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Author: ronpih Date: 07/11/2007
CAST 2007 Day 1
It's late and I've got to get up early tomorrow but first a few words about day 1 of CAST 2007. Nice...
Author: ronpih Date: 07/10/2007
CAST 2007 Starts Tomorrow
I haven't been to a software testing conference in a long time (I think it was PNSQC three years...
Author: ronpih Date: 07/09/2007
Jonathan Kohl on Test Driven Development
Today I read a nice series of articles by Jonathan Kohl on Test Driven Development from a...
Author: ronpih Date: 07/05/2007
Unit Testing Framework?
My new team at work is at the point where we need to pick a unit testing framework. So far, we think...
Author: ronpih Date: 06/14/2007
Emotions and Oracles (Michael Bolton)
Nice.
Author: ronpih Date: 06/04/2007
Happy About Global Software Test Automation
A software testing book with a quote from Steve Wozniak on the cover? From the quote it doesn't...
Author: ronpih Date: 06/01/2007
Testing at Microsoft - The SDET position
The fact that Microsoft now has an MSDN forum focused on software testing has got me thinking more...
Author: ronpih Date: 05/28/2007
Visual C++ Development Manager
Today I went back to visit my old team, the Visual C++ product unit. When I was over there I found...
Author: ronpih Date: 05/25/2007
New Job, New MSDN Forum
Totally unrelated. First, I have a new job. About 2 weeks ago I moved from the VC++ team to a group...
Author: ronpih Date: 05/17/2007
VC++ Roundup
Lots of VC++ happening recently (in no particular order): ATL Server is now shared source Marina...
Author: ronpih Date: 03/02/2007
Nikola on Channel9
Hey, Nikola's on Channel9!
Author: ronpih Date: 02/22/2007
New VCBlog Post
Ann Zhou posts about the effort to improve code coverage in the latest VCBlog post:...
Author: ronpih Date: 02/04/2007
Back From Vacation
A belated Happy New Year to everyone. I'm finally back from vacation. Catching up: VCBlog:A couple...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/20/2007
Online from Thailand
I'm writing this post from the 3rd floor of a condo building in Bangkok Thailand. I am on vacation...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/22/2006
And not only that....
I see Dean Wills' new C++/CLI book is also available:...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/06/2006
New C++/CLI Book Released
My friend Gordon has written a book on C++/CLI and I see that it is now available on Amazon.com:...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/06/2006
More VCBlog Goodness...
A couple of new posts have appeared on https://vcblog: Bruce Forstall talks about Gauntlet, an...
Author: ronpih Date: 11/19/2006
Bruno Van Dooren Blogging From TechEd Barcelona
Nice series of posts from TechEd Barcelona (including reviews of some VC++ sessions):...
Author: ronpih Date: 11/12/2006
New Version of the Microsoft PE/COFF Spec
I knew we were working during Whidbey to get the PE/COFF spec updated (the previously available...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/28/2006
New VCBlog post: Andy Rich on Conformance Testing and Breaking Changes
https://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2006/10/24/conformance-testing-and-breaking-changes.aspx Andy...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/28/2006
23.5 Rules of Thumb for Software Development
Here's a series of videocasts (is that a word) that make up Jim McCarthy's classic talk on 23.5...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/27/2006
Soma on Channel 9
I haven't watched it yet but our VP has a video up on Channel9. I'll be checking it out tonight.
Author: ronpih Date: 10/24/2006
Tonight's NWCPP Meeting: Kevin Frei on The Cost of C++ Exception Handling on Windows
Wow. This event will probably be over by the time you read this but I just heard that Kevin Frei is...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/18/2006
Kenny Kerr on Longhorn Server Core
Another great post in Kenny Kerr's series, Vista for Deveolopers: Getting Started With Server Core...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/17/2006
SteveTei on VC++ Strategy
Steve Teixeira (Current Group Program Manager for VC++) has a nice series of posts (here, here, and...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/16/2006
New ATL Book...
Well, actually the 2nd edition of an Old ATL Book:...
Author: ronpih Date: 09/16/2006
More C++ Channel 9 Goodness...
Longtime VC developer Shankar Vaidyanathan.
Author: ronpih Date: 08/04/2006
Free MSDN Magazine Subscriptions for MSDN Premium Subscribers!
And the message went forth from Stephen Toub saying: "Many are the number of those eligible for a...
Author: ronpih Date: 07/26/2006
Another Channel 9 Appearence by the VC Team
This time, it's Boris Jabes from the IDE team:...
Author: ronpih Date: 07/08/2006
Kenny Kerr
I'm noticing a lot of good C++ (and other) articles from Kenny Kerr lately. Here's a link to the...
Author: ronpih Date: 06/13/2006
C++ On Channel 9
There has been a recent spate of Channel9 videos from VC++ team members: Louis Lafreniere on the VC...
Author: ronpih Date: 05/11/2006
.NET C++ Interop Webcast
https://www.heege.net/webcasts/ExtendingCPlusPlusCodeWithDotNETFeatures/default.html
Author: ronpih Date: 02/09/2006
VC++ 2005 Intellisense
Nice article on VC++ 2005 Intellisense on MSDN...
Author: ronpih Date: 02/09/2006
C++/CLI Books
In the comments to my previous post, Kris mentions: I remember reading somewhere that there will be...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/29/2006
Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 2.0 Platform
In the comments to a previous post, tzagotta says: One thing that has frustrated me is the lack of...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/28/2006
Anonymous Comments
...are now enabled on my blog. I hadn't changed the comment settings from the default and the...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/22/2006
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
A few posts ago, I asked for recommendations of MFC books. I didn't get any responses, which tells...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/21/2006
My New Computer
In my continuing quest to own the coolest, smallest laptop I purchased a new Fujitsu P1510D...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/14/2006
Robert Fripp to do Windows Vista Sound??!!
I haven't visited Don Box's weblog site in a while but I just happened by yesterday and found this...
Author: ronpih Date: 01/07/2006
MFC Books?
Being new to the VC++ Programming Model space I'm looking for some pointers to resources (books,...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/28/2005
OT: From the Email Box
I received this email in response from Stu to my recent post on Kate Gregory: Hi,Slightly off topic,...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/28/2005
Kate Gregory
I'm happy that there is at least one Regional Director that is fighting the good fight for Visual...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/26/2005
Programming Model Bloggers - Latest Updates
I have been updating my list of Programming Model bloggers (There may be more. I'm not sure who-all...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/24/2005
Happy Holidays
Today's my last day at work for the year. I gotta take some "use 'em or lose 'em" vacation days. I'm...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/22/2005
Changes
With the end of a long product cycle come inevitable changes. In my case, the change involves moving...
Author: ronpih Date: 12/20/2005
Another New VC Blogger
Mohamed has just started his weblog. I'm excited that he started blogging since he is one of the...
Author: ronpih Date: 09/20/2005
Long Time No Blog
Wow, has it really been almost a year since I posted? I guess time flies when you're having fun. So,...
Author: ronpih Date: 09/06/2005
Testing with Virtual Server 2005
Sometimes you don't know how cool a product is until you use it yourself. I'd always heard folks...
Author: ronpih Date: 10/09/2004