October 2008 - Posts

• Announcing DXperience v2008 vol 3 beta 1– Microsoft’s ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation Tools and Components by DevExpress

  DevExpress technologies for Microsoft Visual Studio help you build your best, reduce the amount of code you write, increase your productivity, and create stunning applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web in the shortest possible time. Los Angeles, Read More... Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:08 PM by msmith | 1 Comments

• Advanced Software Testing, Vol. 1—New from Rocky Nook

  Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst Santa Barbara, CA — Advanced Software Testing, Vol. 1 (Rocky Nook, $49.95 USD) is written for the test analyst who wants to achieve advanced skills in test analysis, design, and Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:19 PM by msmith | 1 Comments

• Kentico Announces Support of Silverlight 2.0 and Windows Live ID

  Los Angeles, CA (October 27, 2008) – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), a Web content management system vendor, has announced at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference that their software now integrates with Silverlight 2.0 and Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:05 PM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Algorithms in a Nutshell--New from O'Reilly

  Using algorithms to solve everyday programming problems and improve performance Sebastopol, CA —Creating robust software requires the use of efficient algorithms, but programmers seldom think about them until a problem occurs. Algorithms in a Nutshell Read More... Posted Friday, October 24, 2008 3:31 PM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Kentico Named Fast 50 Rising Star

  BRNO, Czech Republic (October 17, 2008) – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), a Web content management system vendor, was named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Rising Star, being ranked as the 5 th fastest growing young technology company in Read More... Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 6:39 PM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Be Vista Ready Now: Resize a Partition for Free in Windows Vista

  CHENDU, China, Sept. 23, 2008 –- EASEUS announces the release of its free Partition Manager V. 2.0. As a Partition Magic alternative, it creates, deletes, formats and moves a logical disk to reallocate space and simply complies with the system requirements Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 7:50 AM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Maven: The Definitive Guide--New from O'Reilly

  All you need to know, from ideation to deployment Sebastopol, CA —For too long, developers have worked on disorganized application projects, where every part seemed to have its own build system, and no common repository existed for information about Read More... Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:28 PM by msmith | 0 Comments

• The Art of Capacity Planning--New from O'Reilly

  Measure, deploy, and manage web application infrastructure Sebastopol, CA —Capacity planning has been around since ancient times, with roots in everything from economics to engineering. "In a basic sense, capacity planning is resource management," Read More... Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:32 AM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Murach’s ASP.NET 3.5 Web Programming

  Mike Murach & Associates has just published a 3.5 edition of their best-selling ASP.NET book, now entitled Murach’s ASP.NET 3.5 Web Programming with C# 2008 . As its title implies, this book presents all of the best new ASP.NET 3.5 features Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:34 PM by msmith | 0 Comments

• Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# & VB--New from SitePoint

  The Ultimate ASP.NET Beginner's Guide Sebastopol, CA—SitePoint Pty. Ltd., provider of fun, practical, and easy-to-understand content for web professionals, today announced the release of a third edition to its best selling ASP.NET book, Build Your Own Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:06 PM by msmith | 4 Comments