Brad Abrams
Design Guidelines, Managed code and the .NET Framework
Squeet on Atlas...
The Squeet folks are blogging about their usage of Atlas. I can’t wait to see many many more!
Author: BradA Date: 02/17/2006
Framework Design Guidelines review and thank you Belgium
David Hayden (a C# MVP) recently posted a good review of the FDG. Here is one notable comments:...
Author: BradA Date: 02/10/2006
A Persnickety Developer reviews the Framework Design Guidelines
I recently ran across this review for the Framework Design Guidelines. A couple of interesting...
Author: BradA Date: 02/08/2006
BradA on .NET Rocks (a little belated)
I am fairly late in noting that the spot that Joel Pobar and I did a while back on .NET Rocks was...
Author: BradA Date: 02/07/2006
.NE Framework Posters in the VS2005
I haven’t heard much feedback on the .NET Framework poster in the VS 2005 box. Kit George (from...
Author: BradA Date: 02/06/2006
PM Tip #57: Write the agenda on the board
Update: See the full list of PM Tips. One could write a whole set of books on how to have (or not...
Author: BradA Date: 02/03/2006
Book Plug: Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0 : Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET
As I am coming up to speed on my new role, I have found out about the great work the teams have...
Author: BradA Date: 02/02/2006
eWeek on ASP.NET's Atlas project
Darryl K. Taft from eWeek does a good article on Atlas. This highlights what I think is the core...
Author: BradA Date: 02/01/2006
Books for new managers...
As part of building a new team, I am spending sometime thinking about what makes a good manager......
Author: BradA Date: 01/31/2006
Book Plug: Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management
Stefan Schackow a PM on my new team recently published at great book on the applications services...
Author: BradA Date: 01/30/2006
The Register review of the Framework Design Guidelines
The Register does a review of the Framework Design Guidelines... Other than a crack about the title...
Author: BradA Date: 01/30/2006
PM Tip #73: The "Be More Visible" Sham
Update: See the full list of PM Tips. One common message PMs get from their managers is to “be more...
Author: BradA Date: 01/28/2006
The Mix fun starts: Atlas for Designers
I sat down with some folks from the Live Local team and the Atlas team to talk about the session at...
Author: BradA Date: 01/26/2006
Framework Design Guidelines Finalist for Jolt Awards
I just heard that the Framework Design Guidelines is a Jolt Award finalist... The rest of the...
Author: BradA Date: 01/21/2006
A new Opportunity for me...
As many of you know after you ship a major release there is inevitably a re-org as the teams get in...
Author: BradA Date: 01/19/2006
Is Windows XP SP2 required for .NET Framework 2.0?
Recently a customer asked me if XP SP2 is a required preq for .NET Framework 2.0... Here is the...
Author: BradA Date: 01/16/2006
Where to find ISV-style C# experience
I had an opportunity recently to chat briefly to Eric Hahn (of Netscape and Lookout fame) about his...
Author: BradA Date: 01/14/2006
MSDN Mag weighs in on the Framework Design Guidelines book
Scott Mitchell's did a review of the Framework Design Guidelines in his MSDN- ToolBox Column... My...
Author: BradA Date: 01/11/2006
A slacker review of the Framework Design Guidelines
https://www.dotnetslackers.com/ has a good review of the Framework Design Guidelines Book Review:...
Author: BradA Date: 01/10/2006
Review for SLAR vol2
The .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2 gets a well thought out review...
Author: BradA Date: 01/05/2006
My Top 10 Blog posts of 2005
Well, it is that time of year for “Top 10 of 2005”. Thanks to some help from a fellow MSFT blogger I...
Author: BradA Date: 01/04/2006
You gotta love the little things in .NET Framework 2.0: File.ReadAllLines()
I was recently reviewing some samples and I ran across one that made me really appreciate the work...
Author: BradA Date: 12/27/2005
Novice tip for doing Ajax development
I spent a little time over the holiday break experimenting with Ajax development specifically with...
Author: BradA Date: 12/26/2005
Program Manager Wisdom #78: Reveal your stupidity
I have been doing a little thinking recently about how to be a good Program manager. What skills,...
Author: BradA Date: 12/17/2005
Some thoughts on concurrency
Joe recently published some thoughts on concurrency in the CLR… this is still early thinking kind of...
Author: BradA Date: 12/14/2005
Framework Design Guidelines: The right number of exceptions
A reader asks me about a salutation where they are catching a SoapException and wrapping it with...
Author: BradA Date: 12/11/2005
try{}catch{} changes in .NET Framework 2.0
David did a little digging and came up with the good write up… take a look!...
Author: BradA Date: 12/06/2005
Framework Design Guidelines on Names of Generic Type Parameters
Framework Design Guidelines on Names of Generic Type Parameters Continuing in the series of...
Author: BradA Date: 12/02/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.Globalization.CultureInfo
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 11/23/2005
Some great new CLR stuff on MSDN-TV
Enjoy! Favorite v2.0 Features in the Base Class Libraries Kit George and Ari Weinstein show some of...
Author: BradA Date: 11/22/2005
Peanut butter and software planning
One of the reasons planning software projects is so much fun is that there are tons of inputs…...
Author: BradA Date: 11/21/2005
WinFX Nov CTP for use with VS2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 RTM
At long last we have a WinFX build to release that works great with “Whidbey” RTM. Here is the...
Author: BradA Date: 11/18/2005
Framework Design Guidelines Class name prefixes
Continuing in the series of discussing topics from the Framework Design Guidelines… DO NOT give...
Author: BradA Date: 11/18/2005
API design hall of shame...
Here is a new one for the API design Hall of Shame…. It has been in the .NET Framework from V1.0...
Author: BradA Date: 11/17/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 11/16/2005
from Features to Value Proposition
One thing I love about software is that there are very few limits to what you can do. Basically if...
Author: BradA Date: 11/15/2005
Breaking Changes between .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0
I just saw some mail internally where folks were looking for a list of the breaking changes between...
Author: BradA Date: 11/14/2005
PowerCollections for V2.0 RTM
Peter just posted a version of the Power Collections for V2.0. I’d love to hear your feedback on...
Author: BradA Date: 11/14/2005
Errata for the Framework Design Guidelines
We are finalizing plans to do a 2nd printing of the Framework Design Guidelines (thanks for those of...
Author: BradA Date: 11/12/2005
Framework Design Guidelines Names of Namespaces
Continuing in the series of discussing topics from the Framework Design Guidelines… Expert from 3.3...
Author: BradA Date: 11/12/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.Runtime.CompilerServices. DecimalConstantAttribute
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 11/09/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.Reflection.BindingFlags
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 11/09/2005
Expanded market for the Framework Design Guidelines...
We never really considered the canine market when we wrote the book, but good to know they are...
Author: BradA Date: 11/08/2005
Only for the CLR Geeks
For those true CLR geeks --- you will love this MSDN TV spot with Joe and Joel talking about CLR...
Author: BradA Date: 11/04/2005
Framework Design Guidelines: Word Choice
Continuing in the series of discussing topics from the Framework Design Guidelines… Expert from...
Author: BradA Date: 11/04/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.BadImageFormatException
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 11/02/2005
TV over the internet -- not yet...
A was really excited to see Apple would host some ABC TV shows on iTunes. Clearly the has to be the...
Author: BradA Date: 10/29/2005
Framework Design Guidelines: Case Sensitivity
Continuing in the series of discussing topics from the Framework Design Guidelines… Expert from...
Author: BradA Date: 10/28/2005
DavidTr's interview on DotNet Rocks
Ok, Ok, I am a little behind. But I recently finished listening to David Treadwell’s interview with...
Author: BradA Date: 10/27/2005
The SLAR (vol2) on System.Net.Authorization
Continuing in the series sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library...
Author: BradA Date: 10/26/2005