Friday, December 15, 2006 - Posts

Out of Canada...

I'm on the way back to Farmville from Guelph this morning - with mixed emotions.

It will be great to see Christy, Stevie Ray, and Emma when I get home! I always miss them when I'm on the road.

But I also met some good people in Guelph. They were simply awesome to work with (and for). I believe I made some new friends.

It's always good to be able to "geek out" with people doing cool work. I'm very fortunate in that most of the people I work with (and for) are doing cool work. I love this job!

But it's even more cool when I have time to geek out over a couple pints at a good local pub before hitting the road - even if someone had to twist my arm. ;)

:{> Andy

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posted Friday, December 15, 2006 12:19 PM by admin with 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2005 SP1

Microsoft announces the release of Visual Studio 2005 SP1.

According to the MSDN website for the service pack:

... issues addressed range in severity from places where the syntax coloring was incorrect to customer reported crashes in various scenarios. In some areas, more than 50% of the bugs addressed were reported by customers through the MSDN Product Feedback Center and Microsoft Connect.

Sounds like Microsoft is trying to encourage users to utilize the MSDN Product Feedback Center and Microsoft Connect. ;) I don't blame them - it's not difficult to report a bug or request an enhancement using these engines.

The site lists the following among some 70 improvements for common development scenarios including:

  • New processor support (e.g., Core Duo) for code generation and profiling
  • Performance and scale improvements in Team Foundation Server
  • Team Foundation Server integration with Excel 2007 and Project 2007
  • Tool support for occasionally connected devices and SQL Server Compact Edition
  • Additional support for project file based Web applications
  • Windows Embedded 6.0 platform and tools support

There are SP1 editions for:

  • Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
  • Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
  • Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions
  • Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista Beta

It's nice to see support here for the Express editions and Vista Beta - good job VS Team!

:{> Andy

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posted Friday, December 15, 2006 12:06 PM by admin with 0 Comments