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From Ireland: a little bit of this and a little bit of that
June 2004 - Posts
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Wow, what a fantastic use of technology :) Let the people voice their concerns about daily life in dublin and how the people that own the services in Dublin can make life easier for its people :) This site was only launched in the last 2 or 3 weeks and Read More...
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If you want to have a slide decks from the US TechEd, have a look here, http://microsoft.sitestream.com/teched2004/ Read More...
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Its out there and is a good read. Who should read it, to quote the guide: "Who Should Read This Guide This guide is intended for software architects and developers who are developing smart client applications on the Microsoft .NET Framework using Windows Read More...
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Due to bugs in some of the offline blogging tools that I have used as I try to figure out this phemonan known as blogging, some of my posts have been lost :( So, what to do ???? Anyway, I had posted about the VB.NET power pack and here is a link to a Read More...
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Loads of details are on the way, but here is the one of the best places to start! Read More...
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I was going to post some screenshots of the tool, but I see that Stephen McGibbon has done the honors. You can find the screenshots on Stephen's blog Also, while going walkabout on the web, I have just noticed that there is a number of web casts other Read More...
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DEV362 Smart Clients: Architecting and Building in .NET Speaker: Tim Huckaby DEV361 Windows Forms: Building Occasionally Connected Applications Speaker: Ray Stephenson ARC305 Smart Client: Architecture Principles Speaker: David Hill ARC308 Smart Clients Read More...
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I have been having a look around and there is a few Webcasts out there for SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer. As I find them, I will update this posting. Todate I have found the following: - MSDN TV - SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer Read More...
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Since it myabe lost in the previous postings, here is the VB Power Pack workspace on GotDotNet.com Read More...
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its a topic of much discussion on where the whole area of Winforms is going to go ? 1st and foremost, people may or maynot realise what WinForms means? and why is the term WinForms and Smart Client are so closely tied? But, I hear you say what does Smart Read More...
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For the next version of .NET (codenamed "Whidbey"), WinForms is going though a significant and major release. You can find all of the details here . One of the most interesting area for me, is the new ClickOnce technology, as it is a new application deployment Read More...
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Life is good and finally I can get to work in a sane about of time. My current commute to the office with public transport is over 90+ minutes ?? With the luas due to start running on Wed., it really is going to be interesting to see what the takeup is Read More...
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The Visual Basic related sessions from Teched can be found here : Sessions that are currently posted include: Visual Basic 2003 Related Sessions DEV340 Visual Basic: Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Your Applications Speaker: Brian Randell What do you need Read More...
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[Update: This posting is about the Release Candidate and not the RTM, which was announced on the 5th of august. The RTM is currently only available through MSDN Subscribers, but over the next few days it will be available to download from public Microsoft Read More...
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As posted by Tim Sneath : "In respond to popular demand from attendees who want to plan their schedule in advance, I've taken an extract of the current session database as an Excel spreadsheet . Hope this helps you make the most of TechEd Europe!" Read More...
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These demos show the static analysis features in Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer Edition, located at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77c4e99a-b035-43ab-a0a4-b52e29e2a89c&DisplayLang=en <Extract> " The Visual Studio Read More...
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With all of the good stuff that is going to be part of VS2005, VSS can be overlooked. you can find the roadmap for VSS, here . In relation to the new features that are going to be in VSS2005, here is a extract from here : " Introducing Visual SourceSafe Read More...
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Well you have a few options, - It was given out on DVD at the TechEd event in the US. - It will be given out on DVD at the Teched in Europe. - If you are a MSDN subscriber - you can download it. Don't forget that there are going to be 2 editions, a 32bit Read More...
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With such a huge push in the industry to consolidate "tin" (aka servers), you have a number of options available to you, when consolidating SQL Server instances. You can go single instance or muti instance, orthogonal to this is whether 32bit or 64bit Read More...
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Now that I have a 64bit laptop, this is where the fun really starts. I will probably install Whidbey 64bit and see how its goes from there ? Read More...
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Robert Green announces the Visual Basic Power pack. The power pack is hosted here on GotDotNet . "The Visual Basic Power Pack is a VB team community project. It consists of seven custom controls written in Visual Basic .NET 2003. The controls provide Read More...
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As blogged by Rob Carson (and referenced by Michael Swanson ), walkthroughs are now available for Visual Studio Team System 2005 CTP (Community Technology Preview) May 2004. The walkthroughs are: For testing: Creating and Running Unit Tests Recording Read More...
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Here you will find all of the resources you will need to download , install , config , deploy and understand XP SP2 . I would recommend testing early and testing often, as some of the new security enhancements and setting changes may affect you applications. Read More...
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FXCop is code analysis tool that checks managed code assemblies for conformance to Microsoft's .NET Framework design guidelines . It allows you to customise the rules that are applied, so that you can add you own best practices and verify that you code Read More...
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I often get asked, what is the design guidlines for class library developers, so here it is . Happy reading Don't forget that FxCop , is a free tool that Microsoft provides that will automate the analysis of your code. Read More...
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Whether you are a Developer or a IT Pro, some of the changes that are going to occur with XP SP2 may affect your applications. Here you will find all of the resources you will need to understand all of the new security enhancements and setting changes Read More...
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Rebecca Norlander gives a highlevel overview of XP SP2 for an end user. The video is posted on MSDN's Channel 9 . The direct link to the video feed is here or the posting on Channel 9 can be found here . Read More...
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Richard Turner on the MSDN big screen, i.e. Channel 9 What is the biggest misperception of Indigo? [ http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9792 ] What is your advice to developers who are thinking about Indigo and interoperability? [ http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9990 Read More...
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Richard Turner talks about what is the biggest misperception of Indigo? Read More...
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It case you missed it on the first read, there is some short yet very powerful paragraphs on Prescriptive Guidance for Web Services, Enterprise Services, and .NET Remoting Read More...
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After my last blog, I just happened to have a look on blogs.msdn.com to see whats up there. I saw Tim Sneath 's blog entry about how he maintains a list of .NET developers in the UK who blog. This is great, does a list of Irish .NET bloggers exist, I Read More...
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If you are, lets us know? As Bill O'Brien has posted, we know that there are 50+ people from Ireland going to attend, and this is our largest attendence ever :) Let's do the Paddy's abroad thing and met in an Irish pub? hmmm, ???. At the time of posting, Read More...
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Whether you are a sound engineer or software engineer, before the big event, you have to go on stage in front of a select few (the diehard fans/users/tester) and make sure that all of your hard work behind the scenes actually works and does what its supposed Read More...
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XP SP2 is going to be so much more that a combination of fixes and updates, it provides a whole new layer of security infrastructure, settings and policies that defend against viruses and worms. So if you are a developer why should you care, doesn't Service Read More...
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While going walkabout on the web, I came across the blog of buckh . Hey the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Technology Preview Newsgroups are available to the public :) When I looked at the Visual Studio 2005 Developer Center , I guess I missed the link, Read More...
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So that you can test your applications before SP2 goes to RTM, Download Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview onto a test machine and see if any of the Security enchanements affect your application. Read More...
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The newsgroups for the Technical preview of XP SP2 can be found here Just fire up your favorite newsreader, and use the following settings: Server: privatenews.microsoft.com Account name: privatenews\sp2user Password: password Note that the password is Read More...
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SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 all run on the Windows XP OS but some of the SQL Server services will be affected by SP2. Have a look at this Webcast for the skinny. MSDN Webcast: SQL Server and Windows XP SP2 - Level 300 Basically Read More...
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MSDN Webcast: Overview of XP SP2 for Developers - Level 200 MSDN Webcast: SQL Server and Windows XP SP2 - Level 300 Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Monthly Update from Microsoft's VP for Security: Securing the Perimeter through Best Practices and Read More...
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