Introduction Recently, I added some articles about installing and configuring some new pre-release software that Microsoft released earlier in the year. [ Visual Studio 2013 | Team Foundation Server 2013 ] Now I’m ready to put it all to the test! I know there’s been a lot of build-up, and […]
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Following on from my previous article about Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, I’m now moving on to Visual Studio 2013 Preview. I’ve installed on the same VM which now hosts Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, selecting only a small subset of the available options. I’m mainly interested in Web Development, […]
Recently, Microsoft released a preview version of their next version of their team development suite, known as Team Foundation Server (TFS). Long time readers of Sanders Technology will know that I’ve a long history with TFS, and I’m genuinely a fan of the platform. Team Foundation Server 2013 breaks from […]
Here’s a bit of a look at some articles I’ve been reading lately. Why mobile web apps are slow – http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/ This is a really detailed look at the benchmark performances of JavaScript on mobile devices and, in particular, mobile applications. Be warned, it’s a very long but worthwhile read. […]
Today we’re taking a look at the very recently released – and some would say highly anticipated – preview of the upcoming upgrade for Windows 8, creatively known as Windows 8.1 (Preview). This will be a two (or possibly three) part entry, starting naturally with the installation experience. From MSDN, […]
Introduction We’re now looking at Hybrid BizTalk/Azure design opportunities. Starting off, a review of service bus messaging options: Service Bus Messaging Queues Topics, and, Subscriptions Queues are per standard queuing theory, message on – message off (FIFO). Topics are a like a digest of messages distributed, and subscriptions are a […]
Introducing BizTalk 2013’s support for RESTful Services Generally used for communicating with the cloud. Switches away from XML in favour of JSON which has a smaller footprint. XML is still used for traditional B2B scenarios, especially for well defined interfaces. REST is a better option for expensive, narrow band connections […]
Today, I’m at a full day of hands-on BizTalk training from the CGI office in Canberra. As usual, I’ll be live blogging where possible. We’ll be covering off BizTalk 2013, BizTalk on Azure and BizTalk Services. What’s New in BizTalk 2013? Platform Support Supported by Visual Studio 2012 Better standards […]
This weekend, we’re going to be hosting “BizTalk” Bill Chesnut here in the nation’s capital for a day exploring the latest around BizTalk 2013. You’ll be able to read about the experience here on Sanders Technology. The day is sponsored by CGI Australia, and I hope to be live blogging […]
Now that it has been launched, we can bid farewell to some of the speculation around what Microsoft’s next generation games console will bring to the table – or can we? As a fan who lined up at midnight outside the Sydney Myer store on launch night of the original […]
In the past few months, the folks at DZone put a call out to their very talented and knowledgeable MVPs to volunteer to develop a comprehensive guide to current Cloud computing options. Today, I’m happy to write that the FREE guide is now available from DZone.com. Honestly, researching the right […]
If you’ve ever had any involvement with an Agile project (whether it was “pure” Agile or not), you’ll likely have encountered the beast which is effort forecasting and analysis. This drives the initial estimate of the amount of work which your team thinks it can deliver within a given period. […]
File this one away for further analysis. Live or delayed (on demand) content delivered via Windows Azure Media Services. Takes advantage of local CDNs and provides a platform for targeted advertising as well as taking advantage of the Azure cloud capabilities (e.g. caching, high availability, etc.). There’s also a high […]
If you are a user of the new “Windows to Go” feature of Windows 8 Enterprise edition, which enables you to boot and run the Windows 8 operating system off an external USB device, you may have noticed something odd when trying to use the Windows App Store: In a […]
Last month I submitted an App to the Windows App Store. The App, Sanders Technology Digest, is a Windows 8 App which uses articles from this site and provides full screen article views, content searches and better sharing support. The inaugural version (1.0) has now been published! Click here to […]