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April 2004 - Posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:07 AM

Measuring API Usability from Dr. Dobbs

A nice article on Measuring API Usability in a recent issue of Dr. Dobbs . Thanks to Brad Abrams for getting permission to make this article available online.
Posted by mswanson | 0 Comments
Monday, April 19, 2004 6:21 PM

User Interface Process (UIP) Application Block - Version 2

The User Interface Process (UIP) Application Block - Version 2 was recently released to MSDN on April 9 th . UIP v2 is the next version of one of the most popular application blocks created by our Patterns & Practices group . This block is a reusable
Posted by mswanson | 2 Comments
Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:53 AM

Microsoft Architects Journal

This looks like the start of some good higher-level architectural guidance in the form of a journal: Microsoft Architect's Journal - a platform where authoritative software architects from all corners of Microsoft's architect community will discuss the
Posted by mswanson | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:45 AM

C# Frequently Asked Questions

The C# team and other members of the C# community are answering some Frequently Asked Questions via a blog that rolls up to a page on MSDN . I’ve been asked a number of these questions myself by partners and customers, so this should serve as an
Posted by mswanson | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:58 AM

Ron Jeffries Test-Driven Development WebCast on April 15th

Ron Jeffries, author of Extreme Programming Adventures in C# , will discuss the application of Extreme Programming design and development techniques using C# and the.NET Framework in an upcoming Webcast on April 15 th . If you haven’t tried test-driven
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:04 PM

Channel 9

Every other blog has already announced the arrival of Channel 9 , so I won’t go into much detail. But, think of it as an experiment by Microsoft to foster frank and open discussion with the developer community. You’ll probably learn about
Posted by mswanson | 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:21 PM

Great Microsoft Developer Tools Roadmap

The Visual Studio Developer Center has published an excellent Microsoft Developer Tools Roadmap . With so much new and enhanced technology being delivered with Visual Studio .NET 2005 (formerly known as “Whidbey”), this is an excellent one-page
Posted by mswanson | 1 Comments
Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:08 PM

Cool New Microsoft Optical Mice

Check out a photo of our cool new Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer and Wireless Optical mouse “colors:” Immersion, Night Vision, and Groovy . You can see all of the options at our Microsoft Mice & Keyboards site.
Posted by mswanson | 2 Comments
Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:42 PM

New .NET Show: Longhorn and WinFS

Get the scoop on the new and powerful WinFS file system with the latest episode of the .NET Show . I personally think that WinFS will open the door for a new class of applications, and it’ll change the way we all think about file systems and data
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Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:33 PM

Newsmap

Want a new way to visualize the news? Here’s a web application called Newsmap that takes information from Google’s News site, aggregates it, and displays it using a treemap visualization algorithm. I’m not sure how useful it is in practice,
Posted by mswanson | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:57 PM

SphereXP

Can’t wait for the rich user interface in Longhorn? In the meantime, check out SphereXP . I haven’t downloaded it, but the videos and screenshots look interesting.
Posted by mswanson | 4 Comments
 
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