Archive for January, 2008

TestDriven.NET 2.7 on Orcas Express! I’m happy to report that

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

TestDriven.NET 2.7 on Orcas Express! I'm happy to report that TestDriven.NET is working on Orcas Express! If you'd like to try out the new C# 3.0/VB 9.0 language features without installing the full Visual Studio Orcas Edition then now's your chance. You should find this version works with Visual ...

Automating Software Development Processes By Tim Kitchens Automating repetitive procedures

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Automating Software Development Processes By Tim Kitchens Automating repetitive procedures can provide real value to software development projects. In this article, we will explore the value of and barriers to automation and provide some guidance for automating aspects of the development process.Click here for the full article. NCoverExplorer... v1.4.0Syndicated ...

Stay Productive with Bug Tracking In this article,Yaron points out

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Stay Productive with Bug Tracking In this article,Yaron points out how to save hundreds of hours a month in software development with the help of a Bug Tracking tool. He starts with a brief introduction and then explores the different scenarios. Finally, a comparison chart ...

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - make data available while

Friday, January 25th, 2008

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - make data available while creating indexes on large tables! Though it is not a best practice to perform a CREATE INDEX on large tables during the online hours where you have number of users accessing the metadata ...

Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org community IBM has announced that it is joining the OpenOffice.org development community, with an initial involvement concerning code contributions it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product. The code includes accessibility enhancements, and IBM is ...

WPF in the eyes of a beginner As a programmer

Friday, January 25th, 2008

WPF in the eyes of a beginner As a programmer who until very quite recently chose C#.NET as his main language, WPF was thrust upon me like an anvil in your favorite 90s cartoon. There was no avoiding it... And for that, I'm glad -- mostly. ...

ActiveState ships ActiveTcl 8.5 ActiveState has announced the release of

Friday, January 25th, 2008

ActiveState ships ActiveTcl 8.5 ActiveState has announced the release of ActiveTcl 8.5 after four years of development. This release is in conjunction with the official release by the Tcl Core Team of version 8.5.0 of the Tcl dynamic language and the Tk ...

The Difference Between Silverlight and ApolloDare Obasanjo puts it best

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The Difference Between Silverlight and ApolloDare Obasanjo puts it best when he writes: Although Pete does a good job of explaining the goals of Adobe Apollo with a great example, I think there is a simpler and more cynical way of spelling out the difference between Silverlight and ...

Reparenting nodes in LINQ to XML Someone mailed me the

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Reparenting nodes in LINQ to XML Someone mailed me the other day with a query as to how they can use LINQ to XML in order to change this XML file;<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <root> <x> <a/> <b/> </x> <c/> <d/> </root>   ...

Activate your iPhone using .NET 2.0It appears that Jon Johansen (DVD

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Activate your iPhone using .NET 2.0It appears that Jon Johansen (DVD Jon) is now a .NET developer. He has created a little .NET 2.0 application to activate your iPhone without giving any personal information to AT&T. The application runs as an activation server on your local machine. You then redirect albert.apple.com ...