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February 2007 - Posts

WPF: Converting between XAML and C#
I just got Adam Nathan’s WPF Unleashed book in the mail today. To make sure that I’m “getting it”, I went ahead and tried to convert the listing on page 46 from XAML into C#-- just too see if I could figure out what the XAML is doing. (I don’t know yet Read More...
We're hiring
For anyone who peruses our blogs on a regular basis, I'd just like to put out a notice that we are hiring. Details are here: http://www.catalystss.com/Careers/OpenJobPostings.aspx . That's really all for today. If you want any information about working Read More...
SOA Facts
In the spirit of Chuck Norris facts ( www.chucknorrisfacts.com ), we have something about Service Oriented Architecture. Funny stuff if you've been following SOA for any time. http://www.soafacts.com/ (saw this via Aaron Skonnard's blo g: http://pluralsight.com/blogs/aaron/archive/2007/02/15/46087.aspx Read More...
Being ready for the next version: XmlSerializer, DataContract, IExtensibleDataObject
I was giving a talk the other night and one of the attendees came up with a great question: “How do I handle future versions of a DataContract with something that expects an older version?” This is a concern for anyone deploying a v1.0 Web service and Read More...
I'm a Wintellectual!
I've been waiting for a while to announce this. I'll be one of the Windows Communication Foundation instructors for Wintellect! They've just posted the information at http://www.wintellect.com/TechnicalBioDetail.aspx?Tech=22 . If you want someone who Read More...
How to Get Started Learning Powershell
If you are a Windows user and your daily job involves using Windows Explorer to find files, RegEdit to inspect the registry, WMI to check out the state of your machine, or using the command line to just ‘get work done’, I highly recommend downloading Read More...
Dumb things to do in Powershell
PowerShell reminds me of programming in the 'old days' of PCs where every Apple, TI-94A, Commodore, or what have you had a BASIC interpretter at the command line. Going into a Target or Sears, I'd hit these machines and write something like 10 PRINT "SCOTT Read More...