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FxCop 1.36 and StyleCop 4.3 Released

As a software developer and trainer I am often asked what tools can help with ensuring code is written correctly and follows the right development guidelines and best practices. Over time the ideas around coding styles and formatting have changed considerable and Microsoft has released new versions of...

Posted to To Dev or not to Dev (Weblog) by Willie Roberts on 08-21-2008
10 Myths of using Open Source in your business

ActiveState has released a short white paper entitled “10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business”. Authors advocate against black-and-white approach to open source that is often adopted by both its zealots and its opponents. They believe that using open source software may foster business...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 08-11-2008
Going from VS2008 Beta to Release

If you, like me, have to upgrade from VS2008 Beta to VS2008 Release a good place to start is to read Scott Guthrie post on Steps to Uninstall VS 2008 Beta2 before installing the VS 2008 Final Release .

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 11-28-2007
A nice picture I found on Wikipedia explaining .Net 3.0

WCF is a new communication subsystem to enable applications, in one machine or across multiple machines connected by a network, to communicate. WPF is the graphical subsystem feature of the .NET Framework 3.0 and is directly related to XAML. WCS is a framework developed by Microsoft which securely stores...

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 09-20-2007
Installing Ubuntu on an eMac

I finally managed to change that big white doorstop into a running machine again. For some unknown reason cross-posting fails, read it here

Posted to Baldy's view on the world (Weblog) by barend on 09-18-2007
Spring.Net and AOP

One of Spring.Net claims to fame is it's implemetation of AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming). Read about it here and see how they do it here . Spring.NET is an open source application framework that makes building enterprise .NET applications easier. Providing components based on proven design patterns...

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 08-22-2007
How far can we trust software awards

According to this post by Andy Brice, not too much. He submitted a fake program to various sites, and got 16 5-star awards for software that can't run. Very nice. So be careful before believing the awards calimed by software packages. Cross-posted from baldy.co.za

Posted to Baldy's view on the world (Weblog) by barend on 08-20-2007
.Net Security

Before it's time to go home on the this Friday afternoon I quickly printed some of the pages of .NET Security written by Richard Grimes . After a quick glance I seems it will be worthy bedtime reading.

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 08-03-2007
Installing VS2008 Beta 2

This is my first post using Windows Life Writer, thanks Neale for his trouble shooting post. Well this morning I installed VS2008 Beta 2 on my laptop. Found no problems with the installation and the IDE fired up nicely for the first time without any visible hickups. For the record my laptop is not the...

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 08-02-2007
Using LINQ to SQL

Hi, Scott Guthrie, wrote a series of blog posts titled “ Using LINQ to SQL ”. Go have a look here . To my surprise he also included VB code, viva VB! Also by Scott some of the new language features in the Orcas release of VS.Net Framework. Automatic Properties, Object Initializer and Collection Initializers...

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 08-01-2007

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