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I’m currently writing this post on a newly acquired Asus 1000H mini-notebook. I have to say that, so far, I’m really impressed with the device. The first thing I’ve noticed is the weight - it weighs about 1.2 Kg. It has a nice screen (10 inches), that
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I absolutely love software development. And what I love the most in software development is it’s creative aspect. I believe there is not one developer in the world who hasn’t yet experienced, at least once, an “eureka” moment. You know, those insights
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Guy Kawasaki is a venture capitalist and one of the greatest public speakers in our industry. From his experience as a venture capitalist Guy’s written a very interesting post advising young entrepreneurs on how best to start their software company. So,
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As a consultant part of my job is to provide guidance to our customers on the best way to use our technology, namely in terms of application development practices. Over time, you start to better understand the type of customer you’re working with, what
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The Patterns & Practices team is finally going to update their fantastic Application Architecture Guide . Since it’s release in 2002 this guide has been a favorite of mine. It’s somewhat dated but it contains sound design principles that stand the test
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Many of us in the field have come across heterogeneous source control environments within the same organization. Some organizations, having multiple source control systems, wish to have some way of synchronizing TFS with their other systems. I've seen
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Dr. Laurie Williams has been a long-time researcher on Agile methods and their impact on software engineering. She and her students have published a number of very interesting papers on varied subjects, particularly on the economics of agile practices,
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I am a consultant working for Microsoft Consulting Services. I design enterprise software for major customers, mostly in the financial services and public administration markets. As many youngsters of my generation , I first got exposed to computers in
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I have always been fascinated by building design and architecture. My brother is an architect and we have long talks on the subject, where we discuss not only the works of particular architects or artists, but the nature and profession of building design.
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All information in this blog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included code samples are subject to the terms specified at Microsoft - Information on Terms of Use .
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Out-of-the-box Visual Studio allows testers to define a network mix for load tests with the following network profiles: LAN T3 6.0 Mps T1 Cable/DSL 1.5Mbps Cable/DSL 768k Cable/DSL 384k Dial-up 56k Dial-up 33.6k Dial-up 28.8k If we want to add an additional
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I finally got some time to setup a powershell script that mimics the vcvars32.bat file that the Visual Studio 2008 command prompt loads (if you're on a 32-bit machine) and sets up all the environment variables for using the development command-line tools.
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Ever wondered how to configure a connection string using the Data Link properties dialog? Well, I have. And just last night I decided to check out exactly how to do this. Here's a simple list with all the required steps: Add a reference to "Microsoft
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Under Software Configuration Management, branching and merging are common features that help maintain stable code bases and scale the development effort by synchronizing parallel development. However, depending on the size of your product, the size of
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This book has profoundly influenced my views on enterprise software development. The book is told as a collection of best practices applied to a particular project and testifies to the project's success. The book emphasises software development as primarily
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