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REST2SQL in a Jiffy, with Tagspace for Spice
A few months ago, Alex Barnett excitedly told me about a project he was working on with Pablo Castro , of the Microsoft SQL Server team. Like most things brilliant and game-changing, their invention is shockingly simple. As Alex explained it, project Read More...
Tagspace, Meet Claimspace
In early June, we will launch a new social software service for technical professionals called Claimspace (codename, "Rapport"), which will join Tagspace , Blogs , and Forums as the newest member of the Microsoft.Community family . Our development lead, Read More...
Alexbarn Leaves Microsoft...ARGH!
With a farewell quote from the greatest American writer of all time, my friend, neighbor, and idea-mate, Alex Barnett has announced that he is leaving Microsoft and Redmond to join a startup in Utah: Bungee Labs. [Lump_in_throat]. If they had any idea Read More...
"Tagspace" Beta
AJAX vs. Atlas ASP.NET Atlas ATOM C# C++ CodePlex coolgadgets database Dave Morehouse FoxPro Huong Nguyen J# LINQ Marshall Lin MSO .NET .NET2.0 PERL.NET Rapport REST RESTful RSS Ruby Sharepoint socialsoftware tagging Tagspace Taylor Parsons VB.NET VFP Read More...
ActionPack for Your DAL: It's Slicker Than Hot Poi
My good buddy Rob Connery, of Commerce Starter Kit fame, has started a groovy new project on CodePlex called ASP.NET ActionPack . ActionPack consists of a set of ORM tools, code generation and dynamic query tools. Inspired by the magic of Ruby on Rails, Read More...
CodePlex In the News
UNO: This just in: CodePlex on Channel9 DOS: When we first launched CodePlex , one of our most frequently asked questions was, "How open are you planning to be with regards to projects that might compete with Microsoft products or run on different platforms?" Read More...
ProfileApproval: Automated Propriety Policing for Online Dating Sites
"Charlene" is a 26 year old "goofy goddess" with a terrific body and 2 Siamese kittens. Her user profile is well-formed, complete, and as far as her favorite dating site, CaliDate.com* is concerned, completely legitimate. However, Charlene's profile is Read More...
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server via Eclipse? Runs on UNIX, Mac, or Linux?
Are you excited about the potential benefits of migrating from your existing source control and bug tracking tools to Visual Studio Team System? Stymied by bureaucracy and organizational inertia? Common Scenario: different groups in your organization Read More...
Cmd Shell for Visual Studio: Released on CodePlex
This project is an awesome addition to the growing list of shared source software on CodePlex.com. " VSCmdShell provides users with a shell window inside the Visual Studio IDE that can be used for Visual Studio commands as well. Current version allows Read More...
Continuous Integration - CI for CodePlex
This is sweet! Martin Woodward of Teamprise , a great guy I met earlier this week at TechEd Boston, explains how to set up CI for CodePlex projects using CruiseControl.NET. Since I began working on the Team System (and thereafter), I've been wondering Read More...
SednaX Moving to CodePlex.com
As announced by project admin, Craig Boyd , the mighty SednaX project will soon be making the move from gotdotnet CodeGallery to CodePlex.com, both of which my team has developed and maintains as free, open, and inclusive project development venues and Read More...
CodePlex Developers: Download VSTF Team Explorer and TF.exe for FREE
CodePlex isn't just a shiny, new, hexagonally-embossed website for hardcore, online collaborative software developers and aficionados, it's a website sitting on top of a burly, new software configuration management system called Visual Studio Team Foundation Read More...
Microsoft Research's "MapCruncher" and Virtual Earth Demo at VSLive! Orlando
I'm sitting in a session on Web Mashups at VSLive! Orlando . Speakers are Ken Levy , the new product planner for Windows Live and Steve Milroy, a Virtual Earth Tech Consultant at Microsoft. Steve just did a demo of MapCruncher, an application from Microsoft Read More...
Jim Newkirk Announces CodePlex
Over the last year, I found myself working on an another exciting [sigh] v1 product [sigh] at Microsoft [sigh] with an amazingly talented and passionate team [sigh] . As a born blogger, there are few things more difficult than keeping a big, fat, exciting Read More...
Patent Number Zero
This pleasant surprise awaited my return to work yesterday from signing the closing papers on my first and erstwhile home. Presumably, my co-conspirator Sandy received one as well, although I haven't seen him to congratulate him, yet. Microsoft awards Read More...
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