March 2006 - Posts
Learn about Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in the way that suits you best.
SQL Server 2005 is data management and analysis software that delivers enhanced security, availability, and scalability to mission-critical data applications—while making them easier to develop, deploy, and manage. Choose from a wide range of live and on-demand webcasts. Or take part in a virtual lab, which allows you to cut your teeth on the new platform by experimenting with its different capabilities.
SQL Server 2005 Webcasts.
Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets
IntelliSense Code Snippets are reusable, task-oriented blocks of code. Visual Studio 2005 includes code snippets covering tasks ranging from creating a custom exception, to sending an e-mail message, to drawing a circle. A set of Visual Basic and Visual C# Code Snippets are included in the Visual Studio 2005 box – additional Code Snippets can be found below.
Visual Studio 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets.
SQL Server 2005 Report Packs
Brief Description
These free report packs will simplify your report tasks, improve your business visibility and speed your decision making.
Download details: SQL Server 2005 Report Packs.
IP*Works is really extending themselves into the Integration space with BizTalk Adapters and now a bunch of Activities for Workflow….
IP*Works! .NET Workflow Edition [BETA]
IP*Works! .NET Workflow Edition for Windows Workflow Foundation includes activities that make it easy to integrate Internet capabilities into your workflow packages.
Transferring files, sending and receiving emails, consuming webservices, sending instant messages... all of the major communications technologies available in IP*Works! are currently available.
/n software inc. - IP*Works! .NET Workflow Edition.
Nice asset released to the public for managing Enterprise Library configuration files within VS 2005. This is the first Avanade branded asset that I’ve seen released publically. We have lot’s of stuff internal, but not much public domain usable. It’s nice to see us starting to contribute valuable assets to the general communities. This can only raise our brand awareness and provide consumers of the assets a vision of the quality assets and services we provide.
Avanade Integration Pack for Microsoft Enterprise Library 1.0 Released
I'm excited to announce that Avanade has released Avanade Integration Pack for Microsoft Enterprise Library 1.0 (originally blogged about here).
This package provides the functionality of the Enterprise Library Configuration Console as an editor for Visual Studio 2005. Once installed, Visual Studio will open .config files in an editor tree view, display node properties in the Properties window, display configuration and validation errors in the Error List window, and so on. The behaviors of the tree view and context menus have changed from Configuration Console to make more sense in a tabbed interface, but all Configuration Console functionality is still available.
colinco : Avanade Integration Pack for Microsoft Enterprise Library 1.0 Released.
It’s amazing what Amazon has beyond it’s retail model for services. Things such as queueing, and now storage with extremely competitive prices. Now, all we need is a nice client that can leverage the SOAP interfaces with ease.
Amazon S3 - Simple Storage Service
Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers
Amazon.com Amazon Web Services Store: Amazon S3 / Amazon Web Services.
The Open XML Developer Group was formed to provide Open XML Formats developers with a forum for the free exchange of ideas, tips and tools related to Open XML Formats development. The group's charter members include ISVs, software publishers, manufacturers, system integrators and other organizations who are committed to supporting the Ecma Office Open XML file formats.
OpenXML Developer.
Here’s a site from Microsoft covering Microsoft’s AJAX implementation support from a client and server perspective.
There’s also a section on using WCF with ATLAS here: http://atlas.asp.net/docs/atlas/doc/wcf/default.aspx
Roadmap to ASP.NET "Atlas" Documentation and Resources
ASP.NET "Atlas" documentation includes topics, tutorials, samples, and Webcast videos. We suggest the following documentation to help you get started.
Roadmap to the 'Atlas' Documentation.
Really good article on capabilities and “snake-oil” in the industry. Page 2 has some comments on CMM organizations.
In short, it’s the people that matter the most, not the organization…
Have you heard the pitch for the tool that gives a 600% productivity improvement, or the new programming language that will solve all of your problems? Matt Heusser explains that confidence games abound in software development - and suggests what to do about them.
Confidence Games in Software Engineering > Three-Letter Acronyms.
VSTS Tutorial Videos
VSTS is big. REAL BIG. Needless to say there is a lot of information to learn, and the following videos, produced by LearnVisualStudio.NET should help get you moving in the right direction. These are SHORT videos that address specific topics, which makes them very easy to take download and watch. So give them a spin!
Team System Rocks.
These are courtesy of Richard Seroter from the SoCal district.
http://blogs.msdn.com/richardbpi/archive/2006/03/06/544534.aspx
Some information on running and developing with a mixed .NET 1.1 & 2.0 environments.
Side-by-Side Execution of the .NET Framework (.NET Framework Deployment)
Get in-depth information about side-by-side execution of the .NET Framework intended for individuals who are building or configuring .NET Framework applications or components. (6 printed pages.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/sidexsidenet.asp
Side-by-Side Execution Fundamentals (.NET Framework Developer's Guide)
The way that the common language runtime manages side-by-side execution depends
on the type of application you are running.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconside-by-sideexecutionfundamentals.asp
Installing Multiple Versions of the .NET Framework
You can install and run multiple versions of the .NET Framework on a computer.
Currently there are three versions of the .NET Framework: version 1.0, version 1.1, and version 2.0.
The three .NET Framework versions can be installed in any order.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y549e41e.aspx
How to: Use an Application Configuration File to Target a .NET Framework Version
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9w519wzk.aspx
Also, something to keep in mind for developers is the fact that 2.0 makes some methods obsolete or breaking changes.