November 2005 Entries

RSS Client

posted @ Saturday, November 26, 2005 3:42 PM | Feedback (0)

 

Several people have asked what RSS client I use. After trying several different readers including Omea Reader, Google Reader, and RSS Bandit to name a few, I've settled on RSS Popper. RSS Popper integrates into Microsoft Outlook and is completely free. What reader do you use?

Scrum Plug-in for VSTS

posted @ Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:56 AM | Feedback (0)

 

Conchango has developed a Scrum plugin for Visual Studio Team System. This is definitely worth checking out and just goes to show how extensible the new Visual Studio environment is.

PDC 2005 Sessions

posted @ Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:17 PM | Feedback (0)

 

In case you weren't able to attend the PDC this year, you have two options for viewing the content. First, you can purchase the sessions on DVD for $499.00 or, you can download any of the sessions and watch them on your computer for free. It's hard to beat the free option, check it out here.

Google Analytics

posted @ Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:35 AM | Feedback (0)

 

Google Analytics is a free tool to keep track of metrics for your web site. This is definitely a great way to get quick feedback regarding your site. The underlying service comes from Urchin, a web analytics company purchased by Google this past March. I wonder if we will see a web metrics tool from Microsoft anytime soon?

Difficult Code to Test

posted @ Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:49 PM | Feedback (0)

 

In preparing for the December presentation on Test Driven Development for the Iowa .NET User Group, I would like to get a little feedback relative to your current testing environment. Specifically, what type of code do you find most difficult to test? Please feel free to leave feedback and I will try to address these issues during the presentation.