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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...
Pluralsight's WCF/WF Developer Screencast Series
Pluralsight has joined forces with the WCF/WF teams at Microsoft to deliver a series of short videos that illustrate how to get started using WCF/WF in your applications. The videos will be hosted on Channel9 within the Screencasts section, and they'll be highlighted on The .NET Endpoint Team Blog and the MSDN Dev Centers for WCF & WF. More info from here: http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/aaron/archive/2008/08/19/pluralsight-s-wcf-wf-developer-screencast-series.aspx Subscribe in...
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!
Lean Thinking
An introduction on infoq on Lean Thinking in software. http://www.infoq.com/articles/lean-thinking-software Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live 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!
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!
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!
BAM Poster for BTS 2006 R2
The just released BAM poster for BTS 2006 R2 can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C2A332C7-687A-448A-BBDF-5FEC51476BF6&displaylang=en Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Collective code ownership
Article on Infoq.com around the good and bad of implementing collective code ownership as part of your Agile implementation: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/05/weaknesses_collective_code;jsessionid=FE9DD28338F050DA716815E4A8B3D9C5 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Unity Application Block
Microsoft has launched the Utility application block: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc468366.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
BizTalk Server Operations Guide
Microsoft has just released the BizTalk Server 2006 and R2 Operations guide. The guide is available online from here : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296643.aspx and is also available as PDF,CHM or DOCX. More info can be found at this location: http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2008/03/21/biztalk-server-operations-guide-is-pulished-on-msdn.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

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