db4o, The Basics
With this post I start a little series about db4o, an object database. Why? Because I think object databases are a quite unknown technology. Normally when developers talk about databases…
Read moreYouTrack Beta
Jetbrains has released the first beta of their new bug-tracker, YouTrack (previously code-named Charisma). I’ve used the EAP before and I liked it. YouTrack doesn’t focus on having thousands of…
Read moreTalks: User-Interface, Multi-Core etc
Again some talks on the net I can recommend. Aza Raskin talks about how make user interface (and websites) better by reducing unnecessary interaction: Don’t Make Me Click. Amdahl’s Law…
Read moreArg…apache.org down, Java on 1000 Cores
I just wanted to download some libs and tools from apache.org this morning. However the site is down, due a compromised SSH Key. =( Meanwhile you could watch this geeky-talk…
Read moreBrian Beckman and Erik Meijer: Reactive Framework
This wonderful talk with Erik Meijer and Brian Beckman about reactive programming was published recently on channel 9. It starts of with simple and familiar things, the IEnumerable-Interface (or Iterable…
Read moreHiro, the World’s Fastest IOC Container
The creator of the LinFu-library is working on the ‘world’s fastest IOC container’, called Hiro. Basically Hiro reads once the configuration and then it compiles everything to a fixed, immutable…
Read moreDepoy a ClickOnce-App from a Build-Server
ClickOnce (Wikipedia, MSDN) is an easy way to deploy and update your .NET-application. Its also easy to set it up in Visual Studio and run it from there. It increments…
Read moreMocks for internal interfaces
Maybe you’ve already seen an exception like this: Castle.DynamicProxy.Generators.GeneratorException: Type is not public, so a proxy cannot be generated. Type: SpielWiese.IReportSender …stack-trace… at SpielWiese.TestSomething.ExpectReportsSend() in Program.cs: line 64 What I’ve…
Read moreLang.NET Symposium 2009
The videos of the Lang.NET are online. Again wonderful geeky talks about programming-languages and other programming-related stuff: http://www.langnetsymposium.com/2009/talks.aspx One of the best talks is again from Erik Meijer. He explains…
Read moreRuby Mine 1.0 Released
JetBrains has release their first version of Ruby Mine 1.0, a Ruby-IDE. But its is clearly based on IntelliJ Idea. They have removed all Java related plugins and extended the…
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