Merry Christmas

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My Technical blogs moved

I have moved my technical posts.. to http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/adelkhalil/ and the personal ones will stay here.

thanks geeks.

WCF Configuration Editor (UI)

I didn't notice this since couple of days ago. So I'm not sure if you guys did. but figure it's worth blogging may help someone to notice.

so this is a graphical editor for the configuration file (ex. app.config) which is help you edit the WCF service configuration section in the configuration file which is include the address and binding.
Just add a configuration file and right click then choose Edit WCF Configuration…
Cheers

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patterns & practices Guidance Explorer

patterns & practices Guidance Explorer is a tool that enables discovery, composition and consumption of high quality development guidance. Guidance Explorer installs with a connection to the patterns & practices guidance library including performance and security topics for .NET, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET applications. The guidance library contains a variety of guidance types including checklists and guidelines covering design, implementation and deployment topics.

You can download the latest version from here.
or you can use the web edition here.

Microsoft image !

The amount of anti-microsoft pages is surprising. i don't know why theres even an entire sites.. that dedicate it self for logging MS flaws.

As a good practis i read earlier.. try searching for the word Evil Empire on google Microsoft will appear in the first page. also you may have a look at http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/evil-empire/
which was tracking every flaws that microsoft had.

Also i have read a post lately on how Microsoft have to fund a open source projects - which is already happend DotNetNuke - to clear it's image.

ounistly saying that Microsoft not enjoing as Google for example enjoing it's cool bran.. even Microsoft trying to do so - having a cool brand name - by releseing Live! brand. but this is not answering why theres many anti-ms around?

the anser in my humble opinion is the media.

first ask any passer what is the weekness of Windows over linux ? he will start telling you how is linux is far more secure than windows.. (i known pepole said that, they never use linux). so how these pepole got this opinion ? baaaam yep MEDIA.
okay heard someone saying they yes got it from media but is truth then check this page US-CERT - United States computer emergancey readiness team
also get this document compering Linus to Windows

Didn'r anyone notic the battery explosion news.. were Sony battaries have been pulled out of the market... these battaries was installed in the most known computer manifactures labtops if not this peopaly cuz the media was busy puplishing flaws of Vista before the release. anyway check this, theres Nine million lithium-ion laptop batteries over the past few months, after ignoring persistent reports that some batteries had overheated so much they burst into flames. how's more newsworthy we are not talking here about security hole that may or may not cuz at the maxinum risk lose of money we are talking here about DEATH RISK.
but with no appearant resone the media didn't act as much as the papers published for a hole discoverd in the testing phase even before the RTM milestone. more news about Sony battaries explosion http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=sony_battery_recall_what_went_wrong&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71652-0.html?tw=wn_technology_3

Marketing firm... don't know how to market

It was a fine whether day… spring tasty I was so excited as today SalesForce.com – http://www.salesforce.com/ is holding a conference in Cairo…I have researched the CRM product for this company few months ago… even that I liked their product but we decided to go for the open source Sugar CRM – http://www.sugarcrm.org/ which was fine and over featured for our simple needs.. back then I was working for zuuMedia – http://www.zuuassist.com/ which is a computer support company based on UK but their technical stuff was in Cairo.

Anyway to describe the even I only need single sentence "The Speaker ruins it for them" he is unprepared he is hesitated … as he mentioned this is the first time for him to speak in front of public gathering.

Not only this but he actually while he is showing us an example of creating some report and save it to a specific category he accessed his own SalesForceCRM – this is the name of their CRM - account and illustrate the example when he receives an error message saying that he have no permission for such operation… that's mean that he never try this example beforehand how come…the example is not questioned by one of audience it was on his presentation. And finally he failed after many trials to accomplish the example illustration.

Anyway was poor performance. Even with his response to some of questioners.. not mentioning how he got cornered when a guy ask him as the customer data will be saved at SalesForce servers how can I trust my data privacy from the power point of US Laws that in many states allow accessing data if the customers are form some regions like Middle east for example.. and he respond with "I hope they didn't do that" .

Technical issues aside it wasn't that bad as I got the chance to catchup with some friends.

Cat Stevens - 1971's Concert

Finally got a copy of the famous concert that help back in 27-11-1971 at the BBC theater ...

I saw that old copy this night and i decided to tell you how this guys is amazing.. Cat Stevens (Yousuf Islam) the 60's singer who wrote and sings many famous songs... Including Wild World, Father and Son, Cat in the cradle, Mrs Robinson, Another Saturday Night and Hard headed women.. if you didn't listen to these songs yet you are missing a lot of London's finest taste ...Cat Stevens/Yuosuf Islam thanks for the music.. and many thanks indeed for all your contribution to the Muslims community.

- Yousuf Islam Official website
- How he come to Islam ?
- Biography & Contribution to the community

Get in, get out help your bro..

It should be a peace of advanced software... that was commenting on what my good friend Ahmed T. says... he decided to develop a peer-2-peer application for his graduation project... and even if the requirement paper didn't ask for much he agreed to push this into a real p2p app.

i suggested that we should leverage the advantages of Indigo (Windows Communication Foundation) we should look for kicking ass XAML developer. as i decided to convince him :) to go for Windows Presentation Foundation as the UI underlying technology .. this software may become the very best p2p app for Vista platform.



if you think you can help us developing the next edonky drop a comment.

OpenConsultant - offecially out

Finally OpenConsultant is released www.OpenConsultant.net.tc ... OC provide a free consultant services for individual .NET developers covering many area of concerns starting from designing supporting Agile programming and small team coding styles such as design on fly and extreme/pair programming also we consult in security issues, connected systems..deployment and much more, also we provide a premium service for enterprise-style software design including web/windows/lunix based application.

FeedFusion - new RSS reader

I've been asked to contribute in the developing process of FeedFusion which is a WinFX RSS application as it was a bright idea to bring some clarity to the plain RSS's by building application that benefit from the WPF graphics engine as it also will be rarely to use a decoupled RSS reader as this capability is already built-in the most commonly used browsers.. i didn't take a decision yet as i will have a meeting Sbirlea Dragos the founder of FeedFusion .

you may check the project and download the source code if you want. from the same address and guys tell me what do you think.

later duds.

Head First: Design Pattern

Great book, completely new way of illustrating the subject which is really benefit from the friendly papers that book enclosed.

The book depends on the famous Gang Of Four - GOF - book which considered to be the godfather of the software design pattern, this book is highly recommended for those who are have solid knowledge in the field of Object-Oriented Design. The examples are written in Java which is sucks - Viva C# ;) - but if you a C# Developer theres nothing to worry about it's almost the same syntax.. only you may skip some sections illustrating some built in Java support for a given pattern

for C# Developer after reading this book you widen you knowledges with how C# can easily kick Java's *beep when you see how many of architecture concepts that Java doesn't support

you may download the book using www.emula-project.com
check the book on Amazon .

my life rating

I was reading a blog which happened that it's owner take this test so i figure what the hell, i'm doin it.... and know what it was funny and somehow realistic, so here's the result

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	5.3
Mind:	6.6
Body:	4.1
Spirit:	7.1
Friends/Family:	2.9
Love:	2.1
Finance:	4.8
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

i know that i'm not in the greatest place in my life... and if you would take this test only month earlier i would have been more likable result but although i didn't expect the result i'm so happy that my spirit is kinda high and that all matters for a new start.. to bring this bars longer.

Long time, no post

Nothing to post so far, very busy writing a marketing application and also proposal for a sales point and inventory system.

hope they accept the proposal and i finish the marketing solution as fast as possible.

cya buddy in a few.

OneWebDay

Check the celebration of the OneWebDay.... www.onewebday.com

Left the Job, Wll signout in couple of days

Hi, fans ; ) ... good news left my semi crappy job today will stay at home for self-studying and improving keeping up-to-date with the new technologies... then will start searching for final career point, no like the old days.. have to find a blow out job and i know am capable of doing that.

cheers

Microsoft's Gang..... rocks !!!

Guys i will leave you with this pictures of Microsoft starting gang ).

Top 10 Reasons to Dump Java for Visual C#

Helloo fellas, happy morning, while i'm riding my mouse wheel ;) i ran into www.CodeProject.com while navigating the Unedited Reader Contributions section lookin for new article i got this one.. and as am a big fan of Microsoft i quickly decided to post the URL here even before i read it. so C# fans enjoy http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/top10javaresons.asp

SQLCLR more than in-process extended procedures

Ahh, finally theres another way to write extended stored procedure without diving into the C++ hell and guess what it runs in-process with SQL Server.

SQLCLR is the result of hosting the .NET Runtime into the SQL Server kernal so you can now write, deploy and run managed code.

imagin the power of leverage the .NET Class Library - you can't accsess all clasess eg. Widowns Forms, GDI+, etc - and the use of rich IDE like Visual Studio 2005.

finally SQLCLE is a great way to write stored procedures, user defind function, triggers and aggregations.

Devreadiness.org get your application into Vista

Hi folks Microsoft recently luanch the web site http://devreadiness.org/ to guide developers to deplopy thier application and convert current ones to run smoothly on Vista check the web place it's still with few content but expected to grow in the incoming weeks.

.NET Framework 3.0 (Formaly WinFX) with Vista ?

Start to look at the new development framework from Microsoft specialy the LinQ features but the question is if the Windows Vista delayed as i expected to the 3rd quarter of 2007 is that mean that Vista will shipped with .NET Freamwork 3.0 pre-installed.

NOT enough

if you need to learn about the MSMQ this book isn't the right choice but it's good as a "getting started" for that topic it discuss only the private queues with poor example.

Syngress C# .NET Web Developer’s Guide

Friend of mine gave me this book "Syngress C# .NET Web Developer’s Guide" i think i gave it a read and how was amazing the three chapters of TCP Programming, .NET Remoting and MSMQ...was gland to found a book talking about Distrubte application... will post full review as soon as i finish.

First post.. log my thoughts

Welcome to my first post... i decided today to use a blogger service after a long time of asking myself do i really need to blog my thoughts the answer not stricly but will have a good time doing this indeed beside will be usefull as i benafit from other guys blogs.