Oracle just released Oracle SQL Developer, formally known as project raptor. This free database managment / development tool is a great compliment to the free Oracle XE database.
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Oracle] [Free] [SQL] [Database]
I've been a fan of VMWare for a long time now. It is a much more robust Virtual Machine solution then Virtual PC, which was recently purchased by Microsoft. In a move no doubt to compete with Microsoft's marketing behind Virtual PC, VMWare now offers a free VMWare player and a free VMWare server. Neither of those offer the robust rollback functionality of VMWare Workstation (which allows incredible forking and cloning.)
VMWare now has the Virtual Machine Technology Network (VMTN) which contains a number of pre-built, ready to run Virtual Appliances. These are a great resource. You can simply download one of the free VM Soltiuons above, and then download an appliance, insert the appliance into the VM Solution and you are up and running. Don't worry about how hard it is to install and configure Oracle Database 10g, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or BEA WebLogic Platform, they have done all the hard work for you.
In addition to the free VM solutions from VMWare, and the multiple forking and cloning roll back support, they also offer much more configuration of the hardware, better support for more operating systems, and higher performance, they also offer a built in screen capture solution similar to Camtasia.
Subject Tags: [VMWare] [Software] [Virtualization] [Appliances]
Robert Scoble is the other author of Naked Conversations. He linked to me when I posted about PDC, and then I met him at PDC 2005. I look forward to meeting Shel. Maybe I will get him to autograph my book. For some reason I am really into autographed books.
Cory just did a count of the prizes so far. There are over 150 of them. The minium value of these are $20, with most of them around $100, and some worth as much as $10K each. Plus everyone gets a free lunch from Tree Top Tech and an EasySearchASP.NET license.
Pretty good for a FREE admission. Did we mention we also have over 30 code intensive sessions from trainers across the northwest? And you get access to any code that is shown.
Forget playing the lottery, you are a guaranteed winner at the Boise Code Camp. Be sure to register and show up on March 18th!
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Idaho] [Boise] [Prize] [Free]
The code camp is put on by the local developer community for other developers. There will be local presenters and some from outside the area as well.
Be sure to register so we know to expect you.
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Boise] [Idaho] [Code Camp]
Oops, I dropped the ball. Jake sent me some links after his Ajax presentation and I forgot to post them. Sorry.
Ajax example applications:
Mike Hedman also sent me this link:
MagicAjax.NET is a free open-source framework, designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to integrate AJAX technology into their web pages, without replacing the ASP.NET controls and/or writing tons of javascript code.Another .NET framework that Chris Brandsma pointed out:
Anthem.NET is a free, cross-browser AJAX toolkit for the ASP.NET development environment that works with both ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0.
Chris has actually used it and says "it is VERY simple to use and has good examples."
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Web 2.0] [AJAX] [Frameworks]
The purpose of defined processes is to take common sense and make it common knowledge, and to take common knowledge and to make it common practice.
-Jim Hook, Oregon Graduate Institute
. . . with the goal to deliver products and services that attract and retain customers, so "we" can remain in business and do no harm.
-Judy Bamberger, Process Solutions
[Read more from Judy Bamberger.]
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Process] [Process Management] [Quote]
Last month we looked at AJAX. Well it looks like AJAX is old news. Now everybody is focusing on Mashups. What is a Mashup? It is a combination of AJAX, RSS, WS-XML, ATOM, etc. into a single application. So technically, since a Mashup can include AJAX then it is still hot and new.
Mashups also figure into the whole Web 2.0 thing you keep hearing reference too. Don't worry, I am not too clear on what it is either. Instead of me trying to explain it I'll let you look to Wikipedia or O'Reilly. Or you can take a look at the top 10 Web 2.0 applications and see what they all have in common.
Anyway, if you want to see a nice index of Mashups you can check out the The Programmable Web. I guess you could say it is a Mashup of Mashups, or maybe it is just a Web 2.0 AJAX application that links to Mashups. I'll let you decide.
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Web 2.0] [AJAX] [Mashups]
Just in case the fact that February is a short month let the next meeting sneak up on you too (or if you still get 2005 and 2006 confused like I do), I thought I would send a reminder out that tomorrow, Thursday, March 2nd, at 7 PM is the next meeting for BSDG.
I will be revisiting the Monad / MSH demo that I was unable to complete last time because of an incompatibility in .NET versions. For those who do not know, Monad is Microsoft's answer to all those wonderful Unix/Linux shells. I stopped in the Monad session at PDC almost by accident, and I was blown away. It is very, very cool. If you've ever wished your command line could be a little bit more powerful, then this is for you.
Also, be sure to mark your calendars for Boise Code Camp v1.0. March 18th is the date, and University of Phoenix in Meridian is the place. We have a great line up of speakers, sessions and door prizes that you won't want to miss out on. This free event is sure to be one we will all remember.
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Meeting] [Microsoft] [Monad] [Scripting] [MSH]
