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Sunday, Aug 18, 2002, 1:43 PM in Tools
Genghis v0.3 Release
What's new in Genghis v0.3:
- Screen shots for everything.
- Source available via CVS repository.
- MRU support, including both in-menu and sub-menu support.
- A much more robust set of validation components modeled along the lines of the ASP.NET validation components, including required, regex, range and comparison validators.
- FileDocument component for document/dirty bit handling.
- Wizard support, including changing page groups on the fly!
- Custom state treeview so that you can set and show all three checkbox states.
- A class to expose the WinForms HandleCollector so that you can put your own custom resources into it.
- A Screen Saver class.
- A bunch of file utility classes, including retrieving mapped drives, retrieving shares and path resolution.
- A cursor changer class that works with the using block.
- A WebCommandLineHelper class to parse command line arguments from the URL used to launch href-exes.
- Update to the FileNameDialog to include newish flags.
Friday, Aug 16, 2002, 1:21 PM in Tools
NUnit 2.0 RC1 available
Here. From Bernard Vander Beken: Highlights of the updated unit testing framework for .NET: - Attribute based mechanism for identifying test fixtures and test methods. - Automatic creation of test suites. - Improved GUI runner allowing dynamic reloading of test assemblies. - The Console runner supports XML output. - Mostly backward compatible with NUnit 1.0.
Friday, Aug 16, 2002, 2:41 AM
Star Trek hope
Here. From Razvan Caciula: "It's entirely possible that the speed of light would have got greater and greater as you go back towards the Big Bang. "
Thursday, Aug 15, 2002, 3:51 PM in .NET
Only Two More Weeks 'til Spend A Day With .NET!
Here. There's only two more weeks to prepare (reading only - no coding!) for the "Spend A Day With .NET" Coding Content on August 30th. Grand prize is free admission to the Web Services DevCon, but other prizes include a year subscription to MSDN Universal, a signed box copy of VS.NET, a half-day of consulting and free software and t-shirts galore!
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2002, 5:35 PM
Bug free development
From Damon Gautama: If the quantum view of the world is correct, does it mean that testers create bugs by observing them?
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2002, 3:53 PM
1/3 of All Email is Spam
Here. That's according to today's daily log on CloudNet.com, makers of SpamNet, a p2p spamfighter for Outlook. I've been using it for the last coupla days and been pretty darn happy. Recommended.
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2002, 2:28 AM
Google Inside
Here. From Razvan Caciula: The technology behind Google in mp3 audio and 15 minute Q&A session with Jim Reese, Google's Chief Operations Engineer.
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2002, 2:20 AM in .NET
Borland Announces .NET with Delphi 7
Here. From Razvan Caciula: "This product also feature full support for new and emerging Web Services, integrated model driven development, and preview capabilities for the Microsoft.NET Framework. Delphi 7 supports a first true model driven architecture with new UML solutions bundled in, updated cross-platform testing capabilities and Linux support with KylixTM 3."
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2002, 5:54 PM
The Apple and the Tree
Here. A conversation I had with my eight-year-old son yesterday.
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2002, 5:23 PM
Mindreef Tide Beta
Here. The Mindreef SOAP diagnostic tool (codename: Tide) is now available for beta testing! Mindreef develops a Web services diagnostic system that provides value through the entire software development life cycle of SOAP-based solutions. Our initial product, code-named Tide, collects information about SOAP transactions by monitoring communications between SOAP endpoints. It uses the information to provide visibility and insight into Web services communications through features such as logging, debugging, and reporting. We are currently accepting beta testers. If you're interested in being part of our program, fill out the Beta Tester Questionnaire.
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2002, 4:43 PM in .NET
Wahoo! reinstated for .NET SP1!
SP1, as far as I can tell, introduced a bug wherein applications that had specific code groups granting them permissions with a membership determined by a strong key could not run when launched via the href-exe/moble code technique. Keith Brown did some spelunking and determined that ieexec.exe (the hosting process for such an app) would (mistakenly?) require that code from the site as a whole had at least Execution permissions before taking any of the other permissions for the specific assembly into account. The upshot is that to let wahoo.exe run on a .NET SP1+ box, you had to have two code groups, one that gave Internet permissions or greater to assemblies w/ a strong name and one that awarded at least Execution permission to all assemblies from sellsbrothers.com. I've updated the Wahoo! site w/ an MSI that creates both of these code groups along with the full source so that you can do the same for your own assemblies. Enjoy!
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2002, 12:00 AM in The Spout
The Apple and the Tree
Yesterday my eight-year-old and I had the following conversation:
John: "Dad, do you know a lot about computers?"
Dad: "I know my share."
John: "But do you really know a lot?"
Dad: "I know pretty much."
John: "What buttons to you press to make that come up (pointing to
the Start button)?"
Dad: "Ctrl+Esc"
John: "And how to you make it do Run?"
Dad: "Ctrl+Esc+R"
John: "Cool."
Cool indeed. : )
Monday, Aug 12, 2002, 8:45 PM in .NET
WD-Mag Newsletter: Chris Sells on .NET
Here. I plan on holding forth on smaller .NET programming topics in this bi-monthly newsletter.
Monday, Aug 12, 2002, 2:23 AM
Windows interfaces and protocols
Here. From Razvan Caciula: "Specifically, Microsoft announced that beginning tomorrow it will offer for a fee licenses of 113 communications protocols used to interoperate between servers and Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional. In addition, on Aug. 28 Microsoft will release for free to developers 272 application programming interfaces used by the company's middleware products, such as its instant messaging, media player and e-mail client."
Friday, Aug 9, 2002, 3:58 PM in Tools
VBTV
Here. From Jesse Ezell: If the .NET show wasn't enough for you, Microsoft is producing another show. Supposed to be slightly irreverant and not for the faint of heart.