Gold Coast : OGDI

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on OGDI

marcsc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:47:24 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended Developer Dinner showcasing our work on the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI). Here are the follow up links we promised:

OGDI Developer Dinner.pptx

FlexEntities.zip

LINK: Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) complements Data.GOV

marcsc — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:19:13 GMT

http://blogs.msdn.com/publicsector/archive/2009/05/22/open-government-data-initiative-ogdi-complements-data-gov.aspx

Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) Developer Dinner

marcsc — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:46:55 GMT

Next Wednesday in Reston, Virginia. Details on my team’s blog: http://tinyurl.com/oupyf9.

Using code analysis again…

marcsc — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:42:23 GMT

This week marks my 5 year anniversary at Microsoft. Five years ago, I stopped being a “real developer” and became an evangelist. Ok, I started with a short stint as a SQL / BizTalk Technology Specialist (what other companies call “pre-sales engineer”), but I’ve pretty much been focused on developers the whole time. I used FxCop back in my days of “real development.” As an evangelist, I spend lots of time writing demo code and samples. Today, I had a rude awakening that I’ve gotten a little sloppy. I’ve used “it’s demo code” as an excuse so many times. In many ways, I think it is a fair excuse. However, I think I have leaned on that crutch a little too long.

We are going through and cleaning up the OGDI codebase preparing it for CodePlex. Part of our internal review is to use code analysis to help us identify refactoring opportunities. Yea, Yea, Yea. I know. We should have been using it all along.

As part of preparing for our code review, I wanted to find out what else is available in the way of analysis tools that are free. I also wanted to review the capabilities in Visual Studio 2008. Here’s what I came across:

Writing Quality Code (various subsections on code analysis)

Code Analysis Team Blog

Code Analysis tools on MSDN Code Gallery

StyleCop Blog (Source Code Style and Consistency Tool)

StyleCop on MSDN Code Gallery

CAT.NET

I also watched this PDC session:

Improving Code Quality with Code Analysis

I’d definitely recommend checking out these resources and using the tools. I hope to learn a lot from using these tools. I also plan on forcing myself to use them as I build out demos, samples, and work on projects in the future.

Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)

marcsc — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:43:08 GMT

I’ve been relatively quiet on the blog lately. I’ve made hints in a couple posts that I’ve been working on a fun little Windows Azure project that has been consuming my time. Well, I can finally talk about it a little more. Keith, a manager on my team, blogged about OGDI on my team’s blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/publicsector/archive/2009/05/07/microsoft-announces-the-open-government-data-initiative-ogdi.aspx

Check out the blog post. I’ve had my hand in many parts of the OGDI codebase. I plan on writing a series of posts explaining different parts of the OGDI code. We are also planning a Developer Dinner in Reston, Va later this month that will focus on “how we built it.”

We will be making the entire source code for this solution available on CodePlex. We’re currently going through code cleanup, review, etc. The process for putting code up on CodePlex is a little more involved for Microsoft employees. Rest assured we are working hard to get it up there!