February 2007 - Posts

Stop the Presses – TFS Exam!
28 February 07 01:43 PM

Saw some nice coverage the other day regarding the Team Foundation Server exam (70-510) – currently in beta. The beta for this exam has received overwhelmingly strong interest and I'm very excited to see how it does when it goes live. Team System is a Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications, Visual Studio Team System

Mobility Developer Exam Goes Live!
28 February 07 11:33 AM

The long-awaited mobility developer exam (70-540) was released today! Check out the preparation guide for a list of the topics covered and links to resources to help you prepare. When you feel ready, you can register for the exam at either Pearson VUE Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 7 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications

SOA Humor
27 February 07 10:14 AM

These are absolutely hilarious – especially if you've ever had to work in an environment with that one person who just read his/her first article on SOA and is convinced that it is the solution to all of life's problems (what?? It's not??). Thanks to Read More...

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Filed under: Miscellaneous, Architecture

Team System Unit Tests and Deployment Items
24 February 07 03:24 PM

Just a quick tip in case you haven't yet encountered this yet. In the course of my development rhythm, I use both Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers and TestDriven.Net as test harnesses for my unit tests. This is primarily due to speed. As Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, Test Driven Development, Visual Studio Team System, Agile

Vista and Wireless Network Security
14 February 07 09:59 AM

I learned something interesting about Vista yesterday (or part of something interesting – I'm sure that I'm probably missing something). I've been running Vista for quite some time on my work laptop, and it has never been able to connect to my home wireless Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 16 Comments    

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Vista

Training Kits Released for Exams 70-547 and 70-548
12 February 07 02:40 PM

The following training kits are now available for the professional level exams in Windows and Web development. Also, expect to see a training kit bundle released at the end of this month that covers all 3 exams required to obtain the MCPD : Web certification. Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications, Learning Resources

More C# 3.0 – Extension Methods
09 February 07 02:05 PM

A while back I wrote a post about lambda expressions in C# 3.0 and how they are one of the enabling technologies behind Linq . I would like to continue that discussion today with a quick overview of something called extension methods. First, I want to Read More...

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