January 2007 - Posts

Why New Gen?
18 January 07 03:14 PM

Of all the questions I've gotten since I started in this position, the question of why we took apart the MCP/MCAD/MCSD certifications to create the new generation program is easily the most common. And just when I thought that I had explained it enough Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 15 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications

Lambda, Lambda, Lambda!
18 January 07 02:47 PM

When I first heard about lambdas, I was highly skeptical primarily because I haven't seen or thought about these things since my computer science classes in college. If you need further evidence for my general skepticism, please see the definition of Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 15 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, Visual Studio 2008, LINQ

A Newbie’s Intro to LINQ
16 January 07 11:08 AM

I downloaded the Orcas January CTP recently because I was interested in getting my feet wet with LINQ – and even more interested in beginning to do some comparative analysis between a ADO.NET Entity Framework/LINQ solution and a NHibernate/HQL solution. Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

MCSD.NET Upgrade Path
03 January 07 11:34 AM

So there have been several questions recently on the newsgroups and blogs regarding the upgrade paths to the new generation certifications. More specifically, a question that we have seen frequently is as follows: "If I am a MCSD.NET, and I earn my PRO Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications

I’ve Been Tagged
02 January 07 05:39 PM

I was recently "tagged" by my friend and co-worker Glenn to divulge to you 5 personal things that you don't know (and probably don't care) about me. So while I would hate to be a buzz-kill and not play along, I'll keep it brief. So … deep breath … here Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Miscellaneous