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Yahoo Previews YUI 3.0 JavaScript Library
Friday, August 29, 2008 2:43 AM

Yahoo has released a preview of the next version of its popular YUI JavaScript framework for web developers. YUI version 3.0, which will be released as a beta soon, has some fairly radical changes from the current 2.0 version. Read the full story here: http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Yahoo_Previews_YUI_3DOT0_JavaScript_Library Subscribe in a reader Join my blog... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Ajax, Web 2.0, javascript

Stop-the-Line Issues
Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:00 AM

This is a very brief and good read forming a part of the concept of technical debt. The author explains why it is important to fix bugs as discovered and not leave them piling up in a bug tracking system. I tend to agree with this approach. http://community.ative.dk/blogs/ative/archive/2007/01/29/The-Waste-of-Defects-_2D00_-Bugs-are-Stop_2D00_the_2D00_Line-Issues... Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, Agile, SCRUM, XP, Kanban, Technical Debt

Sharepoint support for SQL 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:32 AM

Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 & Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 now support SQL Server 2008. For more info go here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/08/15/sql-server-2008-support-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it!... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, SharePoint, programming, SQL Server, MOSS 2007

Pluralsight's WCF/WF Developer Screencast Series
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:37 AM

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... Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, patterns, WCF, Practices, WPF

Streaming Web Content
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:06 AM

Blog post on delivering content from WCF service to a web page. http://blogs.msdn.com/drnick/archive/2008/08/18/streaming-web-content.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! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, asp.net, WCF, .net, Streaming

Scrum-ban
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:03 AM

Corey Ladas has written an interesting paper titled Scrum-ban in which he describes how a Scrum team might introduce the lean practice of kanban. He goes on to describe an evolutionary process, which if taken far enough, replaces most of Scrum. Even for those who don't want to scrap Scrum and go lean, the paper provides a useful view into what kanban is and... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Agile, SCRUM, Practices, Kanban

How to choose your WorkFlow Model
Monday, August 18, 2008 4:08 AM

Different applications require different execution models. Some programs are quick to execute, while others may take weeks or months. Some programs have very specific steps for execution with little or no room for deviation from its set path; other programs are more flexible, reacting to user actions to make decisions, changing execution paths depending on context... Read More...

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Filed under: Integration, Development, SharePoint, programming, Workflow, MOSS 2007

Automating solution package creation for SharePoint Services
Friday, August 15, 2008 2:34 AM

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes a new method of deploying custom code and functionality to SharePoint sites that acts as the internal installer framework for Windows SharePoint Services. A Windows SharePoint Services solution package (*.wsp) is a CAB file that includes all custom code and files that should be deployed to a SharePoint site. http://msdn... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, SharePoint, programming, MOSS 2007, Deployment

.Net 3.5 SP 1 Released
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:51 AM

From InfoQ : " Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 was released today. While called a "service pack", the sheer number of new features makes this release as significant as .NET 3.0. These include the controversial ADO.NET Entity Framework and the much demanded improvements to C#’s real-time syntax checker. Other features include... Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, VB.Net, programming, .net, Service Packs, Visual Studio

Wizdl
Monday, August 11, 2008 2:31 AM

wizdl is a .NET utility written in C# that allows you to quickly import and test web services within the comfort of a Windows Forms GUI. http://www.codeplex.com/wizdl 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! Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Agile, .net, Testing, Unit Testing

SQL 2005 Driver for PHP
Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:48 AM

Microsoft has released the Sql 2005 driver for PHP. Download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=61bf87e0-d031-466b-b09a-6597c21a2e2a&DisplayLang=en 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! Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, database, Open Source, Web 2.0

Windows Live Tools
Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:31 AM

Windows Live Dev has released the Windows Live Tools July CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio. This is a set of VS add-ins allowing developers to incorporate Windows Live services into web applications developed with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D7C6DF11-2283-4CAC-9723-172F5C33EFBB&displaylang... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, patterns, SaaS, .net, Platforms, Web 2.0

BizTalk EDI
Monday, August 04, 2008 3:07 AM

What is EDI and how do you implement it with BizTalk 2006 R2? This article answers these questions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc748658.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! Read More...

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Filed under: BizTalk, Integration, Development, programming, SQL Server, patterns

InRule
Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:33 AM

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! Read More...

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

MS Sphere Display
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:01 AM

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... Read More...

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

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