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New and Notable 161
29 April 07 01:34 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)

I finally did it. As promised yesterday, I shaved my head completely down to skin. I'm sure Raymond will be proud. IIS 7.0/Longhorn Server ScottGu announces that IIS 7.0 Ships with a Go-Live License . His post lists the numerous features that IIS...

Filed under: Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, .NET, WF, Windows Workflow, BizTalk Services, Entity Framework, IIS 7, Orcas

New and Notable 151
23 March 07 11:31 AM | Sam Gentile | with no comments

Thank God, its Friday. Even after a full 32 ounces of strong Starbucks coffee, I still fell asleep on the train on the way in. Entity Framework/OR/M/LINQ The excellent Entity Framework discussions continue with Scott Bellware's fine Entity Framework...

Filed under: CLR, Agile Development, .NET, NHibernate, Software Architecture, TDD, Extreme Programming, Data, Microsoft, Agile, Entity Framework, Orcas, OR/M, ADO.NET 3.0, Click Once

New and Notable 150!!
22 March 07 02:24 AM | Sam Gentile | 8 comment(s)

This is it, the big 150! The first New and Notable was on May 19, 2003 , (my first post was March 29, 2002 ) and I paid homage to the master, "I have always admired Mike's ability to look at the world out there and put it all into one great post...

Filed under: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, .NET, ASP.NET, NHibernate, WF, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, TDD, Extreme Programming, Windows Vista, Data, Microsoft, Agile, .NET Framework 3, Entity Framework, MonoRail, Orcas, OR/M,  PAG, REST, ADO.NET 3.0

New and Notable 149
18 March 07 01:02 AM | Sam Gentile | with no comments

Yup, I'm still stuck in Seattle and I still feel like crap. Tomas just went off to the airport and I feel like the last MVP left in Seattle. Just want to get out of here and home but can't do that until tomorrow night. Lots of stuff stored up...

Filed under: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, Agile Development, .NET, ASP.NET, NHibernate, WF, Windows Workflow, Software Architecture, TDD, Extreme Programming, Windows Vista, Data, Microsoft, Agile, .NET Framework 3, Entity Framework, MonoRail, Orcas, OR/M,  PAG, REST, ADO.NET 3.0

All I Can Say is a Big Amen!
15 March 07 04:22 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments

This says it all.

Filed under: Agile Development, .NET, Extreme Programming, Data, Microsoft, Agile, MVP, Entity Framework, Orcas, VSTS, Visual Studio, Team System, ADO.NET 3.0, ORM

MVP Summit Wednesday - Tour of PAG Agile Development Facilities
14 March 07 11:07 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments

A great treat today was the Architect MVPs having a tour of the PAG Agile facilities with my very good friend Peter Provost. What they have accomplished, especially within the Microsoft office system, is pretty amazing. I will publish pictures later as...

Filed under: Agile Development, .NET, Extreme Programming, Microsoft, Agile, MVP, Entity Framework, Orcas, XP, ADO.NET 3.0

ADO.NET 3 - Entity Framework without Persistance Ignorance
14 March 07 10:52 PM | Sam Gentile | 13 comment(s)

Ayende says, " Here is an interesting discussion about this topic. Apperantly you will not be able to just take any object and persist it using the Entity Framework. You need to either inherit from a base class, or (in the future) implement a set...

Filed under: .NET, Microsoft, MVP, Entity Framework, Orcas, ADO.NET 3.0