It’s a known assertion that software applications (desktop or distributed) are not truly platform agnostic. Even if a software application is developed as a cross-platform solution, it is very difficult to make it look and work identically across all platforms (operating systems). Hence, lately I’ve been thinking about…
With PDC 2008 [http://www.microsoftpdc.com/] coming up, Microsoft’s .NET Framework [http://www.microsoft.com/NET/] gets a refreshing new logo [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PDC2008NewNETLogo.aspx]. Yesterday, Seth Godin also wrote [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/10/your-brand-is-n.html] about the importance of a…
As I’ve been using C# 3.0 with VS.NET 2008 at work on a production project, I thought it would make sense to mention the great tutorials [http://michaelsync.net/2008/02/29/c-30-tutorials-with-visual-studio-2008-for-beginners] posted by Michael Sync on the subject. One of the most appealing aspects of…
The project I’m working on at work is gaining momentum, and we are nearly starting with the proof-of-concept architecture solution. While I’ve used ORM [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping]‘s for data objects and domain persistence in the past, we have been playing with NHibernate [http:…
Microsoft has released to manufacturing (RTM) its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5, meaning these technologies are available for download on MSDN to subscribers today. Among other things, Visual Studio 2008 is Microsoft’s development platform geared to building Windows Vista applications. More…
The Microsoft .NET team will be releasing the source code [http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx] for the .NET Framework libraries starting with v3.5 and VS 2008. Being able to step through and review the source should provide much better insight into how the…
Microsoft will release Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx] (codename Orcas) tomorrow (26th July). Keep an eye on the downloads [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx] page, which also includes the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1.…
This tool allows to directly access the data from BAPIs and Tables in the SAP System. Checkout the article: Transferring data from SAP to .NET using ERPConnect [http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ERPConnect_Article1.asp]…