May 2007 - Posts

A Little C# 2.0 Gem
30 May 07 01:06 PM

You may already know this (maybe I did at one point, but if so I surely forgot it), but I learned it today and was pleasantly surprised (I'm easily impressed). I would like to thank ReSharper for this discovery <g>! Anyways, here it is. If you're Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 6 Comments    

Filed under: My Toolbox

WF Custom Actions - Location Matters!
28 May 07 05:47 PM

Firstly, many thanks to Kavita Kamani for helping me figure this one out. As you may or may not know, Windows Workflow Foundation contains a lightweight, forward-chaining rules engine (by lightweight, I mean to say non- Rete ). In WF rules, a rule is Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

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

Observations From Recent Blog Wars
28 May 07 12:53 PM

So over the past week, I've been following a bit of a stirring the blogosphere over the deliverables coming out of Microsoft's P&P group - particularly CAB and SCSF . In case you want the loose chronology, here's how it went down. Oren's Initial Post Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Microsoft .NET Programming, Architecture

Partial Methods - I Object?
27 May 07 09:48 PM

No, not partial classes. Partial methods. As Wes talks about in his latest post on language enhancements in Orcas, partial methods are another new C# language feature that allows you to define the signature of a method in one part of a partial class and Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 7 Comments    

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

Error Installing VS.NET 2005 SP1? 0x643 Ring a Bell?
26 May 07 09:06 PM

I have run across this error now in a couple of VPCs - and I finally cared enough to search out the problem today. The error occurs when trying to install Visual Studio 2005 SP1 - as far as I know, the error is not limited to a specific edition of the Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 13 Comments    

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Visual Studio Team System

Another Impedence Mismatch to Bridge
17 May 07 10:03 AM

I've been studying the SQL BI tools for the past couple months primarily because I had never done a whole lot with OLAP when I was a developer, but also because I want to obtain my TS certification in BI . Anyways, as I've been studying the tools and Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Architecture, SQL Server 2005

DSLs - Not Quite Child's Play ... But Closer!
16 May 07 10:53 AM

One of the books I've been reading recently Jack Greenfield's (and several other really smart people) book Software Factories . While I'm not yet sure that I buy into the notion that the creation of software solutions will undergo an industrial revolution Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Architecture, Visual Studio Team System, Agile

Microsoft Dumps on Brain Dumps
10 May 07 01:07 PM

In case you weren't aware, one of the biggest threats to the validity of our certifications is the proliferation of brain dumps, or stolen exam questions and answers. It continues to amaze me how fast these things can hit the market - sometimes before Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 12 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications

WM6 Exam - Any Takers?
10 May 07 12:14 PM

It seems like it was just yesterday when the forums were on fire with all of the craziness that was the Windows Mobile 5 Exam beta. And yet just as that fire was extinguished, we were asked a new question by the Windows Mobile product group - when can Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 9 Comments    

Filed under: Certifications