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Visual Studio 2008 SP1

aalialikoski — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:14:16 GMT

Is now ready for download.

More Linq To Sql stuff

aalialikoski — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:06:11 GMT

After writing the previous post that contained a collection of Linq To Sql links, I have found a few more which seem promising.

Enterprise Application Architecture with LINQ to SQL

An Example of a Multi Tier Architecture for Linq to Sql

Rick Strahl: Update to LINQ to SQL Business Object Wrapper Sample

Is the ADO.NET Team Abandoning LINQ to SQL?

Caching LinqToSql results with SqlCacheDependency

Episode 96: Interview Krzysztof Czarnecki | Software Engineering Radio

aalialikoski — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:12 GMT

Interesting interview of Krzysztof Czarnecki, the famous coauthor of the book "Generative Programming".

Episode 96: Interview Krzysztof Czarnecki | Software Engineering Radio

The web site is down!

aalialikoski — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:12:18 GMT

After a few weeks of vacation time I am back at work!

During the summer I spent one week in training. The training course was excellent, and provided a link to the following hilarious short movie as a bonus: http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

LINQ to SQL - useful links

aalialikoski — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:25:07 GMT

In search of a solution to how LINQ to SQL should be used in an N-tier application architecture with a smart client and WCF distribution I have come across the following links:

Ian Cooper: http://codebetter.com/blogs/ian_cooper/default.aspx, especially part 8: Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 8

All of Ian's parts should be returned by this search.

MSDN:

ScottGu (a bit old but still useful background data for LINQ):

Matt Warren

DinnerNow.NET v 2.5 for VS2008 and .NET 3.5

Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit available here

A profound discovery after reading all of this is the following (taken from Ian's blog, emphasis mine):

... This suprises some people because they are used to working with DataSets, which formed a unit of work, and were serialized with both the old and current state of the rows they contained, allowing the updates to be played through a DataAdapter when they were passed back to the middle tier. LINQ To SQL does not support this model 'out-of-the-box'. This tends to shock people who expect that the features of DataSets should somehow extend to LINQ To SQL.

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview

aalialikoski — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:28:18 GMT

Microsoft has a downloadable dev preview version of a software package that makes Windows Mobile 5/6 device a Windows SideShow device.

Damn, somebody wise had decided that my laptop does not need a bluetooth interface!

Link to download

Silverlight 2 b 2

aalialikoski — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:19:25 GMT

Silverlight 2:sta uusi beta samoin kuin myös Blend 2.5 june preview ja VS2008 tuki.

PDC registration is live

aalialikoski — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:36:49 GMT

http://microsoftpdc.com/

I just registered myself, this is the place to be in October!

Finnish Imagine Cup Software Design winners

aalialikoski — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:34:58 GMT

Team Perfect Hit from Evtek was selected as the Imagine Cup winners for Software Design category earlier today. Congratulations!

Stenka said that the event video coverage will be live at www.codezone.fi shortly.

Finnish Imagine Cup finals today

aalialikoski — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:26:32 GMT

I will attend the Finnish Imagine Cup finals in a few hours. Looking forward to see what the four competing software design teams have come up with!

.NET vNext: modeling required

aalialikoski — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:06:52 GMT

I have wondered a few times with Ahti what is the next big thing that happens after .NET. After all, .NET was introduced to the general public in Orlando PDC 2000. And, if you listened carefully, essentials were already talked a few years earlier. This makes .NET about 10 years old now, so something new is bound to be introduced.

Another thing I have wondered has been what Don Box is up to nowadays. Don was very visible person in the beginning of .NET and of course when Indigo was on the drawing table. He has been very quiet up until now. Let's see some early hints:

DB blog: Work

DPurdy's blog: New Languages & Compilers

DB talk at Lang.NET 2008 symposium, very interesting talk on where MS development platform is going. I expect to hear a lot more at this year's PDC. Some highlights:

Modeling and languages
Goals: write less code, understand our software
Angle brackets are not for everyone
"Can you write Powerpoint in it?" - yes, you can
Come up with something better than XML

Microsoftin mobiilitilaisuus mobilistipaikassa

aalialikoski — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:41:01 GMT

Kävin tänään piipahtamassa Microsoftin järjestämässä mobiiliaiheisessa tilaisuudessa autotalo Magneetissa. Kerrankin autoilijaystävällisesti valittu paikka! Parkkipaikkoja riitti (tosin pihan paikat olivat ainakin virallisesti vain 2h kiekkopaikkoja) ja jos luennot kävivät tylsiksi niin muunkinlaista mielenkiinnon kohdetta löytyi ihan vierestä. Autoja sai ihastelun lisäksi koeajaa halutessaan ja olipa siellä Segwaytkin esillä iltapäivällä. Itse jouduin lähtemään pois niin etten ehtinyt Seqwaytä kokeilemaan mutta veikeitä pelejähän ne ovat. Joskin samalla hinnalla saa kohtalaisen käytetyn autonkin.

Niin, ei luennotkaan hassumpia olleet. Ainakin kehittäjätrackin kaveri tuntui osaavalta ja viihdytti yleisöä haasteellisilla demoillakin (kaikki ei mennyt ihan putkeen...).

Live Mesh

aalialikoski — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:43 GMT

This seems like a good idea. However, so far the tech preview is not open to non-US citizens (I don't understand this kind of restrictions in the age of modern information society) and msmobiles.com had some doubts whether Microsoft really understands the importance of Windows Mobile in this context. Hmmm, hard to say until I can get my hands on the actual service. I am on the waiting list though...

I think at least the following services/products should be aligned with Live Mesh:

Skydrive.live.com
Groove
MOSS

https://www.mesh.com

GarethJ's WebLog : CSLAFactory.net

aalialikoski — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:26:09 GMT

Interesting piece of DSL on top of existing application framework. Definitely something I have to take a look at:

GarethJ's WebLog : CSLAFactory.net

http://www.cslafactory.net

Valokuvablogi

aalialikoski — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:52:36 GMT

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