Extending MSBuild If you're like me, you try to stay current on technologies. Not for the sake of currency, but because you want to be able to take advantage of the tools and infrastructure that can help you do your job better or faster. Along those...

Re-use of existing Java code (Sudoku engine) This isn't so much about systems interop, as it is about code re-use and language interop. You've seen Sudoku, the "number place" puzzle. Wikipedia says that it was created by a US puzzle magazine, but...

With .NET, all the choices are provided by Microsoft Excuse the headline. I got a comment in a previous blog post, along those lines, and I had to respond. No matter how many times that statement is made, it still isn't true. Just to consider...

This paper , covering how to migrate an ASP.NET 1.1 app to 2.0, taking advantage of new 2.0 features like the membership provider, System.Transactions, and so on, was just published last week. This paper will be of interest to anyone who has ASP.NET 1...

“[Java] is like the marketplace where you go and take your pick of technologies and .NET is a Microsoft product that gives you no chance to choose,” said [James] Gosling. From http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/02/06/byteline/index.php?news=byteline_19846391...

You may have missed this when IBM posted the story last year. IBM Rational Functional Tester, which has provided functional and regression testing for Java and Web applications, will offer functional testing of applications built with the new Visual...