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Monday, Jun 10, 2002, 6:11 PM in Tools
Genghis -- 0.2 Release
Thanks to all of the *very* active contributors, Genghis has doubled in size! This update includes:
- an automated nant build
- a framework for nunit tests
- an almost complete .NET implementation of SimplePad
- an imagelist combo box
- a preferences and window position serializer
- an MRU sample
- a custom state treeview class for doing tri-state checkboxes
- an update to ListViewSorter to make it declarative
- an expanded trace class for common tracing operations
- various other bug fixes
There's plenty more to see and do, so check out Genghis if you're building WinForms applications.
Sunday, Jun 9, 2002, 4:46 PM in .NET
Pragmatic ADO.NET, Chapter 6: Typed DataSets
"In Chapter 5, I extolled the virtues of setting up your DataSets like in-memory databases. Unfortunately I asked you to write quite a bit of code to do all the work. I was only teasing you. This chapter will show you how to use Typed DataSets to make that job a lot easier while at the same time creating type-safety at compilation time."
Sunday, Jun 9, 2002, 4:45 PM in Tools
ADOGuy's Typed DataSet Generator
"The Typed DataSet that Microsoft generates from Visual Studio.NET (or from the XSD.exe tool), does not support derivation directly. In order to allow us to derive from Typed DataSets, Chris Sells and I created this tool that fixes the couple of issues with inheriting from Typed DataSets."
Saturday, Jun 8, 2002, 12:30 PM in .NET
Mono 0.12 is out!
"More classes! More working code! Better compiler! Faster runtime! Less bugs!"
Saturday, Jun 8, 2002, 12:29 PM in Tools
Brent Rector: The Truth about Code Obfuscators
"An obfuscator only delays the inevitable. With unlimited resources (time and money) and physical access to code, all code can be reverse engineered. This was true for native x86 binaries and it's true for .NET Framework applications. What an obfuscator does is increase the cost of the effort required to reverse engineer obfuscated code. Hopefully, it increases the cost enough to make reverse engineering your code unpractical."
Saturday, Jun 8, 2002, 12:24 PM
Quote of the day
"There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."
Saturday, Jun 8, 2002, 12:22 PM
Computer to Save World?
"Day after day since 1984, teams of programmers, linguists, theologians, mathematicians and philosophers have plugged away at a $60 million project they hope will transform human existence: teaching a computer common sense."
Friday, Jun 7, 2002, 11:46 AM in .NET
BoxDB for .NET - Beta Testers Needed
"We are currently conducting an open beta-test.
"Built Software recently released the first beta of BoxDB for .NET, a library designed to simplify database application development. BoxDB is an abstraction layer that sits between your application and a SQL database. The purpose is twofold: First, BoxDB eliminates the type of repetitive SQL programming that you might otherwise cut & paste throughout your app. Second, BoxDB creates a simpler interface for persisting application data to the database."
Thursday, Jun 6, 2002, 10:49 AM
Microsoft takes a swipe at passwords
"Microsoft is developing new security software it hopes will make Web services and its entire product lineup more appealing to big companies. The software maker will announce plans on Thursday for technology code-named TrustBridge that will allow businesses to authenticate user identities between companies and applications using Web services standards. "
Thursday, Jun 6, 2002, 10:40 AM in Tools
Visual Build Pro
"It's easy to put Visual Build Pro to work doing all that manual labor for you so you can focus on more important things. Visual Build Pro is a powerful but affordable build management solution that will automate the build process without a huge commitment of time, and it works with the tools you're using today."
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2002, 11:45 PM
Larry Wall Proposes Big Changes to Regex Syntax
"Regex culture has gone wrong in a variety of ways, but it's not my intent to assign blame--there's plenty of blame to go around, and plenty of things that have gone wrong that are nobody's fault in particular. ...
"Given all this, I need to warn you that this Apocalypse is going to be somewhat radical. We'll be proposing changes to certain 'sacred' features of regex culture, and this is guaranteed to result in future shock for some of our more conservative citizens. Do not be alarmed."
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2002, 1:23 PM in .NET
Updated .NET Instant Messager Client Library
Harry Pierson has made a number of updates to this core code to support his full-blown .NET IM client application. Check it out!
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2002, 8:43 PM in Tools
Updated XsdClassesGen
Eric Eric Friedman has submitted code to support namespaces and uninstall. The former fills the biggest hole in XsdClassesGen (thanks Eric), but why would anyone need the latter?!? : )
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2002, 4:37 PM
Golden Hostess Snack Goes Whole-Hog
"Christopher Sell's restaurateur credentials are solid: He was trained as a French chef, managed a chain of London sushi restaurants and has been in the food industry for over 20 years."
(It's not me... : )
Saturday, Jun 1, 2002, 10:37 AM
Syntax Across Languages
Looking for syntax for a language you don't use very often? This site lists the various syntax across languages. He also sorts the data by construct and syntax for easy access, although he's missing several pieces from several languages. If you know some, help him out!