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31 January 08 09:07 AM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)

I was going to write a separate post on this but I will include it here. I have had the opportunity to work on three different projects with three different Microsoft field groups lately and have come away impressed with both their technical skills as...

Filed under: CLR, WF, Windows Workflow, New and Notable, Microsoft, .NET Framework 3, ADO.NET

New and Notable 142
18 February 07 03:16 PM | Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)

Data/ADO.NET Orcas Two from the ADO.NET team: Entity Client and Nulls - LINQ to DataSets Part 3 Software Architecture/SOA/CAB Udi answers, Can or should SOA be implemented without Web Services? David Chappell on The Three Faces of SOA Eric Newcomer: WS...

Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Smart Client, CAB, .NET, WF, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, TDD, Microsoft, .NET Framework 3, ADO.NET, Orcas, PAG, Agile Architecture

New and Notable 140
11 February 07 01:39 PM | Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)

I haven't felt like blogging much lately. Some of that is due to how much is going on at work (much more on that when I feel like it) but I have also haven't really felt jazzed about blogging lately. I want to, and am starting to devote more time...

Filed under: .NET, Software Architecture, TDD, Windows Vista, Vista, Microsoft, Agile, ADO.NET, Banking, Financial, Orcas, WPF, Visual Studio, Windows Presentation Foundation, Data Dude, SQL Server

New and Notable 139
05 February 07 11:02 PM | Sam Gentile | 4 comment(s)

Winter has finally set in with single digit temps and minus degrees wind chills but still no snow. WPF/Avalon Adam's WPF book is out and flying off the shelves apparently ! I have been looking forward to this one as his COM Interop book is the bible...

Filed under: .NET, Software Architecture, Windows Vista, Vista, Microsoft, ADO.NET, Banking, Financial, LINQ, Orcas, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation

New and Notable 118
30 October 06 11:15 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)

We have a new addition to our house - a 60 pound 2-year old English Bulldog! Agile/TDD The big news of the day is my good friend Jamie Cansdale's TestDriven.Net - Check here for download . To say this product is indispensable is an understatement...

Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, Agile Development, SOA, Software Architecture, TDD, Data, Microsoft, Agile, ADO.NET, LINQ, Service Oriented Architecture

ADO.NET vNext First CTP!
16 August 06 12:20 AM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)

My co-worker Steve sure will be excited by the arrivial of the first CTP BITS (as am I)! The specs were promising as I commented on. I am excited to dive into the bits now! I just looked at my installed bits and it includes an updated August 2006 document...

Filed under: Microsoft, ADO.NET, LINQ, Data Access

New and Notable 108
07 July 06 12:00 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments

Ruby/Rails Martin notes that a video of his keynote at RailsConf is online and the rest are starting to appear (PragDave is up there). John Lam talks about why Ruby (and a little bit about RubyCLR), on NET Rocks . LINQ/Data Daniel Cazzulino on how upcoming...

Filed under: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, SOA, ADO.NET, LINQ, OR/M

July Web Service Factory and Smart Client BAT is Out!
02 July 06 02:53 AM | Sam Gentile | 4 comment(s)

Both the July drop of the Web Service Factory or Service BAT is out and the June SCBAT are out. I am super excited about this as it is nearing V1 and we are using both of these in production code. I have been blogging about the Service Bat since the begining...

Filed under: WCF, Smart Client, CAB, SOA, Software Architecture, ADO.NET, LINQ

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