WCF Ships, Doug Purdy Dances, and Don Box Sings | Rory

DuNuNuBatman

Rofl, that was pretty funny...

I think you guys should make a mac bag quilt Wink

staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...

Glad to see yall having fun. Congrats on shipping!
Next time, may just need Don and Doug and lock the door Smiley

Not sure my mom or any non-programming can use WF however (and I am not sure you can sell it that way with a straight face). It is a bit like SQLReporting in that regard. Lots of power and nice gui features, but for anything beyond "hello world", you still need to understand what is going on behind the covers and it has its own learned-art to it (i.e. getting data in and out of WF with events, etc). I do love the direction however and plan on digging in a lot more with the RTM bits.

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

Rory, do you have any idea how many people have touched that bag before, without washing their hands?

Rory
Free Tibet While Supplies Last

staceyw wrote:
Glad to see yall having fun. Congrats on shipping!
Next time, may just need Don and Doug and lock the door

Yeah. Things got pretty crazy. I couldn't figure it out, you know? I've never shipped anything (aside from LOB apps, and you don't get fun launch parties and such for that kind of work (at least I didn't)).

staceyw wrote:

Not sure my mom or any non-programming can use WF however (and I am not sure you can sell it that way with a straight face). It is a bit like SQLReporting in that regard. Lots of power and nice gui features, but for anything beyond "hello world", you still need to understand what is going on behind the covers and it has its own learned-art to it (i.e. getting data in and out of WF with events, etc). I do love the direction however and plan on digging in a lot more with the RTM bits.

I don't know, either, as I didn't really get much of an interview. I initially went down there to talk tech, but realized a little ways in that they were in Party Mode and weren't going to talk shop (I think that's the way it should be, too - having just shipped a couple products, a bit of Party Mode is very important).

I'll head back sometime in the next couple months to get a real interview rather than a National Geographic style documentary on developers in the wild after shipping Smiley

Rory
Free Tibet While Supplies Last

TommyCarlier wrote:
Rory, do you have any idea how many people have touched that bag before, without washing their hands?

No, and I'd like to keep it that way.

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

TommyCarlier wrote:
Rory, do you have any idea how many people have touched that bag before, without washing their hands?

But then as Rory's already explained it's not a logical thing (even if it has its own logic...like magical thinking)...otherwise think of the fact that with every breath you're inhaling bits of past generations of human beings, of which there are many, not to mention all the furry, scaley and squishy things that accompanied and preceded them...Or let's not.

I think some obsessive traits in the ol' personality are almost a job requirement in our line of work...when you look at the extreme fiddliness of programming, can you imagine any of those normal upright citizens who go about their business in blissful ignorance of the electronic chaos that threatens their tiny lives on all sides...sorry, what was I saying again?...Oh yeah...when you think of the things we have to pay attention to, can you imagine anyone totally normal actually having the patience?

Great video by the way.

sc00ter
Always in motion the future is..

Rory wrote:
I'll head back sometime in the next couple months to get a real interview rather than a National Geographic style documentary on developers in the wild after shipping

My god, NO! Hehe. "Next couple of months"? Oh boy. Why wait so long? WCF is exciting stuff. Its no wonder why they are all happy and wanting to party. They've worked long and hard at this and they deserve a lil break.

I haven't seen the whole video yet as its still downloading, I've only seen up to where what the "W" and the "C" and the "F" means to someone. Speeds are slow tonight Sad

Usually I can start the download on my linux box and start up WMP and not have to worry about it stopping cause its out of stream. its putzing along at 60-80BK/sec.

Anyways, yes, do more videos on WCF and stuff like that, demos on how to use WCF. I Love these Don Box vids, they always seem to have "fun" in the overall theme of them. Seems like a great guy to work for.

I saw a vid once, don't know where, but they were talking about WCF and reliable communication. They showed communication without reliable communication, and with. The results were like night and day. If anyone knows what I am talking about please post the link to it? Smiley

raymond

Rory wrote:
Yeah. Things got pretty crazy. I couldn't figure it out, you know? I've never shipped anything (aside from LOB apps, and you don't get fun launch parties and such for that kind of work (at least I didn't)).

Rory,

You ship videos!

If you are agile, you should be shipping one per day.

I hope you do not have a Mac attack! Wink

jsampsonPC
SampsonBlog.com SampsonVideos.com

Holy crap man...this is chaotic - I love it.

On a serious note:

This workflow thing looks neat, if you restrict yourself to simply procedural development...but that isn't really agile. Does WF have a way to do OOP? Building custom classes, etc...