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.
May 2012
I gave up my MSDN Subscription for a 2012 Macbook Pro
Over all Microsoft has done nothing but deliver disappointment after disappointment over the past couple of years and I don't see them changing their current direction.
April 2012
Designing Silverlight Business Applications: Best Practices for Using Silverlight Effectively in the Enterprise Book Review
Read this book. The author does a great job of showing us what we should be doing today with LOB application architecture and development.
March 2012
Sparx Systems has released Enterprise Architect 9.3 which includes ArchiMate 2.0
Sparx Enterprise Architecture is my tool of choice for software architecture, design, project management, and project planning. This new version offers some really great new features.
SharePoint Designer 2010 Unleashed Book Review
This book is about so much more than just the SharePoint Designer. It gives a great overview of SharePoint 2010's architecture, covers how to make modifications in the browser, goes deep into security details, covers new and depreciated site templates, working with the ribbon, CSS, XSLT, Business Connectivity Services, data controls, workflows, InfoPath, and more!!!
February 2012
Warning about Pro Silverlight 5 in C# Publishing Issue - NO COLOR
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that Pro Silverlight 5 in C# is not printed in color. The cover has the full color inside advertisement, but the book I received today is only in black and white. I have contacted the author and the publisher and will update this post as I receive feedback.
TFS Process Template Content Comparison - Scrum 1.0 vs Agile Software Development v5.0 vs CMMI Process Improvement v5.0
I recently had to decide which base template I wanted to use for a TFS project. This paper shows the comparison.
January 2012
Pro .NET Best Practices Book Review
I highly recommend this book to any role involved with developing .NET software.
XAML Developer Reference Book Review
Perfect for those looking to get into WPF, Silverlight, or XAML for Windows (Windows 8) development.
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.
December 2011
SharePoint 2010 Development with Silverlight Book Review
This book will take you to the next level of using SharePoint and Silverlight together. I can say that it did that for me.
Essential Windows Phone 7.5: Application Development with Silverlight Book Review
If you are considering Windows 7.5 development, you owe it to yourself to get this book, digest it, and then keep it by your side.
October 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook Book Review
"Expert Cookbook" are the last two words in the title for a good reason. This book is for the advanced SharePoint developer.
September 2011
Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio Book Review
I highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn Scrum and wants to use the TFS tool set to enable your team to accomplish your mission.
The Political Side of Silverlight’s Death
It's Death is not Emotional or Technical it is Political.
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.
April 2011
Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance 2.1 (ABE) is available
The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have released a new ALM guidance package for Visual Studio 2010.
101 Windows Phone 7 Apps, Volume I: Developing Apps 1-50 Book Review
If you are interested in Windows Phone development at all, this book is a must have!!!! It will definitely become a classic. This is one of the best programming books I own, and I own a lot of them.
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Offline Documentation Available for Download
Microsoft has posted the Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Offline Documentation.
