Ron Jacobs
Windows Workflow Foundation
Doing Better with Less
All across the world things are slowing down. In many places they have come to a dead...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/12/2009
Windows 7 Beta 1 Installation Tip
I've been running Windows 7 on my work laptop for a couple of months now with good results. ...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/11/2009
Mocking the TableGateway pattern
I've been writing some new Hands On Labs for the WCF REST Starter Kit and as I mentioned previously...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/08/2009
ADO.NET Entity Framework Hands On Lab
Wow - I just completed the ADO.NET Entity Framework lab and this was really a useful introduction to...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/07/2009
.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit and Getting it working with SQL 2008
Today as a part of my learning resolution I decided to run through the hands on labs for ADO.NET...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/07/2009
My Tech New Years Resolution
Don't you love new beginnings? At the beginning of a year it seems anything is possible. ...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/07/2009
New WCF REST Hands On Lab Drop
Just released the November 2008 version of the WCF REST Starter Kit Hands On Lab. This drop...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/21/2008
Testing RESTful Services and Win7 Updates
I've been writing some tests for a new hands on lab based on the REST Collection template from the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/21/2008
Ready to learn more about REST with WCF?
Now that the WCF REST Starter Kit is out I'm happy to say that we have provided some great resources...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/10/2008
WorkflowServices and Context Binding
While preparing for one of my Tech-Ed EMEA talks (SOA303 - Long Running Conversations in Workflow...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/07/2008
Windows 7 - Day 7
I'm now 1 week into my Windows 7 adventure. I've had a few crashes here and there but far less...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/07/2008
Windows 7 - Day 3
So far I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised at the speed and stability of Windows...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/03/2008
More Video on the WCF REST Starter Kit
I recently recorded some video podcasts for the OnMicrosoft podcast series. If you want to...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/31/2008
WCF REST Starter Kit
The big day is finally here - the release of the WCF REST Starter Kit. A few months ago when I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/27/2008
Clean that Project
Have you ever noticed that when you tell VS to "Clean" it doesn't really clean? I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/07/2008
Building A Better Sample Application
Lately I've been working with the product teams on building new things that will be revealed at PDC...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/03/2008
Securing AJAX services with ASP.NET Membership
With the increasing amount of AJAX being used these days a lot of people are creating a security...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/18/2008
Unit Testing Activities with Windows Workflow Foundation
The other day somebody asked me about unit testing activities without writing a test workflow. ...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/27/2008
TDD and Windows Workflow Foundation
In the past year I learned a lot about unit testing and TDD in general. After meeting some...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/26/2008
Make your program run as admin on Vista
Whenever I look at sample code I always poke around to find interesting things. I was looking...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/22/2008
The Road to "Oslo"
Have you heard about "Oslo"? This code name applies to a wave of technologies coming...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/20/2008
SOAP and REST a Perspective
To many people when it comes to web services it is SOAP vs. REST. I don't like to think of it...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/03/2008
Why Does my DelayActivity's InitializeTimeoutDuration not work?
The other day I was writing some unit tests for a StateMachine workflow. My StateMachine had a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/31/2008
endpoint.tv - Getting Control of the URI with RESTful WCF Services
RESTFul people want to control the URI of their services. They focus on building a good...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/28/2008
Setting up Workflow Databases for Persistence and Tracking
Let's just say that I'm not a SQL wiz. I like to use SQL Server Management Studio express when...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/23/2008
uR 5UcH 4 n00B
I love playing computer games (probably a little too much). Of course when you first get...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/01/2008
Locking in SqlWorkflowPersistenceService
In my previous post I was thinking about persisted workflows in a server farm and thinking about how...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/27/2008
Putting the "You" in Usability
Have you ever used a product and found it difficult at first? Or maybe I should say, when have...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/26/2008
Help - My Head Is Exploding
At Tech-Ed this year I felt a new vibe from the people I talked to. This feeling has been...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/24/2008
Modeling Change
If you have heard anything about "Oslo" (the codename for the future application platform)...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 05/14/2008
Behavior Change and State
Last post I was thinking about change and how one plans for change in the life of an...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 05/13/2008
Living through "The Change"
Funny how it happens, but things change don't they? Our applications, as perfect as they are...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 05/12/2008
AdventureWorks REST API Version 4 updated for Architect Connections Orlando
I've added support for conditional get in client side code with WCF (this is the only working sample...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/20/2008
Death at the hands of the Demo gods or PowerPoint glitch? You decide....
At Tech-Ed Israel I tried a technique I got from Juval Lowy with PowerPoint for the first...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/20/2008
My first WCF REST Talk at Tech-Ed Israel
How did it go? Well... my demos tanked a couple of times... I had to reboot the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/07/2008
My RESTful Client / Service Sample
I worked right up to the wire here at Tech-Ed Israel. I have to speak in just 2 hours so I'm...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/07/2008
Building and Managing the Magic of Software - My talk in Athens with Bill Gates
Often people ask me "Have you ever met Bill Gates?" Well, the answer is no, I have...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/02/2008
AdventureWorks Security and webHttp endpoint behavior
Yes... these are the two devils that kept getting in my way today. I'm going to tell you...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/01/2008
Why the wait?
I wasn't planning on writing a blog post now but... since Windows Explorer has given me a moment I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/31/2008
WCF Deployment Challenge - Phase II deploy to IIS on local machine
I'm once again comparing the ASMX experience to the WCF experience. In this phase I'm simply...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/28/2008
WCF Deployment Challenge
Join me as once again I tackle the learning curve of WCF with a deployment challenge. Today -...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/27/2008
What I've learned so far about REST with Yahoo Services
Well - I finally finished my Yahoo Services sample. After I poked around on their site a bit...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/11/2008
Implementing the Asynchronous Programming Model
After the fun I had yesterday building my Yahoo Services Search Proxy (see my previous post) today I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/07/2008
Confessions of a RESTful newbie
Over the years various people have asked me what I thought about REST as a style for implementing...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/06/2008
Using the Windows Workflow SynchronizationScopeActivity with the ParallelActivity
I my previous post on the ParallelActivity I mentioned that the execution of activities contained in...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/28/2008
Meet The Parallel Activity
I've been learning a lot about Windows Workflow lately and the main way which I learn is by writing...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/21/2008