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• Brad Abrams caved in...

  Since I'm getting started in a new team, these are the kind of documents I am digging up these days. I'm sure most of you have done this already aaaaaages ago. But read my previous post, and understand that I am happy to be reading/learning these basic Read More... Posted Friday, January 28, 2005 4:46 PM by Rudi Larno | (Comments Off) Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Unit Tests as documentation

  Since Unit Testing is becomming a defacto used practice in modern programming, this is an interesting topic to say the least: The next XP BE meeting will be hosted by Philippe De Bruycker of the Federal Administration of Foreign Affairs in Brussels. The Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:58 PM by Rudi Larno | 4 Comments Filed under: ISV, Developers (x39)

• Developer & ITPro Days 2005 updated

  Just slightly updated the agenda and some speaker details on Friday. If I had goodies to give away, I would open up a contest to 'spot the differences'. That is just to say how final things are at this point. Overall I'm hearing good feedback for the Read More... Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 11:42 AM by Rudi Larno | 0 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Updated Developer & ITPro Days 2005 Agenda

  Just completed some more details on the agenda , and I will continue so in the next coming weeks. Please, please, pretty please give us some feedback. Especially around the 'Connect' sessions. Some people seem to think this is a great idea, other really Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:24 PM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Finally, InfoPath has Managed Code!!

  Announcing the InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET Back in the days that InfoPath was still code named XDocs, this was the one of the big features I was really missing, having been living and breathing .NET and managed code all over, convincing Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:30 PM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Win a Smartphone

  Webcasts Looking to build applications for mobile devices like the Windows Powered Smartphone or the Pocket PC but don't know where to begin? Learn247 are please to announce the free "Building Mobile Applications with Visual Studio.NET" online training Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 03, 2004 1:44 PM by Rudi Larno | 0 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• New Usergroup online

  Yes, a new User Group has just been launched. http://www.vbgroup.org At the moment, dutch only, but they hope to unite all of the Belgian developers to participate in their community. They offer a wide range of features such as newsgroups, a knowledge Read More... Posted Monday, October 25, 2004 1:33 PM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Dev-ITPro Days 2005 Feedback

  For those that do not follow Alains blog , we are seeking feedback for the next edition of the Dev-ITPro days. Go there to add your comments. Thanks. Read More... Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:07 PM by Rudi Larno | 0 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• SQL Server Magazine is comming to Europe! Do not miss this event!

  We are organizing a full day on SQL Server at the Kinepolis in Brussels. Two tracks with each several sessions will give SQL Server DBAs and developers the tools they need to unleash the power of SQL Server 2000, deploy SQL Server Express, and get ready Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:20 PM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• .NET Framework Service Packs available

  Thanks to the Microsoft Download Center Feed from http://www.thundermain.com/ I noticed that the Service Packs for the .NET Framework have been put online. .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 .NET Framework 1.1 Service Read More... Posted Friday, September 03, 2004 2:06 PM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: ISV, Developers (x39)

• Ferrari Fast Portable from Acer

  Whooo, take a look at this nice portable from Acer: The Ferrari 3200 It actually has a 64-bit AMD processor onboard but it can run 32-bit code. So you can load up your Windows XP Pro 32 bit edition, and in the near future you will also be able to put Read More... Posted Friday, August 27, 2004 7:43 AM by Rudi Larno | 1 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Innovation inspired by your Potential

  The 'Your Potential, Our Passion' campaign has been in Microsoft for over a year now. And the first time I saw some of the to-be-telivised ads, I was impressed. It is one of the best videos I have seen in years from Microsoft. This is a nice follow up Read More... Posted Monday, August 23, 2004 12:22 PM by Rudi Larno | 0 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Give IE Feedback

  The IE team had been heavily involved in XP SP2, rightly so, the even say that themselves. But they are now looking at gathering feedback for the next release. If you want to make an impact, head over to the Wiki on Channel 9 . I'd say: collect your top Read More... Posted Friday, August 20, 2004 1:46 PM by Rudi Larno | 0 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• Take a service stop and clean your windows

  Of course, this is about Windows XP Service Pack 2, but as my co-worker Alain wrote in ' About backward compatibility of XP SP2: Life has changed ... ', I also have my own view on this. It actually struck me when driving towards the south of France, a Read More... Posted Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:00 PM by Rudi Larno | 8 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)

• IL Merge utility from MS Research

  This can be an interesting tool (haven't tried it myself yet, but will do so soon). ILMerge takes a set of input assemblies and merges them into one target assembly. The first assembly in the list of input assemblies is the primary assembly. When the Read More... Posted Monday, August 02, 2004 5:39 PM by Rudi Larno | 3 Comments Filed under: Developers (x39)