February 2010 Entries

Virtual Alt.NET – UppercuT Automated Builds

Tomorrow on February 24th, 2010, I’m going to be giving a presentation on UppercuT (UC) at Virtual Alt.NET (VAN). If you are interested in learning about an automated build tool that will save you time and get you to a professional build in moments, not days, you can log into the VAN around 8PM CST on Wednesday (tomorrow). You don’t even have to go to a physical place to see the presentation! You can hang out from the comfort of your own home and watch me walk through how easy it is to use UC. Here ......

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Posted On Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:09 PM | Comments (0)

RoundhousE – ADO.NET over SMO

One thing most database change management tools use is SQL Server Managment Objects (SMO). Most do that because ADO.NET doesn’t allow the batch statement separator keyword GO in sql statements. So most people write off the ability to use a database change tool for sql server without actually having the sql server installed on the machine that is running the tool. This is not a reality in some organizations, especially when licenses for SQL server are limited. Split the GO Recently, a few guys have ......

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Posted On Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:49 PM | Comments (1)

Upcoming Events for 2010

One of my goals for the year was to speak at least three times this year and from the looks of things, it appears I’ll meet that goal in the first half of the year. This is what’s going on this year for me (subject to additions/changes): Rocky Mountain Tech Tri-Fecta 2.0 - http://rmtechtrifecta.pbwor... Coders For Charities (C4C) - http://coders4charities.org/ Chicago Alt.NET May Meeting KC .NET UG July Meeting Kansas City Developer Conference (KCDC) Virtual Alt.NET Meetings Other Events Rocky ......

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Posted On Saturday, February 6, 2010 8:32 PM | Comments (0)

Warmup – Getting Started

What if there was a tool out there that could let you specify a structure for a project (visual studio solution + everything else) and save you up to 3+ hours of work every time you started a new project? Warmup was an idea by Dru Sellers to remove all of the setup work required every time you set up a new project. You know, create the solution, add projects, put in your references, etc. Then how about getting the infrastructure for your service/website/console set up as well with things like IoC, ......