Here’s the list of ten tools that I covered in my session: CodeRush/Refactor http://www.devexpress.com/ Mark Miller (http://doitwith.net/) Dustin Campbell (http://diditwith.net/) GhostDoc http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/ cr Documentor http://www.paraesthesia.com/blog/comments.php?id=701 0 1 0 C SandCastle http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=SHFB GUI for SandCastle – http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/SandcastleBuilder.asp Reflector and Add-Ins http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/download.aspx?File=Reflectorctor CopySourceAsHTML http://www.jtleigh.com/people/colin/blog/archives/2004/10/visual studio a.html ZoomIt http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/zoomit.html Camtasia/Snagit http://www.techsmith.com/ Process Explorer http://www.sysinternals.com/ Snippet Compiler http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/snippetcompiler/ There are a lot of tools that didn’t make the list that really easily » read more.
Archives - 2008
I was just on a cool webcast called the .NET Coffee Break Show. I did a short show on getting started with IronRuby and Silverlight. Because the show is supposed to be just 30 minutes or so, I didn’t get into my usual preaching about the Ruby programming language or why people should use a dynamic language. Instead I just stated the fact that I really like Ruby and I » read more.
I was asked about the media player in Silverlight and performance. Honestly, it’s not my strong suit. I’m more of a line of business kind of guy. The good news, however, is that there are a ton of great people here at Microsoft that can answer those type of questions. Check out Building high-performance Silverlight Media Players | Ben Waggoner | Channel 10
One of the things that I’ve missed during my tenure here at Microsoft is speaking at some of the independent national conferences such as VSLive. But if you look through the speaker’s list at VSLive Dallas you’ll find a fellow named Josh Holmes… Woot! I’ve actually got 4 talks and I’m sitting in on the ALT.NET panel on Tuesday night. Definitely come out and see us – Register online or » read more.
It’s an exciting time here at Microsoft. Last week we announced Microsoft BizSpark! Microsoft BizSpark is a global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups. Microsoft has realized that most startups have more time than money. This means that in an attempt to save some cash up front, many will pursue free technology paths rather than spending the money on a more complete solution. The issue is » read more.
We’ve got a fantastic opportunity for you here in the Heartland district. Visual Studio 2010 is the next generation of tools for building .NET applications of all varieties. One of the things that we are taking to heart is testability and testing tools. You can come meet the guy that’s in charge of building all of those tools. Do you want to know how they test the testing tools? Do » read more.
I’ve been a long time supporter of PreEmptive Solutions. They’ve done a great job of supporting .NET. As a Cleveland based company, they are in my territory as an evangelist. Microsoft just released a huge press release on the new things that PreEmptive is doing – specifically, they are expanding well beyond obfuscation to anti-tampering, run time intelligence, licensing support for ISVs and much much more. PreEmptive is no longer » read more.
I did a joint session with James Ward from Adobe at the JAOO conference. As you know I’m an evangelist for Microsoft focusing on RIA and UX. James is one of the Flex evangelists for Adobe. This is a talk that James and I have been talking about trying to pull off for quite a while and I was thrilled that we actually got to do it. James and I » read more.
With such a bizarre title people often ask what an evangelist does. There are evangelists all across the world working for a ton of different countries. Christian works for Yahoo out of India London, England (**Update Thanks for the correction Christian! **) but he described what I do very accurately. Below is a slide deck that he did to explain the role of evangelism in the world of development. Developer » read more.
As an Architect, you should be more than just a technical guy. Your job is to be the liaison between the technical side of the world and the business side of the world. You need to be able to effectively communicate with all sides and understand the motivations of the different parts of the business. To that end, this quarter’s ArcReady is here to help you. This quarter, your local » read more.
