Kirk Evans Blog

As a first step in this initiative, Bell will offer its small and mid-size business customers a Productivity Suite , including licensed editions of Microsoft Office software or Microsoft Office Live Meeting service, along with Bell's market-leading business...

Keith is asking for a version of XSD.exe that lets him control serialization , specifically controlling properties versus fields in the generated proxy and control of collection serialization. Might as well give us an extensible xsd.exe compiler that...

Don and Dare have been posting on versioning web service endpoints. Don favors versioning with a single parameter , while Dare favors multiple parameters . I agree with Don. Don makes a distinction between a service that is service-oriented and one that...

A customer asked me about how you might make it easier on yourself to set the object for a header in WSE. There is a very simple way to set the body of a SoapEnvelope using SetBodyObject , so why is there not a SetHeaderObject method? I decided it would...

A great find while blog surfing today... Bill Wagner's blog . In it, I found a reference to a book he wrote and several chapters posted online. Prefer Immutable Atomic Value Types - He makes an interesting point about creating types that are immutable...

On December 1st, a news teleconference was held that discussed some of the progress that Sun and Microsoft have made since swapping hockey jerseys. The transcript of the Sun and Microsoft news conference is available online, and there is some great information...

Aaron has had his WSE Wish List up for about a month. A couple customers have asked some interesting features, so I thought I would throw in a pointer for everyone to see where they can ask for features. Just post on your blog, and the trackback will...

I am working with several groups of developers that have an extensive background in Java and are currently learning .NET. It was admittedly difficult to find some of this information using MSN Search or Google as most articles that mention both "Java...

Ever wanted to see how simple it is to use SQL Server Reporting Services and Visual Studio .NET to create a report, deploy it, and use it within an application via web services? Check out this demo. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID...

Just got this link from Glen Gordon... Register to attend this FREE session and walk away with the MSDN Event Resource DVD*, as well as... Advanced techniques for designing and producing UIs, as well as customizing and extending WinForms controls Best...

Christian gave me a sneak peek at this awhile back, and I have been chatting with Christoph about it as well. WSCF version 0.4 is available for download . There is a walkthrough available online . Here are the coolest 2 screenshots that give you an idea...

Shawn Wildermuth is putting together another Atlanta Nerd Dinner on December 16th, 2004 . Sorry I cannot make this one, the last one was a blast!

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