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Sam Gentile's Radio Weblog
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Saturday, September 21, 2002 |
Microsoft .NET CodeDom Technology - Part 1
In the first part of this three-part article on .NET CodeDom technology, Brian J. Korzeniowski introduces .NET CodeDom by examining the inputs and outputs of a working source code generator.
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Simon obviously knows far more than I do about who is involved in SOAPBuilders, hosting the next SOAPBuilders F2F and Interop in general, so I'll trust him when he says Sun is now making an earnest effort on standard XML Web Services. I defer to his expertise in this area. I'll still stand by most of the comments in the rest of the "rant", which I sincerely did not intend to be one by any stretch. Their rhetoric on Passport is getting old and is completly false. I have implemented dozens of ASP.NET Web Services and not a single one of them ever needed Passport or anything like it. When they make statements like ""Microsoft can obliterate the value on the desktop, including forcing you to sign up for Passport [Microsoft's Internet identity plan]," he said." As I have said this kind of FUD is just plain false. There is nothing in ASP.NET or anything .NET forcing you to Passport and I see Microsoft people making great strides towards Interop. Thats my point.
1:20:14 AM
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Friday, September 20, 2002 |
Mind the Gap.
Paul Prescod wrote an excellent article on what's missing from web services. Essentially, what he describes in detail is what I expressed somewhat more succinctly in REST + SOAP as "REST - SOAP = XLink". I also commend his restraint from his normal tendency towards hyperbole - with one notable exception where he declares "the emperor has no clothes".
Overall, I endorse this article and the change to WSDL that Paul has been consistently championing (requirement R085). [Sam Ruby]
5:51:10 PM
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Next-Gen Web Services: Sun exec urges independence from Microsoft. Official exhorts audience to seek alternatives to PC software giant [InfoWorld: Top News]
Again, Sun is out of step with everyone on Web Services and carrying on this personal obsession, including the usual false "Passport is .NET" hoopla: ""Microsoft can obliterate the value on the desktop, including forcing you to sign up for Passport [Microsoft's Internet identity plan]," he said. Are you guys taking seriously the .Net onslaught, which is going on right now?" he asked. Hmm, the Web Services DevCon I went to, that had Microsoft people and IBM people among others, was all about Interop. They wouldn't know because they weren't there and because they fought standards like SOAP and WSDL every step of the the way until they got "religion" recently. If they would stop making fables up about .NET, complaining, and actually get down in the trenches with all the great people trying to make actual Interop happen (some of which just happen to Microsoft employees) they might actually start to make a difference instead of fading out like they are doing.
5:50:08 PM
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[Chris Kinsman's .NET Musings]: Great article on build practices with .NET. It outlines the problems but doesn't really offer code to solve any of them! Article Also an interesting utility for automating builds that I plan to check out: FinalBuilder
...Then Chris has some goood stuff to say on build practices where he works
5:32:25 PM
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This is the second in a series of .NET N-Tier case studies. In this study we build an ASP.NET client which consumes our generated N-Tier Framework from part I. We will implement a login system which returns a user's preferences and system permissions.
8:22:22 AM
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Thursday, September 19, 2002 |
Next-Gen Web Services: Google exec touts innovation. Web services to spur the next level of development [InfoWorld: Top News]
"The best way is to let other people [innovate] for us. With Google APIs anyone can build an application using Google search or spell correction. Instead of the hundreds of engineers [working at Google], there are millions that can develop new services using Google infrastructure," Brin said.
To further its Web API effort, Google is also developing a program that will provide support for users trying to launch their Google-based Web services commercially, Brin said.
11:40:05 PM
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Brain Harry, from Microsoft has just announced on the DOTNET-CLR mailing list: The beta of the .NET Framework version 1.1 SDK and Redistributable is now available, along with the add-on to build and run J# applications. We encourage you to download these and provide us with feedback. You may register for the beta program to access these downloads at http://www.betaplace.com. Use the following userID and password to gain access to the site:
ID: SDKBETA
Password: SIGNMEUP
(Please note: you should expect a 24 delay between registering at the
site and being able to download the beta.)
The .NET Framework version 1.1 features improved scalability and performance; support for mobile device development with the ASP.NET Mobile Controls (formerly the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit); support for Internet Protocol version 6; and classes in ADO.NET for native communication with ODBC and Oracle databases. It also enables the use of code access security to further lock down and isolate ASP.NET applications. For more information, check out the white paper "What's New in the .NET Framework Version 1.1. at http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/productinfo/next/overview.asp
2:13:03 PM
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It seems like all sorts of people are revealing that they are in the Everett Beta Program, not Everett WA (which its named after!). I think even that much is a violation of the NDA but heck, I'll just add that I got mine weeks ago and only say only one thing...Nah, Nah, Nah-))
1:55:38 PM
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