Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:32:00 +0000
My original roots in .Net were very much in ASP.Net. My first real dev role was in .Net 1.0 on an early e-commerce app that had its early prerelease roots in classic ASP. I really enjoyed ASP.Net but found myself moving away from the front end and more in to SQL and middle ware as I worked on larger project.
Over the last couple of years I have not had a lot of commercial involvement with asp.net front end. I had the (dis)pleasure of some win-forms front ends on my last contract but m...
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:20:00 +0000
As you may be aware I am a big DbC fan. So I am obviously stoked to see a couple of things pop of late (sorry if this is old news i am on a big holiday at the moment so finger is not really on the pulse)
1: The System.Diagnostics.Contracts name space. Thanks goodness this is getting put into the core libraries.
2:Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:07:00 +0000
As I begin the job hunt all over again I am renewed with the realisation that sales skills, although possibly only rarely used in day to day coding, are as important as ever. Over the last 2 days I have been talking with friends, former colleagues, recruiters, HR and connections from all of the above in the Perth IT market regarding jobs.
The people who dont know me just want to to know what in vogue technical skils I have. Buzz wordy stuff that pass with the wind like WPF, MOSS, Asp.Net MV...
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:13:00 +0000
Jeff brown has recently announced the release of the new MbUnit and Gallio suite.
Looks to have quite a large number of improvements. For more details see Jeffs write up here
...Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:10:00 +0000
..don't know when I'll be back again"
Yep so its my last week here in the UK as I pack my stuff and get ready to head back to the land of Aus. First up will be Perth to catch up with my better half then we decide wether to stay in Perth or venture eastwards and see if Sydney/Melbourne are better suited for us and our plans of world domination.
The plan is to head back to London in the new year, but the with the current climate London is not boding well for us (my partner ...