March 2005 - Posts

Eclipse Plug-In Update
31 March 05 11:32 AM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Just a quick update on the Eclipse Plug-in project that I posted about recently. I'm pleased to welcome to the team: Keith Rowe Martin Woodward Mitch Denny These guys are going to be awesome to have on board, and it shouldn't be too long now until we Read More...

[*Sob* *Sob*] OK Frank, I confess!
31 March 05 11:11 AM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

It all started with some scuttlebutt around the Linux camps (I'm hot news with them you know), "Hey have you heard, Lemphers finally came across". I shrugged it off as you can imagine, I mean I get hundreds of calls a day from reporters looking for bytes, Read More...

Code to make your toes curl.
29 March 05 11:56 PM | davidlem | 3 Comments   

So Joe and I have been looking into the VSTS client API, and are starting to get a handle on the objects and calls required to interact with the source code control system, however, we are now trying to work out the best way to call the .NET assemblies Read More...

Wasted mid-life.
29 March 05 01:54 PM | davidlem | 15 Comments   

About three years ago, I decided I wasn't happy with the kind of support Visual SourceSafe was giving me, so I sat down, and started writing my own source code control system from scratch. I downloaded all the relevant white papers and Ph.D thesis' available Read More...

Happy Easter and Things
24 March 05 03:27 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Just a few things before we all break for Easter: 1. Yesterday I went along to the Monash IT Society's Install Day 2005 . It was a great day, with lots of installs happening, both Windows and Linux, which was great. Big cheers to Tim, Shane, and the rest Read More...

Kiss my ASP!
24 March 05 10:46 AM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

The other night I was out having dinner with my girlfriend at this really nice Thai restaurant, having a conversation about the unit testing framework available in VSTS. Well, you can imagine how insulted I was when the cook overheard us, and shouted Read More...

Dynomite! It's VSTS, and it look guuud!
22 March 05 07:24 PM | davidlem | 3 Comments   

With the anticipation of a small child or myself at Easter, I gleefully fired up the Beta 2 VPC's of Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Well, didn't I receive a wonderful surprise! It's all shiny and new, just like my blog :) I've been interested to see Read More...

Can't we all be friends?
20 March 05 11:45 PM | davidlem | 7 Comments   

Over the past few weeks, Joe and I have been bouncing around the idea of creating a set of plug-ins for Eclipse that would allow us to access some of the cool features of Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Well, the time has cometh! I have updated my blog Read More...

Ain't no blog as dope as mine, it's just so fresh, so clean...
20 March 05 11:28 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Da da da dut da daa da....oh, sorry, just busy getting shizzy about me nice new blog look. I spent a good deal of time on the weekend making sure my online presence was very present. The key to changing one's .Text blog is all in the Custom CSS Selectors, Read More...

The Think Tank!
17 March 05 02:56 PM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

The life of a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft can be lonely sometimes, so the team in Melbourne have decided to do what we do best, buy some friends! The image above shows the advanced infrastructure that has been kindly supplied by my wonderful girlfriend Read More...

Happy St. Patrick's Day
17 March 05 07:32 AM | davidlem | 3 Comments   

Now I know alot of people have accused me of being boring and stodgy, "Oh yeah, Dave Lemphers, I know him, a real stuffed shirt" they say. Well, not today! Being an ex-student of St. Patrick's Primary School, Murrumbeena , I was introduced at an early Read More...

Total eclipse of the heart
15 March 05 09:55 PM | davidlem | 6 Comments   

I've been busy these last few months, having a sticky beak at a few J2 bits. Not for any particular reason, I just think there are some great Java technologies, such as Eclipse, JBoss, and JNote :) But this really blew me away...I was checking out the Read More...

Great How-To Site
15 March 05 09:36 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Just a quick one, I stumbled across this great blog tonight, and for anyone who needs a helping hand making heads or tails of blogging (what's the blogsphere!?), check out this site . Read More...

Mo' Templates
15 March 05 09:30 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Jeez, Joe has been very busy on the VSTS front, and his blog is really showing it, he has some great articles, and for anyone who wants to stay in touch with VSTS as it moves through its early releases, I recommend you hook into Joe's feed. Good work Read More...

MC Hammer Bloggin'!
15 March 05 02:19 PM | davidlem | 5 Comments   

I know it may seem like my blogging has been all over the place lately, but there is a structure and a method to everything, including the release of this much anticipated movie ! So until I smooth out the bumps in the my blog strut, I'm asking everyone Read More...

How often do you get a second shot?
10 March 05 08:52 PM | davidlem | 8 Comments   

Microsoft Learning has a great offer out at the moment which covers you for a second shot at an exam if you fail. Now, I know personally that sitting exams is hard work, and the added stress if you don't get that pass the first time around is a killer, Read More...

Feed me!
07 March 05 12:50 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Um, first I used to just read a few blogs here and there, when there wasn't much to do, but then, I started reading them everyday before work, now, my family hardly sees me... This was a confession alot of us have heard recently, and to be honest, I've Read More...

Visual Studio 2005 February CTP
07 March 05 12:38 PM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

There seems to be a fair bit of confusion around regarding the Feb release of the VS2005 CTP. It is available via the MSDN subscribers download section, however, I haven't seen it anywhere else on the web. It was released on the 3rd of March for those Read More...

Don't be stingy, get blogging!
05 March 05 05:26 PM | davidlem | 8 Comments   

I've always been fascinated by the language of developers. I don't mean C# or VB.NET either, I mean the way two or more developers talk when they get together; whether it's about the latest project they're working on, or a great webcast the recently watched. Read More...