Dumping Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 for VMWare Workstation 6.0
I recently decided to dump Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007 in favor of VMWare’s Workstation 6.0.? Why?? The primary reason is VPC is a pretty lousy virtualization environment, has lousy support for anything but Microsoft and no one outside of Microsoft creates any virtual machines for it.?? Yes, I sound bitter.?...
New IronRuby Build Instructions
I started playing with the new drop of the IronRuby source this past Labor Day Weekend but found out quickly the source would not build due to the RakeFile included with the release.? It was apparent the RakeFile was very specific to the Microsoft internal environment and it would not...
IronRuby on Rubyforge
IronRuby is now on RubyForge for all to download and build, as reported by John Lam on his blog:
links for 2007-08-29
[Ask Udi](https://udidahan.weblogs.us/ask-udi)
A nice podcast about all things SOA
(tags: [soa](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/soa) [podcast](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/podcast))
[NServiceBus - Communications Framework for .NET](https://udidahan.weblogs.us/category/nservicebus/)
A framework for managing SOA applications in .NET. Utilizes MSMQ for it's core plumbing. Very good.
(tags: [soa](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/soa))
ADO.NET Team Releases Entity Framework Beta 2 & the 1st Entity Framework Tools CTP
Microsoft has released the Entity Framework beta 2 and the 1st beta of the Entity Framework Tools CTP today.
InfoQ - My Second Article Posted
Since signing on with InfoQ as a .NET editor I have had my second article posted.
links for 2007-08-24
[InfoQ: A Look at Common Performance Problems in Rails](https://www.infoq.com/articles/Rails-Performance) A nice look at Rails performance issues and how to address them. (tags: [rails](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/rails) [rubyonrails](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/rubyonrails)) [InfoQ: Ruby Hoedown Presentations available online](https://www.infoq.com/news/2007/08/ruby-hoedown-videos) Nice screencasts from a recent Ruby event. (tags: [ruby](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/ruby) [Presentations](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/Presentations)) [InfoQ: FiveRuns Readies Latest Component of Rails Stack - Installer](https://www.infoq.com/news/2007/08/fiveruns-releases-rails-installe)...
Julie Lerman Blog - Add great searching to your ASP.NET website for a nominal cost and support the American Diabetes Association
Here is a great reason to spend a couple dollars today for a great cause and put a nice search engine on your ASP.NET site. Go check out Julie Lerman’s site for the details.
Public Hotfix Patch Available for VS 2005 F5 Debugging Performance Issue with ASP.NET - ScottGu's Blog
Scott Guthrie posted about a hotfix available for VS 2005 to fix a performance issue when debugging ASP.NET applications by pressing F5 to start debugging.