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Silverlight 4 Beta available now
During the keynote of the second day of the PDC, Scott Guthrie announced the first beta of Silverlight 4. What we already knew for a while is becoming true: Silverlight will replace WPF for most line-of-business apps. The release is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010. Checkout the announceme...
Between fun and work
On Monday, we drove back from Las Vegas while doing a quick stop at another factory outlet mall and another stop at the local Frys electronics shop. Las Vegas was sunny but really cold (about 3 degrees Celsius) so we where happy to be back in LA and enjoy a nice 20 degrees. We left quite late in ...
Viva Las Vegas
Since we were in LA anyway and they rented a convertible (particularly a Chrysler Sebring), Thomas and Ronald suggested to drive to Las Vegas on Sunday and return on Monday. So we went on a road trip to the City of Sin. It takes only 4,5 hours to drive there and there are plenty of Starbucks alon...
Arriving in LA, California
Last Saturday, after a long 11-hour flight, I finally arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport. Fortunately, Lars Cornelissen, a German speaker which I met at the NRWConf 2009, was sitting next to me. So at least there was somebody to chat with and the flight was not utterly boring. Since...
Book Review: Art of Unit Testing
Somehow this year has been one where I spend a lot time reading. Last week I finished Roy Osherove's The Art of Unit Testing, and I've almost finished reading Kent Beck's TDD by Example. After that, I'll jump right into Robert (Uncle Bob) Martin's Clean Code; A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsm...
A day and night at the NRW09 Conference in Germany
About 1,5 year ago I first met Daniel Fisher when he and two colleagues from NewTelligence, a German consultancy firm, hosted a full-day session on advanced .NET 3.0. During the breaks, we ended up talking about software factories and stayed in contact through MSN and email. Since then, he star...