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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...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-10-2008
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...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 08-08-2008
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

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 08-06-2008
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

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-31-2008
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...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-30-2008
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...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-30-2008
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

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-30-2008
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

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-29-2008
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...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-28-2008
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

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 07-28-2008

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