December 2006 - Posts

'70-*' vs. '71-*' - What's the Difference?
24 December 06 02:32 AM

I have seen several questions posted to different blogs asking what is the difference between the different exam prefixes. For example, what is the difference between exam 70-541 and exam 71-541? The answer is that 71-541 is the exam number for the beta Read More...

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Filed under: Certifications

ReSharper 2.5 is Released!
13 December 06 08:32 AM

This is my absolute favorite developer tool (short of its host of course)! This latest release is supposed to have many performance improvements – particularly in VS.NET startup. Also, I believe that it is supposed to play more nicely with Vista. I'm Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, My Toolbox

An Interesting Team Foundation Server Side Effect
10 December 06 11:31 PM

If you're familiar with the Domain Driven Design school of thought on software design, you're no doubt also familiar with avoiding the introduction of side effects into your class designs. Eric Evans defines the term to mean "Any observable change of Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming

What Are We Planning for .NET 3.0?
08 December 06 10:39 AM

So this is a question that has come up a few times in recent history and after several conversations about the matter, I wanted to let you know what's on the roadmap. First, let me highlight the major takeaways from the discussions on our strategy. When Read More...

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And if You’re REALLY Curious…
08 December 06 09:57 AM

You can check out the schemas and standards for the new Office 2007 file formats and data schemas here. http://www.ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/TC45_available_docs.htm Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft Office 2007 Programming

Installing Office 2007 RTM…After Uninstalling Beta 2…and then some…
01 December 06 08:45 PM

So I finally got motivated to install the RTM version of Office 2007 this evening. I had been running the beta 2 refresh version for a while and was all-in-all pretty happy with it. However, I have the final bits, so hey, I should take advantage of it. Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft Office 2007 Programming