<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>General .NET @ derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</title><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/</link><description>(General .NET) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:20:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>General .NET @ derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Ziff-Davis likes my temper tantrums!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/ziffdavis_likes_my_temper_tantrums.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/ziffdavis_likes_my_temper_tantrums.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ziffdavis%5Flikes%5Fmy%5Ftemper%5Ftantrums</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A colleague just let me know that Ziff-Davis has reproduced and commented upon my recent little tirade of an editorial on SOA.  Looks like I should lose my temper more often.The online version of NETDJ has been receiving some feedback on this editor]]></description></item><item><title>8 New Adapters in BizTalk 2006</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/8_new_adapters_in_biztalk_2006.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/8_new_adapters_in_biztalk_2006.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=8%5Fnew%5Fadapters%5Fin%5Fbiztalk%5F2006</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scott Woodgate -- the Microsoft BizTalk guy -- has posted a list here of new adapters in 2006.  This should be good for those of you doing a lot of integration work.]]></description></item><item><title>Time Travel Back to Wednesday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/time_travel_back_to_wednesday.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/time_travel_back_to_wednesday.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=time%5Ftravel%5Fback%5Fto%5Fwednesday</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Microsoft just saved my bacon, yet again.  Here I am, in the middle of co-presenting MSDN Events on ASP.NET 2.0 with Jacob Cynamon -- our local Developer Community Champion -- and my laptop gave me a bluescreen on startup.  Now, I've seen this befo]]></description></item><item><title>Oh yeah?  Well, mock you!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/mock_you_buddy.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/mock_you_buddy.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mock%5Fyou%5Fbuddy</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am a big advocate of unit testing.  The big fly-in-the-ointment for me, though, is that there are so, so many situations that are difficult to unit test, because they involve external resource integration -- databases, Active Directories, etc., et]]></description></item><item><title>What&apos;s your Unit Test coverage?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/whats_your_unit_test_coverage.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/whats_your_unit_test_coverage.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=whats%5Fyour%5Funit%5Ftest%5Fcoverage</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was recently sent a link...

http://www.ncover.org/Index.html

...which provides access to a free tool for finding out how much of your codebase is covered with unit tests.  Unit tests are an absolute must for any software project of decent siz]]></description></item><item><title>Winning the Microsoft Worldwide Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/winning_the_microsoft_worldwide_technology_innovation_partne.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/winning_the_microsoft_worldwide_technology_innovation_partne.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=winning%5Fthe%5Fmicrosoft%5Fworldwide%5Ftechnology%5Finnovation%5Fpartne</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Details are still forthcoming, but it would appear that my first project for Magenic Technologies has received Microsoft's Worldwide Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Award in the 2005 Custom Development category.  Basically, this is the cat]]></description></item><item><title>Another &quot;must have&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/another_must_have.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/another_must_have.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fmust%5Fhave</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Going through my emails now and finding all the stuff that folks doing CF development need to know about.  Here is a link to OpenNETCF's port of the P&amp;P group's application blocks.http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=b876e34a-deef-45ce-a]]></description></item><item><title>A free &quot;must have&quot; VS 2005 Add On for Mobile Developers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/a_free_must_have_vs_2005_add_on_for_mobile_developers.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/a_free_must_have_vs_2005_add_on_for_mobile_developers.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Ffree%5Fmust%5Fhave%5Fvs%5F2005%5Fadd%5Fon%5Ffor%5Fmobile%5Fdevelopers</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Check this out.  It allows you to remotely run operations on mobile devices that you've always wanted to run.  http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=50618f79-c7b1-4588-9c0a-cf4ddae8092aExamples...- CE List - CE Connect - CE IP - CE]]></description></item><item><title>Don&apos;t miss Atlas</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/dont_miss_atlas.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/dont_miss_atlas.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dont%5Fmiss%5Fatlas</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've been hearing a ton about AJAX and other methods for getting very responsive UI's in Web Pages lately.  I was glad, therefore, to see that Microsoft is already &quot;on the case&quot; for including this kind of stuff in ASP.NET 3.0.]]></description></item><item><title>Blog your way to the PDC</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/blog_your_way_to_the_pdc.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/blog_your_way_to_the_pdc.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 02:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blog%5Fyour%5Fway%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fpdc</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The folks at Microsoft have created a way to get a free pass and airfare for the upcoming PDC conference.  Click this icon for more information...  Also, since we're hoping to have SYS-CON TV at the PDC, here is my attempt at winning the contest --]]></description></item><item><title>Mocking VB is Cool!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/mocking_vb_is_cool.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/mocking_vb_is_cool.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mocking%5Fvb%5Fis%5Fcool</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As a former VB programmer, I can be forgiven for laughing at this.  And, indeed, I will.]]></description></item><item><title>XML is Over-Hyped</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/xml_is_overhyped.htm</guid><link>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/xml_is_overhyped.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://derek.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=xml%5Fis%5Foverhyped</comments><dc:creator>Derek Ferguson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, this week, I had my first substantial interaction with Excel 2003's much-touted XML functionality.  In the past, I've tended to be rather unimpressed by products' claims to &quot;fully support XML&quot; or to be &quot;fully XML compliant.&quot;]]></description></item></channel></rss>