Microsoft launches Windows Azure
Yesterday at 9:00 AM (Pacific Time) at the Microsoft PDC 2008‘s keynote, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie reveled the company’s platform for cloud computing named Windows Azure.
Writing
I write about programming, Git and the craft of building software. Not often, but when I have something worth saying.
Microsoft Oslo and the evolution of programming
The other day I was reading about one of the most talked about future Microsoft technologies code-named “Oslo”. The details of what “Oslo” is are still pretty vague, at least until PDC 2008. In short it’s a set of technologies aimed at creating Domain Specific Languages (DSL) that can then be used to build executable programs. Yes, I know that still sounds vague, but that’s really all Microsoft has reveled about the whole project so far.
Stack Overflow
If you are interested in technology-agnostic software development practices, then you should definitely check out Jeff Atwood’s blog “Coding Horror“. I’ve been a reader for years and, even if I might not necessarily agree on all his points, it’s very interesting to have a discussion about the art and science of building high quality software without focusing on particular technologies or programming languages.
Visual Studio Code Coverage reports with MSBuild
Recently I had a project where I was using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team System for development and CruiseControl.NET for doing continuous integration. I usually care about code coverage when running unit tests, so I decided to integrate the code profiling tool included in Visual Studio Team System as part of my build process, in order to produce a code coverage report with each build.
McConnell’s Primary Technical Imperative
I’ve recently picked up reading (again) my all-time favorite book about software development: Code Complete by Steve McConnell. The book was first published in 1993 and has been a timeless guide for anyone in this industry about the science and art of software development. A craftsman’s handbook, if you will.