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Some References on Extensible XML Schema Design

This topic came up in a WCF training session (i.e. ObjectSharp's WCF course ) I am currently delivering so I wanted to post a few references on the subject here: The first is "Designing Extensible, Versionable XML Formats" by Dare Obasanjo http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/design.html?page=1 Read More...

Windows Workflow and the Command Processor Pattern

I have been doing some Windows Workflow (WF) consulting with a customer lately and I was talking to a developer who had just been thrown onto the project and was struggling with WF, not feeling that he had a solid grasp of the paradigm. No one was more Read More...

Presenting at DevTeach in May

I recently found out that the abstract I submitted for DevTeach , held in Toronto May 12-16, 2008 was accepted. I am very excited about it, both about presenting and attending because I think it is shaping up to be an excellent conference. My talk, called Read More...

New WF Course

I am in the process of writing a new course for ObjectSharp on Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). More details about the course can be found here: http://www.objectsharp.com/training/coursedetail.aspx?id=1145 . For even more information, contact our Training Read More...

Upcoming Presentation at Toronto Code Camp 2008

This saturday (March 1st) I will be giving a talk entitled "SOA Using WCF & WF" at the Toronto Code camp 2008. The site is here http://torontocodecamp.net/ . My talk is in the .NET Framework track and the schedule for this track can be found at: http://torontocodecamp.net/Sessions/NETFramework/tabid/64/Default.aspx Read More...

Time to dust off my old ML & Haskell textbooks?

The Visual Studio team at Microsoft is saying (see here http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/10/17/f-a-functional-programming-language.aspx for instance) they'll work closely with Microsoft Research to build support for F# into VS. Back in my Read More...

Presentation at "Okdevberfest" Code Camp

Last Saturday I gave a presentation at the "Okdevberfest" Code camp ( http://www.okdevberfest.com/ ) held at the University of Waterloo. The slides as well as the sample code I covered can be found in the attachment above. Cheers to Dave Totzke and his Read More...

Services vs business processes == OO vs procedural?

A while back I gave a presentation at one of ObjectSharp's SMART events on "Bridging SOA & BPM" ( http://www.objectsharp.com/ttdinvitation/invite070510.htm ). The slides for the presentation can be found here: http://www.objectsharp.com/cs/files/folders/68276/download.aspx Read More...

Pat Helland is Back at Microsoft

After a two year stint at Amazon, Pat Helland is back at Microsoft: http://blogs.msdn.com/pathelland/archive/2007/05/14/i-m-glad-to-be-back.aspx . I consider this to be great news, both for Microsoft and for those of us that appreciate whenever he shares Read More...

Upcoming Talk About Bridging SOA & BPM

I am going to be giving a talk at the next ObjectSharp SMaRT (Software Management Round-table) event called "Bridging Service-Oriented Architecture & Business Process Management". If you are interested in either of these two disciplines, or in particular Read More...
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