To those of you wondering what’s happened to me, well I’m heads down coding on our ‘next’ product. It’s been a wonderful experience so far working on my first Smart Client although the milestones for this project have been pretty aggressive. What I enjoy most is that I’m learning a lot not only in terms of...

To those of you wondering what’s happened to me, well I’m heads down coding on our ‘next’ product. It’s been a wonderful experience so far working on my first Smart Client although the milestones for this project have been pretty aggressive. What I enjoy most is that I’m learning a lot not only in terms of...

I was beginning to wonder if TDD would ever make it into mainstream development in Sri Lanka, but looks like it’s slowly happening. The following is my reply to a post on the .NET Forum Based on my understanding so far unit testing works best for testing the Business Logic of your system. And the de facto tool for unit testing in .NET is...

I was beginning to wonder if TDD would ever make it into mainstream development in Sri Lanka, but looks like it’s slowly happening. The following is my reply to a post on the .NET Forum Based on my understanding so far unit testing works best for testing the Business Logic of your system. And the de facto tool for unit testing in .NET is...

October is going to be a special and exciting month for our user group. Yuri Misnik (Developer Evangelist, Microsoft) will be in Colombo for a very special session. In addition to this Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne (General Manager (Microsoft Country Manager, Sri Lanka) will be speaking on Microsoft's role in Sri Lanka and how it...

October is going to be a special and exciting month for our user group. Yuri Misnik (Developer Evangelist, Microsoft) will be in Colombo for a very special session. In addition to this Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne (General Manager (Microsoft Country Manager, Sri Lanka) will be speaking on Microsoft's role in Sri Lanka and how it...

How many of you noticed the Microsoft Sri Lanka advertisement on the Sunday Times last week (I'm sure it must have been on the other papers as well). The two vacancies that were mentioned were Microsoft Solutions Specialist and .NET Platform Developer Evangelist. The minimum requirements for both are that you need an Engineering BSc/MSc and/or...

How many of you noticed the Microsoft Sri Lanka advertisement on the Sunday Times last week (I'm sure it must have been on the other papers as well). The two vacancies that were mentioned were Microsoft Solutions Specialist and .NET Platform Developer Evangelist. The minimum requirements for both are that you need an Engineering BSc/MSc and/or...

I wonder how the market dynamics would work out in the long term. Would Solaris consume Linux? Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided that when it makes Solaris available as open source at the end of this year, it will make the entire operating system available, not simply the kernel or portions of the system. "Our intent when we open-source Solaris...

I wonder how the market dynamics would work out in the long term. Would Solaris consume Linux? Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided that when it makes Solaris available as open source at the end of this year, it will make the entire operating system available, not simply the kernel or portions of the system. "Our intent when we open-source Solaris...

I wonder how the market dynamics would work out in the long term. Would Solaris consume Linux? Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided that when it makes Solaris available as open source at the end of this year, it will make the entire operating system available, not simply the kernel or portions of the system. "Our intent when we open-source Solaris...

I just finished putting my merill@hotmail.com MSN ID to rest in peace. This is part of simplifying my life by consolidating my MSN ID and email address into one. Now you can mail me as well as IM with me using merill@merill.net. So there you go, just one thing to remember.

I just finished putting my merill@hotmail.com MSN ID to rest in peace. This is part of simplifying my life by consolidating my MSN ID and email address into one. Now you can mail me as well as IM with me using merill@merill.net. So there you go, just one thing to remember.

Windows Media Player 10 will be available for download today at 6am P.D.T as announced by Microsoft. Check out this PDF for a Features Overview.  [Weblogs @ ASP.NET]

Windows Media Player 10 will be available for download today at 6am P.D.T as announced by Microsoft. Check out this PDF for a Features Overview.  [Weblogs @ ASP.NET]