Category: Software
IronRuby license switch - what do you think ?
June 4th, 2010Jimmy Schementi is asking for feedback on a likely license change for IronRuby (toward Apache V2.0) license.If you have any opinion on the matter, please chime in on the IronRuby mailing list! more »
Introducing Learnivore.com - screencasts aggregator
July 30th, 2009If you follow this blog you know that I appreciate screencasts as a way of learning.
I've been cooking a side-project that aims to ensure that the programming screencasts I find useful would get a wider reach, as well as keep me up to date.
It… more »
Sympl: an example of language implementation using the DLR
May 14th, 2009I've been looking for resources to implement custom languages and AST manipulation on top of the DLR recently, as part of my data processing work with a customer.
If you're into this, you should definitely have a look at the Sympl language sample (see… more »
Syntactic sugar for multi-threading in Windows Forms
March 19th, 2009Today I'm sharing bits of code that we found useful while working on Windows Forms UI code with my customer.
In .Net, the "BackgroundWorker":http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.backgroundworker.aspx provides a nice way to han… more »
Scrum Coffee (Paris, 11 février)
February 3rd, 2009Pour ceux qui seraient intéressés, une rencontre du Scrum User Group (SUG) a lieu le 11 février (près du métro Bonne Nouvelle à Paris). J'y serai, sauf imprévu majeur.
Il s'agit d'une "rencontre informelle et (d') échanges sur Scrum, l'Agilité et bien… more »
Learning the easy way with screencasts
October 20th, 2008Since last year I've been watching more and more screencasts. By screencasts I mean short videos, usually one hour long, focusing on one specific technique. I found that screencasts are an amazing way to get up and running on a given topic. I thought I w… more »
Unit-testing .Net code with IronRuby
June 11th, 2008Here's an interesting code extract from the Tech Ed 2008 feedback by John Lam:
That's .Net code, unit-tested using IronRuby. The testing syntax mimics the RSpec testing framework. A couple of years ago I wished this kind of thing could become poss… more »
Step-by-step debugging with Silverlight and IronRuby
April 11th, 2008I struggled a bit while preparing my Silverlight and IronRuby article for the french magazine Programmez so I'll share those tips here.
Here are the required elements to achieve step-by-step debugging when working in IronRuby Silverlight:
Visual St… more »
Write Silverlight applications with dynamic languages
March 28th, 2008Not sure this has been spread much yet: the Dynamic Silverlight website let you download the Dynamic Silverlight SDK and shows a few online IronRuby and IronPython (or Managed Javascript) Silverlight samples as well.
I've been playing around a bit wit… more »
Une license gratuite de MindManager 7 pour les bloggeurs francophones
Mars 13th, 2008(via le web pédagogique)
Une news un peu "hors-topic" toutefois c'est suffisamment intéressant pour que je veuille en informer les autres bloggeurs DNG et nos lecteurs assidus!
Si vous connaissez le mind-mapping ou que vous souhaitez découvrir un l… suite »
Silverlight 2 (beta1) Installer, SDK and Documentation are available now!
March 5th, 2008I'm downloading these.
(through Michael Sync). more »
A couple of February news
February 23rd, 2008A few things I want to share tonight:
h3. Want to work on dynamic languages at Microsoft ?
First John Lam announced that Microsoft is recruiting on the dynamic language side:
We have five open positions as of today. We need devs for IronRuby, Ir… more »
The Evolving Worker - tools for a better day
December 26th, 2007Hello dear readers,
I'd like to introduce a blog I've started recently.
It's called the Evolving Worker. The idea here is to share tools and methods about how to ease our day at work.
Here are some already available posts:
* How to start and ke… more »
How to call Rake from CruiseControl.Net ?
July 25th, 2007I've just started blogging about it and will likely blog more about it in the next few weeks: Rake gives you a tremendous power when it comes to automating tasks for any kind of applications, including DotNet applications. For those DotNet applications,… more »
How to run Pimki as a service under Windows with Cygwin - and how to back up its data
July 24th, 2007h1. What is Pimki ?
I like Pimki because it's a lightweight wiki, easy to setup, and quite straightforward to use. I'm using it to mix technical and non-technical teams knowledge, operational procedures, write-ups, internal blogging. It works very wel… more »
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