Declaration of Awesomeness for the Mono Compiler
MonoDevelop 2.0 Beta 1 – Miguel de Icaza
Now, technically speaking we have not received any awards for our C# 3.0 compiler, but we should have, because we are awesome. And in fact, I will be arranging a dinner at my place this coming weekend where we will award prizes to the best pieces of technologies and our C# compiler is a nominee.
We the undersigned do hereby declare the Mono C# 3.0 compiler to be awesome. This is not meant to denigrate the .NET compiler from Microsoft as it is a fine compiler in its own right. We are declaring the Mono C# 3.0 compiler to be an awesome piece of work by a ragtag group of merrymakers well-dressed group of distinguished gentlemen and worthy of all levels of awesomeness.
Leave a comment if you believe the Mono C# 3.0 compiler to be awesome.
Episode 36: Scott Watermasysk
This week, the Herding Code cast talks shop with Scott Watermasysk about cloud computing, blogging platforms, Internet Explorer, the DotNetOpenId project and much more: Scott W, Scott K and Jon discuss Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine. Jon asks Scott W to share his thoughts on blogging platforms and the difficulties around their [...]
Episode 35: Fun at work
This week on Herding Code, K. Scott kicks off an amusing conversation about office pranks and general fun in the workplace: Jon explains why you might send goat pictures to your coworkers. Kevin comments about the hazards of new carpet installation. K. Scott talks about making an HP Printer come to life. And learn why [...]
Where did the add new folder functionality go in Win7
Windows 7 adds a new feature called “libraries“. Libraries allow you to add quickly group folders and files together. By default, you start out with5 libraries.
- Documents: Personal Documents and Public Documents
- Downloads: Personal Downloads and Public Downloads
- Music: Personal Music and Public Music
- Photos: Personal Photos and Public Photos
- Videos: Personal Videos and Public Videos
When you open your user folder off of the start menu, you are automatically taken to a folder listing your libraries. This can be a little confusing to someone new to Windows 7 if they try to create a new folder while they are in the library.
The key is to realize that you are in a libraries and not in a real folder. Before you can create a new folder, you have to be inside of a real folder.
Silverlight is the future but the future isn’t Silverlight
Rockford Lhotka – Why Silverlight is the future
I was going to argue against Silverlight being the future, but yesterday my reserved copy of “Beginning Silverlight 2:
I don’t think that in 5 years, every web developer will be programming in Silverlight or Flash. What I think is going to happen is that the web browsers are going to evolve and include more Silverlight/Flash like features. We already see that happening with isolated storage in FireFox and IE8. FireFox already has a rich network of extensions that allow developers to enhance services in many different ways, Google Chrome has released their draft extension specifications. IE8 and Safari still have a way to go, writing extensions for either is a non-trivial exercise.
There’s a reason that developers haven’t written these types of RIA’s using Flash for the past 10 years even though it has been possible. It’s not the lack of tooling, it’s the plugin. Even though the Flash plugin is a small enough download and easy to install, in my experience developers have been hesitant to build an application that is dependent upon a plugin. I don’t think that will change with Silverlight, even if Microsoft ships it in Windows out of the box or includes it as a mandatory update in Windows Update, there will be IT departments that either will disable it or won’t keep it up to date.
What do you think will happen?
Episode 34: *Chirp and Witty – WPF Twitter Clients
This week on Herding Code, Jon, Kevin and Scott K discuss *Chirp (since renamed blu), Witty, Twitter usage, open source and WPF development: The guys review *Chirp, a new WPF Twitter client from thirteen23. Scott compares *Chirp to Paris Hilton, Jon reminisces about old Simpsons episodes and Kevin shares that *Chirp is very pretty, nicely [...]
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