April 2005 - Posts

Congratulations to TVBUG

http://weblogs.asp.net/kencox/archive/2005/04/21/403792.aspx Congratulations to all those involved, but especially to the winning team from TVBUG. So how do we get our hands on that pocketbuilder app? Update: Links to pocketbuilder added List of URLs Read More...

Why the VSTS Logical Datacenter Designer (er, Deployment Designer) Sucks

I've had this question in many of the VSTS bootcamps I'm teaching across canada. “From my Application Diagram, how do I create a deployment diagram that shows my web application and database being deployed on the same box“. So I posed the Read More...

Canadian Developer Community Radio

Mark Relph (MS Canada) posted his first blogcast as part of “Canadian Developer Community Radio“. It was recorded a few weeks ago at the ASP.NET 2.0 Deep Dive in Toronto. Lots of good discussion with the speakers, their favourite features, Read More...

More Online Training: Java to .NET Migration

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/migrate/workshop/ This link will get you 15 hours of free migration training online. Topics include: how to map common J2SE and J2EE functionality to the equivalent .NET Framework functionality how to migrate J2SE Read More...

Whidbey Beta 2 Availability

We were expecting this first week of April but now this seems to be delayed 2 or 3 weeks. MS EMEA has a page quoting April 25th. http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/betaexperience/ Beta 2 will include a Go Live license for the .NET Framework so from my Read More...

SQL Server 2005 "Yukon" Virtual "Hands On" Online Labs

SQL Server 2005 “Yukon” is in beta, but if you'd rather not go through the hassle of installing it (and trying to uninstall it) you can experience it through the magic of online virtual labs. http://msdn.demoservers.com/login.aspx?group=sql2005 Read More...

Whidbey, ObjectSpaces and Mexico, Oh My!

I'm just heading back home from Vancouver tonight on a red eye. When I get home, I have time for a load of laundry or two and then I'm flying to Mexico. Not just for some R&R, but I've also arranged to speak at the Mayan Riviera .NET User Group. (MR. Read More...

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