Conquering VB envy with C# 4

blog.functionalfun.net — Hints at how the embedded XML syntax of VB.Net might be implemented using the dynamic language features of C# 4.0 read more...

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Sculpture - New track in the Model-Driven Development Dream.

codeplex.com — What is Sculpture? * Sculpture is a .NET open source Model-Driven Development code generation framework ideal for creating and managing .NET Enterprise Applications. * With Sculpture you can model your application components, and then transform this model to deployable components for your favorite technology. * Sculpture comes with a host of ready-made Molds (The word “Molds” come from Molding) like (DAAB, NHibernate, LINQ, WCF, ASMX, SQL Server, MYSQL …). * Sculpture contains a Guidance Package for building your own Mold or customizes existing ones. If you have a custom architecture, using this Guidance Package, you can build a custom code generator with your favorite Technology to fit your needs. * Sculpture can generate any kind of text output using templates (source code, database scripts, web pages, XML, configuration files, etc.). * Sculpture raises the level of abstraction, for example the data access layer part in your model may be transformed to NHibernate implementation and with minor changes it can be transformed to LINQ implementation, and in the future can be transformed to “X” framework, which we don’t know it now. read more...

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The Death of Software Engineering

published 2 months, 22 days ago, submitted by birdchest 2 months, 24 days ago

monstersgotmy.net — Why software engineering is fading away. read more...

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NHibernate 2.0 is out

ayende.com — Directly from the blog of Ayende, NHibernate 2.0 is out!! read more...

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The hidden browser: SSMS

submitted by wisemx 3 months, 19 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — Did you know there is a full IE browser inside SQL Server Management Studio? Just click on "View", then "Other Windows" then "Web Browser". I use this to hit a server that has a report of various server's status. read more...

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SQL Server 2008 requires VS 20008 SP1 - Guy Barrette

submitted by MikeBorozdin 3 months, 25 days ago

weblogs.asp.net — If your installing SQL Server 2008 on a box that already has Visual Studio 20008 pre SP1, you need to apply VS 2008 SP1 before installing read more...

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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

published 3 months, 26 days ago, submitted by wisemx 3 months, 26 days ago

microsoft.com — Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support. read more...

7 comments | category: Database | Views: 323

Software I can't work without

published 4 months, 1 day ago, submitted by geochatz 4 months, 1 day ago

devlicio.us — I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to. read more...

4 comments | category: Other | Views: 1092