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 Saturday, July 12, 2008
So, let's say you've got a UserControl in a project that you would like to reference using interfaces without a direct reference to the UserControl's project. Now say you want to bind to a DependencyProperty in the UserControl. An interface to the UserControl doesn't help with the DependencyProperty. When I tackled this issue, I was unable to find any example of it anywhere on the Internet.
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posted on July 12, 2008  #    by Bary Nusz  Comments [0] Trackback
 Friday, July 11, 2008
Most of my development is web apps, so when I was working on a windows app for a customer today, I noticed that there was an extra file or two being generated with the name of the app followed by ".vshost.exe".
posted on July 11, 2008  #    by Rick Miller  Comments [0] Trackback
Is your desktop full of Icons and Shortcuts? Then read on for some neat little apps to help get your ducks in a row.
posted on July 11, 2008  #    by Shane Laurent  Comments [0] Trackback
 Thursday, July 10, 2008
Complete listing of a handy little function you can use to cleanse infinity from float data
posted on July 10, 2008  #    by Adam Anderson  Comments [0] Trackback
I was recently working on a WPF form that allowed users to edit data stored in an XML file. In the process, I learned a lot about simplifying my databinding code.
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posted on July 10, 2008  #    by Rachel Hagerman  Comments [0] Trackback
 Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Learn how to develop for MSSQL using built-in stored procedures (and a few custom ones) as a complete replacement for Visual Studio's Server Explorer.
posted on July 8, 2008  #    by Adam Anderson  Comments [0] Trackback
With projects, as with most other things in life, only one thing is certain, and that is change. This blog talks about how to cope with change using tools like Falafel Software's ActiveFocus.
posted on July 8, 2008  #    by John Waters  Comments [0] Trackback
 Monday, July 07, 2008

Saw this article, The Myth of the Interchangeable Programmer. It runs along the lines of the famous Mythical Man Month book by Fred Books, this time applied to off shoring.

Bottom line is that you may find that one developer may be doing 60% of the work of the team, or three developers 80%, and the more people you add to the team, the more you slow down the people who are actually getting something done. The author thinks that from his own experience, a team of eight is the max. I agree. (obviously, for huge projects, you need several teams, but he elaborates on that too).

It is funny, because a client just told me our rate for a senior WPF engineer was way out of their range, and they were looking to outsource it off shore...good luck to them! This is difficult, leading edge technology, and the kind of area where one good senior architect can do something in a week that could take a team of less experienced people months to do.

posted on July 7, 2008  #    by John Waters  Comments [0] Trackback
 Sunday, June 29, 2008
Falafel Software, Inc. is proud to sponsor Juleah Nusz, a fencer with the United States Fencing Association (USFA). Juleah currently ranks fifth nationally in under-16 women’s epee and 18th in under-19 women’s epee.
posted on June 29, 2008  #    by Lino Tadros  Comments [0] Trackback
 Friday, June 27, 2008
Falafel Software has released its quarterly update of its popular ActiveFocus product management and team collaboration tool. Read more about the latest version.
posted on June 27, 2008  #    by John Waters  Comments [0] Trackback
Read all about the tool that is the talk of the industry, what it does and how Falafel created it...
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posted on June 27, 2008  #    by John Waters  Comments [0] Trackback
 Thursday, June 26, 2008

More information is to follow, for now see Telerik's announcement at http://blogs.telerik.com/Blogs.aspx

posted on June 26, 2008  #    by John Waters  Comments [0] Trackback
The company has been doing some Webinars, with materials distributed in a PDF format. I got tasked the other day with developing the materials for an upcoming session - but I didn't really have a way to create PDF output, just Microsoft Word. "Just", I say, until I googled some phrase like "Microsoft Word PDF".
posted on June 26, 2008  #    by Rick Miller  Comments [0] Trackback