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Friday, July 27, 2007 5:37 PM

p&p in the Real World: First Impressions

As a product manager at patterns & practices , I got to write a lot more code than most people would expect from a product manager. However the nature of the job and the team meant that it was basically all prototypes and samples. So after over 3
Posted by tomholl | 8 Comments
Friday, January 12, 2007 10:23 AM

Just Released: Web Service Software Factory for WCF!

Via Don : the December 2006 release of the Web Service Software Factory is now available! This is a major new release that supports building services with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Don (ever so eloquently) lists his highlights as: WSDL-first
Posted by tomholl | 1 Comments
Monday, October 30, 2006 1:53 PM

One week until TechEd: Developers

TechEd: Developers kicks off in Barcelona on November 7th. According to the site, it's not too late to register - so if you're looking for some great technical content and you're from that part of the world (or if you can get there), you better get cracking!
Posted by tomholl | 3 Comments
Friday, September 15, 2006 4:52 PM

p&p Installers in the Vista World

Yesterday I took the plunge and installed Windows Vista RC1 and Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh. Unfortunately my notebook is over 2 years old and pretty sluggish (it gets a whopping 1.0 "Windows Experience Index" score) so I'm missing out on most
Posted by tomholl | 10 Comments
Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:20 PM

Debugging Guidance Packages

In the last couple of weeks a couple of people have pinged me to ask about how to best test and debug guidance packages built with the Guidance Automation Toolkit . Two questions on the same topic in a month is my threshold for creating a blog post (it's
Posted by tomholl | 2 Comments
Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:46 PM

Service Factory Hands-On Lab Now Available

Don has been slaving away day and night and has finally paid some dividends with the release of the Hands-On Labs for Service Factory . The labs provide a step-by-step guide to developing a realistic service-oriented application using the Service Factory,
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Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:20 PM

Just Released: Web Service Software Factory

The patterns & practices team is pleased to announce the availability of the first "official" release of the Web Service Software Factory . The Service Factory is the latest addition to our fast-growing crop of factories, including the Smart Client
Posted by tomholl | 11 Comments
Monday, July 17, 2006 4:28 PM

Software Factories: The Next Generation

First, a little comic relief about factories and meta-factories . In case you haven't noticed, the patterns & practices Factory Factory assembly line is well and truly moving! Last month saw the release of the Smart Client Software Factory . Last
Posted by tomholl | 5 Comments
Monday, June 26, 2006 5:42 PM

July Community Drop of Web Service Software Factory

It must be the end of the fiscal year of something, because we have yet another new release to tell you about: the July Community Drop of the Web Service Software Factory is now available to download from our GotDotNet Community Site. While this is not
Posted by tomholl | 10 Comments
Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:41 AM

Guidance Automation Extensions and Toolkit: June 2006 Release

The patterns & practices team is please to announce the availability of the June 2006 CTP of the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT) ! As reported previously , this is a relatively minor update to the previous
Posted by tomholl | 29 Comments
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:55 PM

GAX and GAT update, and introducing the Guidance Navigator.

Wojtek has finally emerged from his self-inflicted blogging exile to inform the world that we're on the verge of releasing an update to the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT). This is a relatively minor release,
Posted by tomholl | 7 Comments
Monday, May 15, 2006 9:56 AM

Service Factory: May CTP and a new blogcast

Just a quick note to let you know that the May Community Preview of the Web Service Software Factory is now available to download from http://practices.gotdotnet.com/svcfactory . Highlights of this release include (with apologies to Jason for stealing
Posted by tomholl | 0 Comments
Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:28 AM

Don "blogcasts" on Service Factory

Have you heard about this new Service Factory thing but you're not sure how to get started? One option is to join the community , download the preview bits and dive in head first. But if you prefer a kinder, gentler option, Don has started to put together
Posted by tomholl | 2 Comments
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:25 PM

First community drop of the Web Service Software Factory now available!

The patterns & practices team is pleased to announce that the first public drop of the Web Service Software Factory is now available from our new community site at http://practices.gotdotnet.com/projects/svcfactory . We're looking forward to having
Posted by tomholl | 8 Comments
 
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