March 2004 - Posts

• Give the Visual C++ for Devices guys some love

  A couple of my teammates on the VCD team, Josh Heitzman and Jeff Abraham, also have blogs. If you're a current eVC user and you want to know more about the integration of the native development tools for devices into Whidbey, these are the guys to talk Read More... Posted Friday, March 05, 2004 8:56 PM by joebork | 1 Comments Filed under: Visual Studio for Devices, Setup and Deployment

• Three quick tips for reporting GUI bugs

  This entry doesn't have any deep insights into software testing in general (or even GUI testing specifically), but I'd like to share some simple tips that can come in handy if you're reporting a GUI bug. There's nothing particularly special about them Read More... Posted Friday, March 05, 2004 8:16 PM by joebork | 3 Comments Filed under: Testing

• Why hobbyist programmers matter

  Rory asks the question, “ Should the hobbyist programmer matter to Microsoft? ” His answer, basically, is no, saying “I would prefer to think that Microsoft is going to continue to do what it's been doing for the past few years: Refine Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:02 PM by joebork | 9 Comments Filed under: Miscellany