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About software development and training
June 2005 - Posts
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After quite some constructing, an intensive transition phase and not keeping any time-boxes I proudly present to you: Sam The mother, two big brothers and father are healthy, tired and very happy! Read More...
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I couldn't agree more with this . It can be compared with projects that are called "Our Cool Datawarehouse project" or something like that. It states the technical solution instead of the problem that needs to be solved. Let's stick to the rule of: Not Read More...
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Martin Fowler (yeah, he wrote Refactoring ) wrote a very readable article on Language Workbenches: The Killer-App for Domain Specific Languages? This article is not just well written but also a great introduction if you are wondering what everybody (Microsoft Read More...
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Many years ago Vitruvius wrote on Architecture . What strikes me as the most important lesson of his writings is the necessity of an architect being all-round: "In architecture, as in other arts, two considerations must be constantly kept in view; namely, Read More...
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Being quite close to the release of one of my finest projects ever (more on that later) this very interesting tutorial caught my eye: Building Avalon Apps: Basics and Behind-the-scenes. Part 1 and Building Avalon Apps: Basics and Behind-the-scenes. Part Read More...
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Oh boy, if we start making abbreviations like this things could get badly out of hand. Oh boy, if we s3t m4g a11s l2e t2s t4s c3d get b3y out of h2d. Imagine naming conventions adhering to this… [edit: fixed link] Read More...
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It needs .NET 2.0 beta 2 but ,oh boy, it looks so nice… Buba software - XPath builder Read More...
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Quite a few MSDN bloggers have determined their Video Game alter ego and now a fellow Info Support blogger has, so I can't stay behind: I am a Gauntlet Adventurer . I strive to improve my living conditions by hoarding gold, food, and sometimes keys and Read More...
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In this introduction is a lot of info on Managed DirectX for Windows Mobile 5.0 I'm still looking for a little time to test this. I might even try to migrate my 3D engine… Read More...
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I decided to promote my post on DataSets and Web Services to be an article from now on. Triggered by the sheer number of hits (via Google ) this article seems to answer a lot of questions. Read More...
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Men (and women) like this give hackers a bad name. As long as the press keeps on using the 'wrong' word for these criminals, which should be called 'crackers', the world will not understand the joy and pride of real hackers . Of course, when I was a lot Read More...
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Getting Started Architecture Overview Hands-on-Labs Snippets Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System Read More...
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Christian Weyer of ThinkTecture created a tool (Visual Studio Add-in and commandline) that helps you to do Contract First Design of Web Services called WsContractFirst . Read More...
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If you're wondering what a Software Factory is (well, the Microsoft view on them) read these articles: The Case for Software Factories Problems and Innovations Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools Read More...
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For all of us that enjoy writing a game and other serious applications: The DirectX SDK (june 2005) is out. Hmmm, a bit of a reminder for me that I need to spend more time on hobby programming instead of doing serious stuff in my own time… I'm really Read More...
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Great news: According to Steve Balmer VSTO 2005 will also support the creation of Outlook addins Read More...
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Interesting article on The Top 5 Web Service Mistakes It contains some extra ammunition for the DataSet returning Web Services discussion so I updated the gun belt . Read More...
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Excellent article on Dispose, Finalization, and Resource Management A must read AND implement. Read More...
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Nice read: Erich Gamma on Flexibility and Reuse Read More...
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Interesting information on the ActionsPane AutoRecover and Clear Read More...
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