Generating testrecords for your unittests

If you are using Visual Studio Database Edition you are able to have VS generate testdata for you. Just what we need to have repeatable testresults.

But how does one execute these so called 'Data Generation Plans' from (unittest)code and from your build server?

You can find the answer here:

http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/thomaswaldron/archive/2008/01/08/kick-off-a-data-generation-plan-programmtically.aspx


Happy testing!

Archive Live (Microsoft Webcasts)

Gevonden op de Microsoft website:

Welcome to "Archive Live", the archive page for MSDN Webclass. We have gathered together the essential elements of our previous webclasses so you can catch up on any you missed or refresh your memory on those you attended. Just scroll through the archives to see which webclasses interest you. Happy learning!

Bron: Microsoft Hong Kong.

"Sharepoint Search" Instructievideo's

Op de volgende website is een op indrukwekkende verzameling van publieke Sharepoint instructievideo's te vinden.

Zie: http://www.english-tiger.com/Training/Default.aspx


De instructievideo's bestaan uit 14 modules:

• Module 1 - IntroductionThis module introduces the full three-day class.



• Module 2 - Enterprise Search OverviewThis module provides some astounding figures as to why organizations require Enterprise Search Solutions! We recommend that you do not skip this module.



• Module 3 - SharePoint Search WalkthroughThis module is more than an overview. It cuts through the marketing hype in an informed, intelligent manner! We recommend that you do not skip this module.



• Module 4 - Search Architecture and DeploymentThis module provides essential insights, discussions, and very deep technical information on architecture and server layouts.



• Module 5 - Crawl and Query ProcessesThis module provides the 'under-the-hood' story about what happens at crawl and indexing time, and follows up with essential information about the query-time processes. This is how Search in SharePoint actually works, regardless of what you see in the user interfaces.



• Module 6 - Relevance RankingIf relevance ranking is perceived to be inaccurate by your users, they will simply stop using your solutions. This module explains in detail how you can tune the relevance ranking subsystem.



• Module 7 - Customizing the End-User ExperienceThis module shows you ALL that can be achieved by customizing Search Center in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, without requiring additional development effort. It is the definitive guide to customizing Search Center.



• Module 8 - Developing Search SolutionsWhere Search Center cannot be customized sufficiently to suit your needs, you might need to develop your own solutions. This module shows you how! Developer topics include the KeywordQuery syntax, the FullTextSQLQuery syntax, the Search object model, the Search Web service, and the Search Administration object module.



• Module 9 - Business Data Catalog SearchThis module shows you how to set up BDC search from scratch. It also highlights some common pitfalls.



• Module 10 - Extensibility and Integration for SearchThis module provides more information about the crawl and indexing process by focusing on iFilters and Protocol Handlers. It also discusses full and incremental crawls, as well as providing guidance around 32-bit/64-bit architecture.



• Module 11 - Search AdministrationThis module provides a comprehensive discussion of search administration.



• Module 12 - Security for SearchThis module covers a variety of topics from search accounts, through Information Rights Management, to crawling Forms-based authenticated sites.



• Module 13 - Performance, Scalability, and Capacity PlanningThis module provides invaluable discussions of indexer requirements, query server requirements, and other scalability approaches. Most importantly, it discusses how you can plan disk space requirements for indexing large corpuses.



• Module 14 - Search OperationsThis module concludes the class by discussing operations and management tasks for enterprise search solutions.

Instructie video's van Microsoft

Hieronder een overzicht van instructievideo's van Microsoft gericht op de beginnende Software Architect.


Transitioning from a developer to an architect

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032338980&culture=en-CA

Are you a developer who would like to learn more about becoming an architect? Or how to get formally recognized as one (since you already wear the design and architecture hat along with the developer one)?. Join Mohammad Akif for the fourth and last part of the series focused on aspiring architects, during this session we will discuss how you can attain the skill set required to be an architect and sell yourself as an architect within your organization and industry. We will also provide a list of resources that you can use to continue the transition from a developer to an architect role.


Architecture 101

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032338971&culture=en-CA

Agenda

• Types of architects
• Role of an architect
• Why become an architect
• When not to become an architcet
• Attributes of an architect
• What an architect is expected to know
• How to ben an effective architect

Omschrijving

Architecture is the balance between art and engineering, it requires a certain mindset and approach to solving problems. Architects often function as a bridge between the business users and development groups and are increasingly being recognized as a critical community within organizations. Becoming an Architect can often translate in to an elevated status from a career stage perspective but it is hard to find prescriptive guidance around how to become an architect. Join Mohammad Akif for the first of a four part series focused on aspiring architects. During the Architecture 101 session we will discuss some key ideas around Architecture and define attributes of an architect.

Software development lifecycle and methodologies

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032338974&culture=en-CA


Over the years the various approaches teams have used to develop software have evolved. Join Dave Remmer in the second of a series focused on aspiring architects where we will discuss the various stages projects go through and sample some of the methodologies used by teams developing software. In this session we will compare and contrast the waterfall, agile, RUP, Scrum and MSF methodologies and how they are used within software projects.



Services orientation and other architectural paradigms

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032338978&culture=en-CA


One of the hottest topics in software architecture is the services oriented approach to building solutions and how this can provide agility, flexibility and reuse. Join Dave Remmer in the third of a series focused on aspiring architects where we will be looking at approaches to architecting software. This session will give an overall description of service orientation and how it differs from object oriented and component based architectures as well as a discussion of some of the organizational challenges teams experience when using a services oriented architecture.