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Speaking on SOA: The Paradigm Shift and IO in Denver Tuesday
01 March 08 02:22 PM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
I will be speaking as part of our NuCon 2008 - Denver conference that we are doing together with Microsoft. I am super excited that we have the Scott Kerfoot from Microsoft as our keynote speaker: Keynote: The Future is NOW! The pace of change in technology...
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22 January 08 08:04 AM | Sam Gentile | 6 comment(s)
Ok, lets see if I can get in a groove for a few days Agile/Software Development When James Shore worked with my Agile team , he heavily used the concept of Etudes to improve technical skills . It worked extremely well in helping our team learn about our...
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11 December 07 09:27 AM | Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
Development Tools Snippet Compiler Live 2008 Ultimate Edition for Developers (Alpha) [via Mike ] NAnt 0.86 Beta 1 Release [via Mike ] BizTalk Composite Services using Oracle ESB Routing Services Dealing with cXML based messages in BizTalk WCF/ADFS/Authentication...
Visual Studio 2008 RTM Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads!!
19 November 07 09:53 AM | Sam Gentile | 9 comment(s)
I knew it was coming so I stayed up extra late last night but not long enough :) Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite with the .NET Framework 3.5 is available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads ! See Soma's post here . While my copy is on the way, I would like...
How to Use Both CodeRush and Resharper in VS2005 and VS2008 Beta 2
22 October 07 04:57 PM | Sam Gentile | 1 comment(s)
So, in the comments on my post about the lack of Resharper 3.0.2 Intellisense for .NET 3.5/LINQ, I made the comment that I actually I use both Resharper and CodeRush!! That's right, I can't live without either :) Both products have distinct advantages...
No Resharper 3.0.2 Intellisense with LINQ/3.5
21 October 07 06:02 PM | Sam Gentile | 10 comment(s)
In trying to do any LINQ/.NET 3.5 Beta 2 stuff with Resharper I noticed that the Intellisense is not right: db.Log = Console .Out; IQueryable < Customer > custQuery = from cust in Customers where cust.City == "London" select cust; I confirmed...
NuCon 2007
20 October 07 04:54 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
Speaking of Visual Studion 2008, we (Neudesic) have developed a great deal of real-world knowledge of it during the last year and we are ready to tell you about it! Along with our friends at Microsoft, K2 and QuickStart, we are hosting NuCon 2007 , with...
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19 September 07 09:48 AM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
Thank God for coffee.... Astoria/Orcas/Data Services The Astoria September 2007 CTP is now available for download and it works with Orcas Beta 2. [via ADO.NET team blog ] SOA Nick Mallik details the things you need before SOA reuse starts to become feasable...
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07 April 07 11:50 AM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
A light day out there for the Holiday weekend. LINQ Bart has another series going with The IQueryable Tales - LINQ to LDAP. Part 1 is Key Concepts and Part 2 is Getting Started with IQueryable . CLR Jason continues Disassembling .NET with Appendix B ...
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First Experiences with Orcas March CTP VPC Image
02 March 07 05:14 AM | Sam Gentile | 2 comment(s)
So after two days of downloading at broadband speeds, I finally got all the pieces of the Orcas Mrach CTP downloaded. Doublce-clicking on Part1.exe expanded the other 8 RAR files. Once that was done, I used Virtual PC 2007 on top of my Vista Ultimate...
It's Out!! Code Name &quot;Orcas&quot; - March Community Technology Preview (CTP)
28 February 07 03:12 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
I am really excited about this drop! Too many great things to mention. Get the installable bits here and the VPC image here . The page shows the very exciting Workflow and WCF new features. I'll have more to say as I play with them. Windows Communication...
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21 February 07 01:21 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
Architecture/SOA Blaine Wastell has posted that PAG planning an update of the Smart Client Software Factory to be released in late April of this year. They are encouraging feedback at http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient and enter critical items into the...
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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...
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30 January 07 03:10 PM | Sam Gentile | 3 comment(s)
I have already said my piece on the Vista launch but also Office 2007 launches today which really rocks. The much better Outlook 2007 is worth the price of admission alone IMHO. Vista and Office Launches Vista Launch Page Bill Gates Keynote European Launch...
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28 November 06 05:08 PM | Sam Gentile | with no comments
Workflow/BPM/WCF/SOA David Chappell presents arguments both pro and con as to whether Microsoft qualifies as a BPM vendor. Personally, I think the answer is yes, especially when WF is intergrated into BizTalk 200x and other products. Nicholas Allan continues...
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