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Object Oriented Analysis UNISA Studies - Chap 12
Any ramblings and blog posts associated with the UNISA ICT 2622 tag should be considered study notes for my lectures...Objectives of Chapter 12Explain the different types of objects and layers in a...
View ArticleNew User Group Name and October Presentation
For reasons that I will not discuss here the Chicago Architects Group has changed its name to the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. It is the same great group of people discussing...
View ArticleReview: Head First Design Patterns
Design patterns are an important part of understanding the best practices of software development. Head First Design Patterns is another great book in the Head First series which takes a more story...
View ArticleOctober 2010 Chicago Information Technology Architects Group Wrap Up
Earlier this week Mike Vogt and I presented an introduction to design patterns. While I think that all developers should understand design patterns I don’t believe you can be a good architect unless...
View ArticlePro SQL Azure is out! (from APress)
It's been a ride! Over six months ago Scott Klein and I started to write a book on SQL Azure. It is now officially out and available. You can find the book on Amazon here:...
View ArticleExams are over, time to really start learning
So my UNISA exams are over for the year – and I can finally dedicate some time to professional learning. Since my last development blog post I have had the opportunity to be exposed to some great...
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Notes from Visual Studio Live! In Orlando November 14-17th.
I was lucky enough to attend Visual Studio Live! in Orlando on November 14th-17th. There were so many great speakers and the networking was great. I met a lot of really cool people and we talked about...
View ArticleMultitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available
Cloud computing is about scaling out all your application tiers, from web application to the database layer. In fact, the whole promise of Azure is to pay for just what you need. You need more IIS...
View ArticleThou shalt not put code on a piedestal - Code is a tool, no more, no less
“Write great code and everything else becomes easier” is what Paul Pagel believes in. That´s his version of an adage by Brian Marick he cites: “treat code as an end, not just a means.” And he...
View ArticleVirtual Brown Bag Recap: JB's New Gem, Patterns 101, Killing VS, CodeMav
At this week's Virtual Brown Bag meeting:JB showed off his new SpeakerRate Ruby gemClaudio alerted us to the Refactoring ManifestoWe answered the question "How do I get started with Design Patterns?"...
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If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I would say.
Silverlight is a great product right off the shelf. I use it, love it and spend a lot of time helping the community understand it. This however, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that it can get better....
View ArticleVBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading
I presented at VBUG last year and can confirm that they put on a really good event. This year I stood aside for my “replacement” Steve Plank to work his magic. Worth checking out…VBUG SPRING...
View ArticleWP7 Training & Information Resources 2
(these are lifted verbatim from Microsoft here, here and here and are presented below only because it’s convenient to have them lumped altogether…)Getting Started with Windows PhoneWindows Phone...
View ArticleBook Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET–Kyle Baley and...
I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and finally did!!Don’t let the title fool you, it could have been “Modern Object Oriented development with .NET”. In the context of improving an existing...
View ArticleDon't hire bad developers - period.
There has been quite a furore in the last couple of weeks about a blog article published by David Barrett entitled "CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire .NET programmers". You can find it at...
View ArticleVirtual Brown Bag Recap
I haven't posted a recap lately, because the Virtual Brown Bag recordings weren't being uploaded for a while. That was fixed two weeks ago, so I had a lot of meetings to catch up on. Here's an...
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Basic Design Patterns
I have been doing a rushed brush up on my contemporary concepts programming course – only to encounter more design patterns… so as revision I have listed some details below…Today I am going to briefly...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part1
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 1 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)This series of shorts is targeted at those .NET developers who glaze over at...
View ArticleDesign Patterns 100-Part2
“Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers.(Part 2 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation)Every .NET Architect, developer and even some business users have some...
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