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System.Data.SQLite to Support ADO.NET vNext
SQLite is a lightweight database engine written in C. Designed to be cross-platform, it doesn't have any external dependencies and only takes about 250 KB of disk space. Though it doesn't support all of SQL92, it is suitable for smaller projects, especially ones that need cross-platform support. And to top it all off, the source code is in the public domain.
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Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0 August CTP
On Sept 7, Microsoft released the "Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name 'Orcas' Community Technology Preview – Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0". These tools are designed to add Visual Studio support for developers working on.NET Framework 3.0. The release has nothing to do with LINQ.
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SQL Server Everywhere: the Future of Lightweight Databases
What is a developer who wants a light-weight, file-sharing based database to do? The answer is SQL Server Everywhere (SSEv). Like Jet, it is an in-process, file-sharing based engine. Though it lacks the functionality of SQL Server, it is suitable for small end-user applications that run on the desktop.
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Microsoft releases XML Notepad - completely rewritten in C#
XML Notepad was originally released in 1998, but was eventually pulled from MSDN because Microsoft was didn't have time to keep it updated with current XML standards. On September 1st, Microsoft released a new version of XML Notepad completely rewritten in C#.
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Why the "X" button on a PocketPC doesn't close apps
Mike Calligro from Microsoft's embedded product group expounds on why the "X" in the PPC OS does not actually close a PPC application.
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IronPython 1.0 Released
On September 5, Microsoft released the first production version of IronPython. This implementation of Python runs on the Common Language Runtime 2.0. IronPython 1.0 can be downloaded from CodePlex, Microsoft's community development web site.
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August Sandcastle CTP is Now Available
Last week Microsoft released another community tech preview for Sandcastle. Sandcastle is the tool Microsoft currently uses to produce the API documentation for Visual Studio 2005. Anand Raman of the Sandcastle team claims that they can compile the documentation for the entire framework API in about 30 minutes.
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.Net 3.0 Release Candidate Available
On September 1, Microsoft began offering a release candidate of the .Net Framework 3.0 (formally WinFx), containing everything except LINQ, which is still considered to be at least a year away. This version represents a major break in the way the .Net runtime is distributed.
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Ultimate Productivity Tools List for Developers
In honor of Labor Day today in the United States, here is a list of the top productivity tools for those who labor at software development in .NET: Scott Hanselman's ultimate productivity tools for developers. Many .NET developers know about Lutz Roeder's Reflector (included in the Big Ten Life and Work-changing Utilities), but some of the others are less well-known, and all are worth exploring.
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LINQ Examples Posted
Scott Guthrie has posted the materials from his recent Language INtegrated Query (LINQ) talk at Tech Ed Australia. For those looking for detailed code samples to understand LINQ further, download these materials. LINQ is a set of extensions for .NET to provide a native query syntax for C# and VB, allowing developers to perform SQL-like queries against any .NET collection or drop down to raw SQL.
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Discovering the Patterns of Web 2.0
Tim O'Reilly recently held a workshop to discuss the emerging patterns of Web 2.0. The goal of the workshop was to build on his paper What is Web 2.0. Notable attendees included Martin Fowler, Bill Scott from Yahoo, Cal Henderson form Flickr, and Sandy Jen from Meebo. Gregor Hophe summarizd some of the key findings.
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VSoft Releases Version Control Survey Results
.NET tool vendor VSoft recently released the results of a survey among 400 VSoft customers on version control product usage. Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) remains at the top of the list, though its numbers declined since the 2005 survey which may be due to customers migrating to Team Foundation Server (TFS), though TFS is cost-prohibitive for many smaller development shops.
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Five Habits of Highly Effective Software Developers
What are some of the code-level practices of highly effective developers? Robert Miller wrote a detailed article on Java.NET covering 5 practices which could apply to any language, including minimalist constructors, methods with clear focus and intent, minimizing logic in mutating methods, and minimizing dependendies between behaviour methods.
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Team Edition for Database Professionals ("DataDude") CTP 5 Released
Microsoft has released the 5th CTP of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, Microsoft's new database development product designed for managing all database change. Team Data for short, or "DataDude", is the first Microsoft tool to provide automatic support for database unit testing, generating test data, and refactoring.
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Developers Petition Microsoft to Rename .NET Framework 3.0
A group of developers are petitioning Microsoft to change the name of the announced ".NET Framework 3.0" back to "WinFX" or another less-confusing name. The source of the confusion is that the .NET Framework 3.0 will still run on version 2.0 of the CLR, which many consider synonymous with "the .NET framework." The petition has 210 signatures at the time of this writing.