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Locale sensitive String sorting in Java

Martin Woodward
Date : 03 Oct, 2006
Categories :technology dotnet web programming

So, the day after I get made a Microsoft MVP I do two posts about Java - go figure. Anyway, today I had one of those moments where you thought you understood something and then realize you didn't and probably a lot of your code that you've written over the past 10 years doesn't work as well as you thought...

Assert in Eclipse

Martin Woodward
Date : 03 Oct, 2006
Categories :technology teamprise web programming

One of the things that Java IDE's have always had over Visual Studio is the ability to target older versions of the VM from the latest and greatest versions of the tools. For example, I develop in Eclipse 3.2 day to day, but I target Eclipse 3.0 on Java 1.4 for compilations and to debug against.

MVP Award

Martin Woodward
Date : 02 Oct, 2006
Categories :tfs technology web personal

Apologies for being quiet the past couple of weeks. I've been on vacation with my family and it was great. This morning has been spent going though the emails I've missed and catching up on what's been happening while I was away (mainly all the TFS SP1 goodies - more on that later as I experiment with it).

TFS Top Tip #9 - Secret Registry Hacks

Martin Woodward
Date : 18 Sep, 2006
Categories :tfs technology books dotnet maker web programming

So, this isn't exactly original material - but I was having a chat with somebody today who I consider very knowledgeable about Visual Studio Team System and they were not aware of these so hopefully re-posting some will help more people discover them.

Teamprise V2 Preview 2

Martin Woodward
Date : 15 Sep, 2006
Categories :git tfs technology dotnet maker teamprise web programming personal

Just wanted to let folks know that Preview 2 is now available for download to our preview program customers. If you want to take a look at Preview 2, then you can sign up here.

The Measurement Dilemma

Martin Woodward
Date : 14 Sep, 2006
Categories :tfs technology gadgets web programming

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server gives a fantastic ability to track and report on various facts about your software development process. It frees managers (and team members) from the chore of recording and collating data about the development process.

Determining the last changeset

Martin Woodward
Date : 12 Sep, 2006
Categories :git tfs technology dotnet maker teamprise web programming

We've just been having a discussion internally about ways of numbering our builds. It seems a sensible idea to qualify a build with the changeset number in our TFS repository, that way we are able to easily identify the exact status of all the files included in that build without the need to add a label into TFS.

Microsoft Max

Martin Woodward
Date : 11 Sep, 2006
Categories :technology dotnet gadgets web personal

I just discovered Microsoft Max. While the application still seems to be in the early stages, it has to be the prettiest application I have ever used - just take a look at the semi-transparent splash screen with it's lovely wobbly progress bar.

TFS Power Toys

Martin Woodward
Date : 08 Sep, 2006
Categories :tfs technology gadgets teamprise web

Brian Harry has been on a blogging spree this week!. Last night he announced some new Team Foundation Server Power Toys. This also shows a new and very welcome trend from Microsoft's DevDiv - the Power Toys are available as a separate download, but more interestingly many of them also integrate seamlessly into the IDE.

Golden Rules for Developing TFS Client Applications.

Martin Woodward
Date : 07 Sep, 2006
Categories :tfs maker web

Brian Harry has recently posted an excellent word document talking about some guidelines to follow when developing custom TFS extensions. The document is definitely worth a read as it gives you a better understanding of the issues behind the guidance.

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