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Integrating Team Foundation Build with VSoft Technologies Final Builder

Jan 22, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Over the years, we've had a few clients automate their build process by using Final Builder by VSoft Technologies. Much like Team (Foundation) Build, Final Builder is a powerful build & …

Visual Studio ALM

SQL Server 2005 Worst Practices

Jan 19, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Thanks for attending my talk last night and letting me share my SQL Server 2005 Worst Practices. I hope I didn't embarass anyone too badly by highlighting your practice in my talk! Here are the …

SQL Server

Microsoft recognizes Firefox browser in MSDN

Jan 18, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Wow! As I was downloading a file from MSDN that requires Genuine Windows, I was prompted to download the required tool. What was interesting was the prompt! They noticed I was using Firefox and even …

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Boise .NET User Group this Week

Jan 17, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

If you are in the Boise area, be sure to attend Thursday's meeting of the Boise .NET User Group. I'll be delivering a talk on "SQL Server 2005 Worst Practices". If time permits, I'll also be diving …

Visual Studio SQL Server

Version Control Structure - Best Practice

Jan 16, 2007 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Bottom line up front: Create a ‘root’ branch directly under the source control branch associated with a new Team Project. I see this all the time… Someone creates a new source …

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Introducing nTierTraining

Jan 12, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

My friend Ed Lance has started up a new training company: nTierTraining. They focus mostly on Java software development, and include some really niche classes: Hibernate, AJAX, Spring, Servlets, …

Life Testing

Walt Ritscher - Wintellectual!

Jan 9, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I just heard that Walt has become a Wintellectual, no doubt spreading the WPF and WPFe gospel. Walt is a very sharp developer and great instructor, and I've had the privilege of watching him in …

Conferences

MIX it up in 2007

Jan 6, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Registration is now open for MIX '07 in Las Vegas. This event is geared toward Web developers, designers, online advertising professionals and includes a broad set of partners and customers. Building …

Conferences Microsoft

Remembering my friend and mentor Dr. Dale Stukenholtz

Jan 5, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Yesterday, I went to a memorial in Twin Falls, Idaho for Dale "Doc" Stukenholtz. Doc gave me my first computer programming job at Stukenholtz Laboratory in December 1984, working on an IBM …

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