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UK MSDN Flash Poll: What will you be using for your data storage in 2010 for new applications?
I have just put together the poll for next weeks MSDN Flash thanks to a suggestion by...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/15/2009
Seven hours of screencasts on the DLR, IronPython and IronRuby for C# and VB developers
I am one of those developers who has become very smitten with Ruby of late. I was therefore...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/14/2009
Update on the Entity Framework V2 in .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010
I have started talking to developers about what they can expect in Entity Framework V2 such as in my...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/13/2009
Introducing Axum – a new programming language for parallel development
[Warning – this is shamelessly taken from the documentation but I felt it deserved a wider viewing]...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/13/2009
Slides and links for session on Parallel Development with Visual Studio 2010
I delivered a session on parallel at NxtGenUg Birmingham last night. As well as covering the new...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/13/2009
Tell us if your application works on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
I have been blogging about compatibility of late and this week will be in a Windows 7 Compatibility...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/11/2009
Slides and links from NxtGenUG session on Entity Framework V1 and V2
Had a great time on Tuesday (5th May 2009) at NxtGenUG in Oxford. A very friendly crowd, a fun user...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/07/2009
Slides and links for SQL Data Services session at DDD Scotland
I gave an update on SQL Data Services at DDD Scotland on Saturday (2nd May 2009). The deck was very...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/05/2009
DataDirect add support for Entity Framework to Oracle
I’m very pleased to see that DataDirect have a beta of their Connect for ADO.NET Entity Framework...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/01/2009
The weekly SyncToBlog: #5
Development related: Persistence ignorance in the Entity Framework discussed with reference to the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/30/2009
UK MSDN Flash Poll: As a developer, what do you think of IE 8?
I don’t do much web development these days (with the exception of when I am thinking about Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/29/2009
Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 is one part of the compatibility story for old applications
I recently posted about Windows 7 application compatibility which was aimed at giving developers a...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/29/2009
FREE Windows 7 Application Compatibility training and drop-in clinic in the UK in May
I have been thinking about Windows 7 application compatibility this week and that included an...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/28/2009
What developers should be doing in readiness for Windows 7
I apologise. I’m sorry. I sympathise. I do, really. I completely understand that: Discovering an...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/28/2009
Are you a UK startup interested in FREE software, FREE briefing (5th May, 9th June) + FREE interesting geeks?
Then I have a great offer for you. It includes: Two Microsoft UK geeks. Well used, odd scratch...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/28/2009
Dependency Inversion Principle from SOLID – in a picture :-)
I started reading into the SOLID Principles in March bit didn’t get very far before I moved on to do...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/27/2009
4am UK time – and I just spotted Windows 7 Release Candidate should be with us for April 30th
The Windows team blog have news of the Windows 7 RC: “…..RC is on track for April 30th for ...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/24/2009
A little MVC Humour – Controller Obesity
Of late I have been looking at Ruby which has the widely liked Model View Controller (MVC) framework...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/24/2009
FREE .NET eBook now online with Slideshare
I blogged on Monday about the new UK MSDN Flash eBook. It is now on Slideshare which IMHO does a...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/22/2009
MSDN Flash Podcast Pilot – April 22nd 2009
This is a pilot podcast to accompany the fortnightly MSDN Flash newsletter. I would appreciate...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/21/2009
FREE MSDN Flash eBook with 13 technical articles spanning dynamic languages to game development to cloud computing
[The official announcement is in this Wednesdays MSDN Flash – but why wait!] Every two weeks we send...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/20/2009
Is 2010 the year of C# and … BBC Basic?
I did a poll on the 8th of April which asked the question: What language would you choose to use 12...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/20/2009
UK MSDN Flash Poll: How good are your estimating skills?
A long, long time ago I used to take pride in my ability to estimate how long it would take to code...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/20/2009
Just back from holiday… and great “I’m a PC” adverts :-)
I spent last week enjoying the sun (and rain and wind and fog) in Yorkshire and managed to pretty...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/19/2009
A random but interesting bunch of Visual Basic .NET reads
Nothing special – just a list of good Visual Basic .NET articles I read over the last month. Enjoy:...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/09/2009
I need to let this sink in… but interesting stuff. try/catch and filters
Somebody posted a comment up my blog which contained something along the lines of “and VB .NET...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/09/2009
Visual Basic books in the UK were top sellers in the lead into Christmas
I was looking at some statistics on developer book sales in the months leading up to Christmas 2008....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/09/2009
How much does Team Foundation Server REALLY cost vs SourceSafe?
I was discussing with one of our TFS specialists the costs of going down the route of Visual Studio...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/09/2009
Feedback wanted on the February Microsoft UK training offer with InnerWorkings
Back in February 2009 I worked with Sarah Roxburgh in my team and InnerWorkings to deliver a great...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/05/2009
Entity Framework Books (with Amazon UK links)
Having been asked 5 times today for recommendations, I figure this post is long overdue: There are...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/03/2009
UK MSDN Flash Poll April 8th 2009: What language would you like to be using in April 2010 for new applications?
I am busy assembling next Wednesdays MSDN Flash as the technical editor and general copy/paste...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2009
My thoughts post Devweek 2009. Or rather my one thought – Ruby Rocks
Devweek is my fave multi-day developer conference in the UK and attracts great speakers such as...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2009
The weekly SyncToBlog: #4
Development related: Extend IE7 and IE8: Make extending IE7 and IE8 that much easier with a little...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2009
MSDN Library Low Bandwidth Option
While chatting with Tim Ewald last week at Devweek we got onto the topic of “ways to improve the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2009
This blog is being brought out of mothballs
Well, it sort of is :-) Eight weeks ago I made my primary blog...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2009
This blog has moved to https://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable/
And the feed is now https://feeds.feedburner.com/IUpdateable I have explained why over on...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/06/2009
My list of useful free software for windows developers
Can be found on my new blog. NOTE: This msdn blog will be “mothballed” on Friday 6th of February...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/04/2009
Live Mesh is my best friend, mostly! (and solution to “Request to MOE Failed”)
[This blog is moving to https://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable] I have just had a 2 hour battle with...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/03/2009
Secure your Visual Basic 6.0 investment with Microsoft .NET
[Reminder: This blog is moving to https://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable] Over the last couple of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/28/2009
Short UK developer survey to complete
I previously posted on the VB6.0 survey for UK companies which has a great prize of four days of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/23/2009
Survey on the usage of Visual Basic 6.0 in UK companies – and maybe win a £1640 prize!
[Survey is live from January 21st to January 26th, 2009] I have been working with my marketing...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2009
This blog is moving to https://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable … but not yet
Just to give you a “warning” that I plan to move over to https://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable by...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/21/2009
MSDN Poll: What type of software development work are you currently doing?
Poll question for the UK MSDN Flash for the 21st of January. Thanks in advance for taking part....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/17/2009
What is in your head?
I previously posted on my “technology themes for 2009” – well, for an internal thing I created a...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/12/2009
Windows 7 Beta Download limit scrapped through to the 24th of January
Good news: “we have decided remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/12/2009
Azure Webcasts and plenty more from isvinnovation.com
My former role was working with ISVs. ISVs get their own site, https://www.isvinnovation.com/ which...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/11/2009
Last few spaces for UK MSDN events in February
I have just seen the internal report on registrations – and we are now down to the last handful of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/09/2009
Windows 7 Beta Resources
Yesterday I mentioned I was one hour away from having the Windows 7 Beta. In the end it was 44...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/09/2009