Services and Processes

Another great overview article by Don Box [http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/] on the Services and Processes [http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/default.aspx?key=2004-07-02T07:00:39Z] > “To get code to run on Windows, you need a process from the OS. To get managed code to…

Services and Communications

A great overview article by Don Box [http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/] on the Services and Communications [http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/default.aspx?key=2004-07-02T07:24:58Z] > “We currently give you three “full-featured” ways to send a message from one process to another: MSMQ, DCOM, HTTP.…

Java Service Wrapper

I’ve been working on a Java project lately and one of the things I needed to do with it was run the (cross-platform) server application as a Service on Windows and as a Daemon on *nix. I looked around to find a stable and cross-platform solution to it and…

Java Issues & Directions

Java Issues & Directions [http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0055]. A RealMedia stream to the presentation by Bruce Eckel on the past, present and future of the Java language, and an overview of its limitations (all programming languages have a few 😉…

Refactoring C# Code using VS.NET 2005

Refactoring C# Code using Visual Studio .NET 2005 [http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vs05_refac.asp] by Andrew W. Troelsen. [via Duncan Mackenzie [http://weblogs.asp.net/duncanma/archive/2004/07/10/179081.aspx]]…

Wall Gantt

Brian Vargas [http://blog.ardvaark.net] shares the idea of a “wall gantt” [http://blog.ardvaark.net/article.php?story=20040520224005533]. So what is a “wall gantt”? Quite simply, it’s a giant Gantt chart [http://www.ganttchart.com/], constructed using paper and string, plastered on an entire wall.…