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• BizTalk Orchestration Viewer

  Elevato has just released the first version of the BizTalk Orchestration Viewer . This tool allow you to view orchestrations from assembly files. This tool is usefull when validating a production deployed orchestration against a development version. The tool also have a save to image function, making printing easy. The tool can be downloaded from here . Base code for the viewer inspired by : http://blogs.msdn.com/ebattalio/archive/2006/08/18/Finding_the_Orchestration_Viewer_Control.aspx Share this... Posted Nov 16 2009, 03:50 AM by riaan with Filed under: C#, Integration, Microsoft, Development, Biztalk Server, Elevato

• Bugs in scrum projects

  In this InfoQ article some different approaches to handling bugs in a SCRUM / Agile project get discussed. My opinion is to add bugs found in the current sprint as a new sprint. In other words, each sprint will have a "bug sprint" following the actual development. http :// www . infoq .com/news/2009/07/coping-with-bugs; jsessionid =01BF97B60BBE85AA1D120AFC02243317 post also at www.riaansnyders.co.za Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Jul 16 2009, 03:16 AM by riaan with Filed under: Integration, Development, Agile, SCRUM, Biztalk Server, Elevato, Custom Development, Start Ups

• Modern Software

  New post at www.riaansnyders.co.za on modern software and the design of "OnDemand" - Elevato's integration platform. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Jun 20 2009, 03:43 PM by riaan with Filed under: Web 2.0, Integration, SaaS, Microsoft, Development, Internet, startups, snyders, riaan snyders, riaan, OnDemand, Biztalk Server, Elevato, Magazine, Time, Hosting, Time Magazine, Twitter

• The value of testing on short projects

  In this InfoQ article - http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/06/test-or-not - the author summarized Kent Beck (Author of JUnit Max) idea that smaller projects need less testing. Accroding to Beck, this helps the project to get off the ground. Now, I have to say that I do not agree with this at all. Testing, to me, is probably the part of software development that needs to have the most time allocated - manual or automated. In my opinion, moving testing to the background only results in bad and rotten code... Posted Jun 19 2009, 03:03 AM by riaan with Filed under: Social Networking, Web 2.0, Linux, C#, Integration, Software, Open Source, Business, Microsoft, Development, Agile, methodologies, SCRUM, startups, social media, riaan snyders, Mono, Elevato, Custom Development, php, art, of, Start Ups

• Elevato: "OnDemand" Architecture Overview

  I have finalized the overall design of “OnDemand”. The design can be broken down into three (3) main segments. Below follows the breakdown and a short description of each. The detailed architecture will follow in weeks to come: User Service Refers to the User Interface element of “OnDemand”. These services will be known as the WorkBench with functionalities including Partner management, Module management, Process tracking etc. The main technology used here will be Microsoft Silverlight. Subscriber... Posted Jun 16 2009, 04:18 AM by riaan with Filed under: C#, Integration, Microsoft, Development, startups, OnDemand, Biztalk Server, Elevato