Adnan Masood, a Machine Learning Phd's musings on Life, Technology, Research & Development
James Avery in December 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine talks about Must-Have VS.NET Add-Ins. Following is his list; pretty impressive. TestDriven.NET GhostDoc Paster CodeKeep PInvoke.NET VSWindowManager PowerToy WSContractFirst VSMouseBindings CopySourceAsHTML Cache Visualizer I'd probably add Koders IDE Plugin as well. Related Articles: NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now
I say working with smart people always pays off; For instance last week when I was encountered a particular web service response which wasn't getting parsed by usual XPATH query. Dim child As XmlNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("/<node>") As it later turned out, it was because there was no namespace prefix to it. XMLNamespace manager didn't help so…
My review of Jesse Liberty's "Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook" is published on Los Angeles .NET Developers group website. It's an excellent delta book on C#, a must read for those who wants to learn the C#'s new features without spending much time on stuff they already know.
I’m sure you have noticed that I’ve updated my dasBlog from 1.6 to current release (1.8.5223.2) which provides lots of cool updates. Thanks for the Omar Shahine, Scott Hanselman and Clemens Vasters for putting together this easy to follow upgrade document and this excellent software; it works like a charm. In other news, I’m…
Thanks everyone for sharing their presentations, slides and experiences. As Owen Arthur said “Often, we are too slow to recognize how much and in what ways we can assist each other through sharing such expertise and knowledge.” Following is the list of presentations, slides and notes compiled by participants and speakers. Brandon Satrom’s…
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 has been launched by Microsoft and is downloadable via Microsoft Beta Home. BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications ODBA (Orechestration Designer for Business Analyst) beta 2 can also be downloaded from here.
After the MSDN Launch event for Visual Studio.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 in Pasadena, Bernard Wong, Southern California's Developer Community Champion and his team organized a get together with user group organizers in Pasadena Hilton. It was a nice event; Bernard and his developer events team casually discussed the role of community and user groups…
Via MCPMag “Microsoft is giving a big break to students who obtain training through IT Academy schools in the U.S., with a significant discount on MCP exams. Exams will be available for $35; original exam prices for IT Academy students is $60.“Read More
Today we are having an MSDN launch event in beloved Pasadena. Following are the details from MSDN Events; I was told that every registered attendee will recieve a copy of SQL Server and Visual Studio.NET 2005 Standard edition. The Best of Visual Studio 2005 Launch - Powered by MSDN Events Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:00…
I shouldn't be writing this since Dino Esposito said in his ASP.NET call backs session, “Plumbing is evil“; It was mentioned in in the context that a developer shouldn't have to worry about plumbing but concentrating mainly on the underlying business logic. However there are times when knowing your plumbing options are important. Somehow for…