We have just released another excellent guidance offering... this time focused on testing. Here is the abstract: The patterns & practices Architecture Testing Guide is designed to help project stakeholders, software designers, developers, and testers understand the process of testing software architecture before the code is implemented. The...

We have just released another excellent guidance offering... this time focused on testing. Here is the abstract: The patterns & practices Architecture Testing Guide is designed to help project stakeholders, software designers, developers, and testers understand the process of testing software architecture before the code is implemented. The...

Now that Finn is basically a full time walker and is starting to show that famous attitude that all of the Provost's seem to possess, we finally decided to turn his room into a real little boy's room. Out with the "guest room" furniture and in with the little boy stuff. We took a trip to Ikea yesterday to start scouting furniture and colors...

Now that Finn is basically a full time walker and is starting to show that famous attitude that all of the Provost's seem to possess, we finally decided to turn his room into a real little boy's room. Out with the "guest room" furniture and in with the little boy stuff. We took a trip to Ikea yesterday to start scouting furniture and colors...

<rant> Here at Microsoft, the IT people frequently scan every computer connected to the corporate network, checking to see if it has all the required patches and whatnot. This is a good idea and not something I would ever say I was opposed to. But strangely, there are a few patches that Microsoft Update, MBSA, etc. can not detect. And if...

If you are attending PDC this year, please go vote for the Birds of Feather sessions you would like to see happen. Here is a summary from the submission page: A “Birds of a Feather” session is a one-hour open, moderated discussion on a topic of interest to the Microsoft PDC05 conference attendees. Anyone attending the conference...

If you are attending PDC this year, please go vote for the Birds of Feather sessions you would like to see happen. Here is a summary from the submission page: A “Birds of a Feather” session is a one-hour open, moderated discussion on a topic of interest to the Microsoft PDC05 conference attendees. Anyone attending the conference...

I'm really looking forward to this next week in the PAG War Room. For the first time, everyone from all three teams (CAB, CBA and EntLib) will be there at the same time. This will be where we prove whether this muti-team-war-room experiment works or fails. My hypothesis: Amazing Success. Python to Lose Lambdas? - Brad Wilson sent me this via...

I'm really looking forward to this next week in the PAG War Room. For the first time, everyone from all three teams (CAB, CBA and EntLib) will be there at the same time. This will be where we prove whether this muti-team-war-room experiment works or fails. My hypothesis: Amazing Success. Python to Lose Lambdas? - Brad Wilson sent me this via...

Many thanks to all the people who showed up for the CAB webcast last week. Ron Jacobs went through the first couple of labs from the CAB Hands on Labs while Brad, Ed and myself joked and heckled from the sidelines. It was a blast to do. Now you can play along on your own computer! The CAB Hands on Labs are now up on our GDN Workspace. There...

Many thanks to all the people who showed up for the CAB webcast last week. Ron Jacobs went through the first couple of labs from the CAB Hands on Labs while Brad, Ed and myself joked and heckled from the sidelines. It was a blast to do. Now you can play along on your own computer! The CAB Hands on Labs are now up on our GDN Workspace. There...

Eugenio Pace, the Product Manager for the p&p Smart Client program just posted this to his blog... For those thinking about moving forward those VB6 applications to the .NET platform, but have doubts where to start or how; or simply need some help in estimating the effort of such project, check this new guide from patterns & practices...

Eugenio Pace, the Product Manager for the p&p Smart Client program just posted this to his blog... For those thinking about moving forward those VB6 applications to the .NET platform, but have doubts where to start or how; or simply need some help in estimating the effort of such project, check this new guide from patterns & practices...

After posting my VIM MSH syntax file on the internal Monad discussion list, I got a great reply from Tommy Williams who obviously knows more about how to tweak VIM than I do. Tommy showed me the right way to add a custom syntax file to your VIM setup without potentially screwing up your upgradability. He also added support for comments, which...

After posting my VIM MSH syntax file on the internal Monad discussion list, I got a great reply from Tommy Williams who obviously knows more about how to tweak VIM than I do. Tommy showed me the right way to add a custom syntax file to your VIM setup without potentially screwing up your upgradability. He also added support for comments, which...