Blaine Wastell and Bob Brumfield of Microsoft?s patterns & practices group dropped by the Elegant Code Cast and talked with us about Prism 2.0. Now in it?s second release, Prism is a guidance package from p&p on building composite applications in WPF, and now in Silverlight! If you work with large client applications, or are […]
Read MoreOne customization I make frequently to a TFS Team Project is to create source control + Team Build only team projects. Reasons to do this vary, but the reason I have is that I like using the Scrum for Team System process template as a Master or Enterprise backlog and holding all work items in […]
Read MoreDownload it here. This will give you Data Dude functionality in Visual Studio for SQL 2008. Plus, this is where you get all Agile in your DB development. Unit testing stored procs and whatnot. There are a lot of other features, too.
Read MoreA couple of months ago, I bought the early access edition of SOA Patterns after Colin Jack recommended it on Twitter. So far, only the first five chapters are available, but I soon discovered that this manuscript had a lot to offer. Although these chapters are still a bit rough and need some editing work […]
Read MoreThe young geek, sadly, missed his calling by about 25 years. He has recently taken up the Rubik’s Cube. Taken up, really, is a nice way of saying he’s developed an obsessive love affair with the cube. When he’s awake, he’s never without it. He plays with it while he eats. He wears his headlamp […]
Read MoreI’m changing the name of the column. Uber-nerd boy has crossed over, no longer a nerd boy. He has blossomed, and now I have in my care two full fledged geeks. This may be more responsibility than I can handle; I may buckle under the pressure, but I promise to try my very best to […]
Read MoreOkay, so I have been asked this question more than almost any XAML related question in the past few weeks; How do I debug XAML? The problem with XAML?s powerful binding model is that it can be difficult to debug errors in your binding paths. Lets say I have the following code snippet: <StatusBar> <StatusBarItem> […]
Read MoreThe following code is the result of one night coding with a fair amount of beer, and the desire to solve an annoyance. Enough said. My problem is this: I’m coding an application for .Net Compact Framework (.Net CF). One thing you should know about coding the .net cf, a number of standard items in […]
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