.NET & Windows

Businesses Save Thousands Moving to Microsoft Virtualization

REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 27, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that some business customers are saving on average $170,000 (U.S.) when they switch to...

0 replies - 354 views - 08/28/09 by alashcraft in Announcements

So, What Is This Boo language Anyway?

This article is taken from Building Domain Specific Languages in Boo from Manning Publications. It introduces the Boo language and demonstrates its syntax. For...

0 replies - 998 views - 08/27/09 by alashcraft in Articles

The first rule of exception handling: do not do exception handling.

Back when I was a VB developer, we used to wrap every single function with an exception handler. We would catch it and write it to a log. More sophisticated...

1 replies - 1691 views - 08/20/09 by mikehadlow in News

Pulling from github on Windows

My colleague Dave Cameron has been telling me about his adventures playing around with Git Sharp (a C# port of the Java Git implementation jGit) so I thought...

0 replies - 442 views - 08/18/09 by markhneedham in News

Windows 7 RTM Training Kit Updates

Windows 7 RTM is out for a few days now for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and together with the release of the final bits, Microsoft DPE released the final...

0 replies - 442 views - 08/12/09 by sashag in News

Part 3: MS Azure and Green Computing

In Part 2, Peter described optimization of infrastructure for green computing and how Windows Azure is different from other clouds.  In this final part, Peter...

0 replies - 811 views - 08/10/09 by pkoen in Articles

Part 2: MS Azure and Green Computing

In part 1, Peter introduced green computing with Azure.  He discussed where power saving can be achieved and the four levels of optimizing your...

0 replies - 960 views - 08/03/09 by pkoen in Articles

Windows 7 Is NOT a "Vista Service Pack"

It’s hard to argue with the 127K subscribers to Jeff Atwood’s blog, so when I first read his post titled “Windows 7: The Best Vista Service Pack...

1 replies - 1173 views - 07/28/09 by sashag in News

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next...

0 replies - 403 views - 07/23/09 by alashcraft in Announcements

Refactor Your Way To Success

I seem to always start writing posts on software architecture, and quite rarely do I end up finishing them, much less posting them. I think one reason is that...

0 replies - 966 views - 07/23/09 by justin_etheredge in News

Video: Windows 7 RTM Sign-Off

Windows 7 RTM Sign-Off, Created by Roger, Test Manager on Windows Live, using Windows Live Movie Maker (soon to be released). 

0 replies - 694 views - 07/23/09 by alashcraft in Videos

Coding: Quick feedback

One of the most important things to achieve if we are to get any sort of productivity when writing code is to find ways to get the quickest feedback...

0 replies - 646 views - 07/21/09 by markhneedham in News

WiimoteLib 1.8 Beta 1 Posted

I have posted a new version of WiimoteLib as a beta for people to play around with the Wii MotionPlus accessory.  Please note that this is not a stable...

0 replies - 540 views - 07/20/09 by peekb in News

Review: "Iron Python in Action" by Michael Foord and Christian Muirhead

OK, OK, I admit it. Maybe significant whitespace isn't all bad. (But don't let me ever catch you quoting me say that.) The reason for my (maybe) shift in...

0 replies - 534 views - 07/08/09 by Ted Neward in News

The Blurring Lines of Languages

On Twitter the other day I had a short conversation (well, it wasn’t really a conversation since it was only about 4 tweets) with Jeff Cohen who is the...

1 replies - 516 views - 06/30/09 by justin_etheredge in News