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Oct 3 Fri
Using Powershell ScriptBlocks to Add Global Groups to Local Groups
Hal Rottenberg writes "...my solution to the problem involves what is probably lesser-known feature of PowerShell called named scriptblocks...an elegant and easy to read way to solve the problem. An alternate way would involve making a foreach-object loop and do everything inside the script..."
Oct 1 Wed
TDD is Not Unit Testing
Roy Osherove writes "You can still write crappy tests in TDD mode. With good design. Unit Tests deserve a good book about them without TDD in it because the current books about TDD suffer from lack of SRP. On the other hand you can still write good tests, without TDD. The design might make them a little longer..."
Sep 19 Fri
Most Effective Authentication When Using Browsers
David Chou writes "...identity theft remains one of the most prevalent issues in the cloud, and signs show that the rate and sophistication of attacks are still on the rise...the most effective way to ensure users are adequately authenticated when using browsers to access services in the cloud, is to facilitate an additional authentication factor outside of the browser..."
Sep 17 Wed
Spot Listing Key Software Trends
JD Meier writes "As part of our Patterns & Practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Project, I’ve been hunting and gathering trends that influence software development...Rather than distinguish between trends and fads, I decided to focus on “hot spots” and simply identify the topics..."
Aug 19 Tue
More Clues About Microsoft's Cloud-Computing Vision
Mary Jo Foley writes "The term “cloud computing” has become almost meaningless...a new white paper...provides more clues aboutwhat the Softies are planning to unveil at this October’s Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) all fit together, the 13-pager is worth a read..."
Jul 28 Mon
Architect Panel Discussion Released to TechEd Online Library
Darryl Schaffer writes "An interesting panel discussion video was recently released to the TechEd Online Library that focuses on extending the role/disciplines of the Architect into the area of providing mentoring."
Comprehensive EA Framework Comparison
Mike Walker writes "When I talk to customers and folks internally about EA frameworks there is a great deal of confusion with current comparisons found online."
Jul 22 Tue
MSDN Bookmarking Analysis of Tags
Chris Slemp writes "...Some of the findings from our analysis are expected and typical...There's a really long tail. Of our 8,474 unique tags, only 168 (2%) have been re-used over 100 times..Aliasing just a few common groupings of tags would have a big impact. The most commonly applied tag is..."
Jul 14 Mon
Architecture Journal Issue Call for Papers
Simon Guest writes "Interested in writing for the next issue of the Architecture Journal...check out the call for papers from Diego Dagum. The theme of the next issue is around distributed computing."
Jul 11 Fri
PDC2008 Pivots on Understanding the Future MSFT Platform
David Chou writes "Unlike the TechEd events held annually...PDC is focused on the leading-edge technologies and platform components and has usually been held once every two years. So Microsoft spent 3 years in hibernation this time...we live in an environment where cloud computing has obtained mainstream status, and developers & organizations have a larger number of platforms to consider..."
Jul 7 Mon
Design Guidelines and the Law of Demeter
Jimmy Bogard writes "It's also known as the Principle of Least Knowledge, and I've found it very helpful in creating objects with rich behavior...For example, I noticed this code in one of my code behinds"
Jun 14 Sat
Improving Global Web App Performance
Jeff Day writes "The Social Platform, as well as the other MSDN & TechNet apps, is hosted by the Microsoft.com Operations team, with servers in the same data centers that host Live, MSNBC, etc. I've been fascinated to learn how much application performance varies based on a user's proximity to our data centers..."
Aspiring Architect series starts June 16th
Denny Boynton writes "... there is a great series of webcasts starting next week that will provide a primer for moving into the role of the architect. In fact, much of the content in the series would work very well for many working architects out there as well..."
Jun 12 Thu
TechEd Online video - Simon Guest Sr. Dir. Architecture Team
Bob Familiar writes "...My first interview was with Simon Guest, Senior Director of the Microsoft Platform Architecture Team. Simon leads a team that is doing some very interesting work creating online content for architects such as the Architect Journal, ARCast and events such as the Strategic Architect Forum (SAF)...interview with Simon here:"
Jun 11 Wed
SSDS sample: BlogEngine.NET on SSDS
Eugenio Pace writes "As a by-product of a project I'm working on, I've got a working version of BlogEngine.NET on SSDS. You can download the provider and other related components from LitwareHR's web site releases section here. In the package you will find:"
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