November 2006

Issue 3.5

Forward to a Colleague

 Expert's Corner


 
Andrew Troelsen
Intertech Partner and
Instructor

Thanks to all of you who attended my talks at the Heartland Developer's Conference.  My three presentations (on .NET 3.0, WPF, and LINQ) are an insight into what we, at Intertech, have in store for you on the .NET courseware front for 2007. 

Speaking of .NET authoring, I'm working on the 3rd Edition of my most recent book that covers .NET 3.0 Extensions.  Check out the podcast where I share my thoughts on .NET and my new book. 

In this issue, you'll find:

  • Career guidance on job hopping

  • A Google tool to help you find public domain code

  • A piece on Extending Identity Management Solutions Into a SOA 
  • An article on improving Your Project with Data Driven Testing with Visual Studio Team Suite
  • And, finally... with the holidays, a management-related piece called "Less is More"

As I sign off on my final newsletter for 2006, here are a couple of early holiday gifts for you.  For those of you in the .NET camp, if you're in the Twin Cities, sign-up for VSTS MN.  VSTS MN is a free user group dedicated to helping VSTS thought leaders share best practices.  For my Java friends, register for our free limited-seating Hibernate Oxygen Blast presentation (more details below).

Go Minnesota Wild!,
Andrew Troelsen
Intertech Partner and Instructor

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 Career Expertise

   Guidance to help you manage your software career
The Downside Of Job Hopping

Many people think that hopping from one job to another in rapid succession is a sure way to the top. But it can have hidden consequences. ...


 

 Architecture Expertise

  Best practices in architecture, patterns, and design
Extending Identity Management Solutions Into a SOA

When a company begins to expose their business processes in a SOA, then they will need to ask how they will control access to their services. These interactions can be complex, since SOAs can be composed of many composite applications....
William Bathurst and Robin Martherus
Enterprise OpenSource Magazine


 

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Improve Your Project with Data Driven Testing with Visual Studio Team Suite
Help your .NET developers move faster through VSTS skeleton code for unit tests without having to ever leave the IDE...

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 Coding Expertise

  Insights for the professional software developer
Find Code in the Public Domain with Google

Search public code and use expressions to find just what you need using Google...
Google


 

 Management Expertisee

  Thoughts for managing yourself, your team, and your business
Less Is More

Less priorities; less people less school; less customers; less is more both is business and life...
by Verne Harnish
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