
Microsoft has changed the supported operating systems for the Web Platform installer. It now supports : Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008. Read more here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WebPlatformInstallerNowSupportsXPAndTheMasterPlanContinues.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!
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!
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!
BizTalk VS Dublin
Post around "will Dublin replace BizTalk?". http://www.biztalkgurus.com/blogs/biztalk/archive/2008/11/15/biztalk-vs-dublin-do-not-get-confused.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!
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...
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...
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...
Oslo and the future of BizTalk Server
This is a blog post by Aaron Skonnard on the future of BizTalk and the impact of Oslo on BizTalk. According to this post BizTalk Server is going to be around more or less in its current form for a while: http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/aaron/archive/2008/11/04/quot-oslo-quot-and-the-future-of-biztalk-server.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!
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!
Martin Fowler on Oslo
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Oslo.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!
Oslo released
The Oslo public repository is now live: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/oslo/default.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!
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!
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