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After we shipped the May 2007 release of the Smart Client Software Factory , I moved to the Web Client Software Factory team to work in the next version (in case you missed it, the second weekly drop is already available ). Since then, I've been working Read More...
Have you heard about "Under-promise, over-deliver"? That's one of our top mindsets here at Southworks. Ariel , another southy , came up with a new interesting couple of words... "Other-deliver". Don't miss his interesting post Under-promise, Over-deliver Read More...
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A time ago I blogged about DinnerNow.net , a new initiative from Microsoft that provides guidance on how to combine lots of new technologies (Windows Vista Gadgets, IIS 7, WCF, LINQ, CardSpace, and more). During the last month we have been working on Read More...
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During the next month we will be offering a workshop for those of you willing to learn about the Web Client Software Factory and to meet the crazy guys who developed it :) The Client Team at patterns & practices will be hosting a 2 days, instructor-led Read More...
A time ago , when the factory was released, I promised that I would post some pictures of the great team I had the pleasure of being part of. Here you have some of them in the workspace. Enjoy! From left to right: Dragos Manolescu (Architect), Alan Ridlehoover Read More...
(via Johnny ) DinnerNow.net, a Microsoft initiative that puts together a lot of new technologies and products like IIS7, WCF, LINQ, Windows Vista Gadgets, PowerShell, and ASP.NET AJAX in a sample application, has been released. I've been playing with Read More...
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I just want to point you to this excellent site I use to colorize the code in my posts: http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/ Read More...
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Tom Hollander , product manager at patterns & practices , has posted about this new factory that will be included in Enterprise Library v3: the Application Block Software Factory. Don't miss his post: Block Building Made Easy Read More...
I had the pleasure of assisting to the Strategic Architect Forum (aka SAF) that took place in Microsoft Campus at Redmond last week. Here are some pictures: From left to right: Matias Woloski (Southworks), Bill Gates, Eric Rudder (Senior VP of Microsoft Read More...
Some time ago I was forced to disable comments due to the big amount of spam. Now thanks to our IT expert, Beto Ortega , we have Community Server 2.0 running and CAPTCHA enabled for comments, so I enabled anonymous comments again. Hope to get your feedback Read More...
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Want to see the cool collaborative workspace where we work? Don't miss this great video interview with Edward Jezierski and Peter Provost walking around the building. Get it from Channel9: Tour: Patterns and Practices Lab Read More...
These days have been very exciting because I've traveled to Redmond - USA, to join the Web Client Software Factory team in Microsoft headquarters. I will be developing here for a few months, so probably I will start blogging about it soon. Here you have Read More...
Johnny Halife has recently posted an article that describes how to apply Test Driven Development (TDD) when developing applications with the MVP pattern. I recommend you to have a look at it and download the sample code included. You will find it very Read More...
I feel this photo deserves a separate post. Almost everyone at Southworks attended and commited to the CSM course, and those who didn't assist, had their calendars really full. This situation nicely reflects the spirit of all southys here: we love to Read More...
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On August 8 and 9 I had the pleasure of attending a full-time training course named " Certified ScrumMaster ", the first one of this kind in South America. I must say that I'm impressed. It was excellent! The course was very dynammic, motivating and of Read More...
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