Patterns Practices

In this episode of geekSpeak, Steven Borg shares the merits of using Team Build 2008 to radically improve the quality of the code you write. Steven gives a great overview of how to set up automated builds and a build server, and the benefits of investing the time to do it right. Steven also…

I was able to visit Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta to see an old friend, Don Browning, and we were lucky enough to bring along Peter Provost to talk about agile methodologies, processes, and tools. 

This geekSpeak features Paulo Morgado (all the way from Portugal!) guiding us through some demonstrations of the Web Client Software Factory in action. About our Guest Paulo Morgado works at Espí­rito Santo Informá¡tica, ACE as a developer and software architect. He has a bachelor's degree…

Recently I spoke to a group of architects in Israel about their experiences using the Composite UI Application Block (part of the Smart Client Software Factory).  It was an honest and open look at the value of composite applications and this very powerful application block.

Recently I spoke to a group of architects in Israel about their experiences using the Composite UI Application Block (part of the Smart Client Software Factory).  It was an honest and open look at the value of composite applications and this very powerful application block.

This was easily one of the most enjoyable interviews I've gotten to conduct since arriving at Channel 9. I had been wanting to interview Peter Provost for some time, and finally got the chance a few days ago. He brought a friend of his along, Edward Jezierski, and we chatted about how the…

In the past year I finally purchased a Smart Phone. Now I have to say that on my previous mobile phones you could access the web but the screen was so small that I never really wanted to do it. But my new phone is a Palm Treo 700W which runs Windows Mobile 5 and is actually quite useful. I use…

The Microsoft Patterns and Practices team recently renovated their development lab in order to better support their Agile development methodologies. Movable walls you can write on and “escape pods” are just a couple of the featured additions. Join C9 special correspondant Brian Keller and Patterns…