http://RandyPatterson.com Code To Live, Live To Code Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moved my blog to a new server to support the latest ASP stack.  Also took the time to upgrade the software from an old version of dasBlog to WordPress, very happy with WordPress so far. Had to write a simple redirector to redirect the old permalinks to the new Wordpress ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/11/20/moved-my-blog/ Although installing Visual Studio 2010 B2 and 2008 on the same machine is supported, Microsoft does NOT recommend installing beta software of your development machine. Installing Visual Studio 2010 beta in a Virtual environment is highly recommended but it does, however, have some drawbacks. Fortunately, with Windows 7 there is ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/10/27/installing-vs-2010-in-xp-mode/   Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 has a new Basic version targeted for smaller shops.  According to Brian Harry’s Blog, this new version will be “as cost effective” as SourceSafe.   Not sure what “as cost effective” means but lacking any specifics I think it’s safe to assume that ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/10/04/tfs-basic-version/ After conferring with several Microsoft Windows Azure Speakers and Azure Project Managers at TechEd last week, I was able to ferret out a tentative release schedule for Windows Azure. Azure Platform and Services – Commercial Release on track for PDC this year (Nov 2009) Visual Studio 2010 ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/05/17/windows-azure-commercial-release-this-year/   With over 500 attendees and 11 tracks to choose from, the Orlando Code Camp was once again a huge success!   Congratulations to all of the volunteers that helped organize this event. I gave a presentation on an introduction to the Unity Application Block - Understanding Inversion of Control and ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/03/30/orlando-code-camp-2009-unity-presentation-slides-and-code/   I have the privilege of giving two presentations at the South Florida Code Camp February 7th in Miramar Florida   Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition This session will cover the advanced tools available in Visual Studio 2008 Professional and Development Editions. We will quickly dive deep into ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/02/06/speaking-at-the-south-florida-code-camp/   The South Florida Code Camp 2009 has opened Speaker Registration for the February 7th Free Code Camp in Miramar Florida.  Code Camps are a great opportunity for local developers to give presentations to their peers. If you’ve ever wanted to give speaking a try, Code Camps ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2009/01/06/call-for-speakers/ I've been using ReSharper for nearly 2 1/2 years now and I can't imagine trying to program without it.  However, one of the greatest challenges to being productive with ReSharper is learning the daunting list of keys.  Many of the Resharper features are highly discoverable using visual indicators such as ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2008/10/04/beginning-resharper/ In my previous post I covered the configuration of the Unity Application Block for Constructor Injection without modifying the class being injected.  In this post I will cover Property Injection and how write API and XML configuration. The following code has a dependency on the ILogger class exposed through a ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2008/09/28/poco-and-unity-application-block-part-ii/ Using Plain Old CLR Objects (POCO) with the Unity Application Block Plain old CLR objects is a term borrowed from Java (POJO) that refers to objects that are not entangled with framework specific code or dependencies.  For Example, when classes have multiple constructors you can add the [InjectionConstructor] Attribute to the ... http://RandyPatterson.com/index.php/2008/09/22/poco-and-unity-application-block-part-i/