October, 2007

I would also add SOA and model-driven development to the mix. The announcement is up on the Microsoft SOA & Business Process site.

If you are interested in service virtualization and a framework for building out an SOA with WCF, check out the Managed Services Engine that is now available on CodePlex. If you have struggled with service versioning, abstraction, management, routing...

Composite Applications became defined when the Patterns & Practices group released the Composite UI Application Block - well they might have existed before then, but CAB made them more "mainstream". Acropolis was the supposed to be the next wave for...

IEEE Spectrum: Space Station: Internal NASA Reports Explain Origins of June Computer Crisis is an article detailing the root cause of the total failure of the International Space Station computers. This is facsinating and frightening at the same time...

I know I get asked about MVC/MVP frameworks all the time. Finally have an answer for ASP.NET. ASP.NET MVC Framework - ScottGu's Blog .

I recall needing/wanting to use some of the stock Windows Icons way back when. Stumbled across this blog post from an internal discussion group which addresses using Stock Icons for Windows Presentation Framework. Gonna have to keep this handy. Rob Relyea...

I think this is great, knowing what is happening "under the covers" is something of a character trait for developers. Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries - ScottGu's Blog

Live Search has been updated and improved, read the press announcement here . I noticed the UI is a little different, which caught me offguard at first. Couple of things I'll comment on: Increased index - I have to admit to an occasional search on that...

The Operations Guidance for Team Foundation Server is now available on MSDN. Really great stuff -after all, using TFS to increase the whole SDLC process has to include all the players, including operations. This guidance compliments some of the resources...