September 2012
An Enterprise and Software Architect's Tools of the Trade
It is not easy keeping up the latest technologies, processes, architectural techniques, and enterprise architecture framework improvements. Now more than ever an architect needs a lot of assets to keep up.
July 2012
Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed Book Review
Everything about this book rocks!!! It is in color which makes for a great read. Being able to see the code and screenshots in color doubles the value of a book like this.
January 2012
Pro .NET Best Practices Book Review
I highly recommend this book to any role involved with developing .NET software.
Dependency Injection in .NET Book Review
This book is not only about DI, it is about proper object oriented programming. Every .NET architect and developer should read this book.
.NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations for 2012
Another year has gone by. Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad.
July 2011
Entity Framework 4 in Action Book Review
All in all I highly recommend this to anyone just getting started with EF as well as anyone experienced with EF.
June 2011
Parallel Programming with Microsoft .NET: Design Patterns for Decomposition and Coordination on Multicore Architectures Book Review
This book is a must read for anyone considering moving into parallel programming with the .NET framework.
Silverlight isn’t dead PLEASE read this and stop the Nonsense
I have never seen so much noise over so little information.
May 2011
Practical Code Generation in .NET: Covering Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 Book Review
One of the things I like the most about the book is that the author really shows you how to take advantage of existing tools and libraries that are intended to be used for code generation.
Silverlight Integration Pack for Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 Available
Microsoft has released Silverlight Integration Pack for Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0.
March 2011
Microsoft Azure Enterprise Application Development Book Review
The book is a nice concise overview of Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2010 SP1
February 2011
C# 4 Unleashed Book Review
A rock solid resource for learning C# 4.0!!!
January 2011
Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform Book Review
This is a book that would be good for anyone that wants to get a snapshot of the current Microsoft technology stack.
December 2010
SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Book Review
This is definitely the book to have for SharePoint 2010 development with Visual Studio 2010. The book is laid out in a great format that makes for an easy read as well as a great reference.
Tool Update for Reverse Engineering SharePoint 2007 and 2010 into HTML, Text, and DGML Sitemaps
You can now have the option to list the users on the sites, and flag sites that have not been updated for a while to show in RED. The user's emails are listed as well as their administration status.
Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns Book Review
All in all this book accomplished what I had hoped it would. It is a great book on patterns that every programmer should read. It is a must have for any serious developer.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion Book Review
I am currently in the middle of a very large SharePoint 2007 to 2010 upgrade. I have purchased several books to help me get the job done, and this one is the only one that has really helped.
Pro Silverlight 4 in C# Book Review
This book is by far the best resource for Silverlight 4.0. In this version the author added a whopping 273 pages to the last edition. He added chapters on File Access and Out-of-Browser Applications.
November 2010
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2.
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 which includes Microsoft Test Manager to capture and playback action recordings for Silverlight 4 applications.
In the Box – MVVM Training
In the Box is a high quality, multi-media training that is consumed within Visual Studio 2010. Content is navigated and delivered using a next generation computer based training (CBT) experience, the Visual Studio 2010 Feature Extension.
.NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations 2010 End of Year
I have decided to push out another book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad. Please don't the Shiny Turds Books that do not Cut the Mustard *-Do not Buy-* section. It is next to the last in the list.
Architecturally how dead is Silverlight?
I can't speak for the money men and women. Only time will tell how much damage was done to the image of Silverlight. So far in my camp it has been a 50/50 split. One project still a go, one cancelled.
Silverlight Project Status- CANCELLED
I guess I am finally going to get to clean out the attic this winter.
Free 1000-page ebook by Charles Petzold entitled Programming Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has released a free 1000-page ebook by Charles Petzold entitled "Programming Windows Phone 7". It is actually pretty sweet, especially for free.
