Chris Flaat's WebLog
Discussion of software processes and MSFT developer technologies.
Software patents
Greetings, all! It looks like the Europeans came to their senses and rejected American-style...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 09/10/2003
More on configurations
Greetings, all! In my entry about devenv /build, a reader named Toby mentions the pain of...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 09/05/2003
Software: Engineering or Craft?
Software is such an interesting field. We can’t figure out whether it’s a craft or an...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/26/2003
Building from the command line: devenv /build
Greetings, dear readers! Today I want to talk about using devenv.exe to build a solution or...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/19/2003
Solution configurations & project configurations
Greetings, dear readers! Today I want to talk about solution configurations and project...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/14/2003
Lean Software Development
Greetings, all! In my recent software process readings, I came upon a great book. It all...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/12/2003
I exist!!!
So, the July stats for the GotDotNet blog pages came out, and I actually showed up with a...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/07/2003
The Mythical Man-Month: So true it hurts
Greetings dear readers - I have been devoting some time to matters of how to better manage a...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 08/07/2003
Sneak peek at Whidbey
There's a news report about what MSFT disclosed at the VS Live! event. See the link for info...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/30/2003
New VSIP program rollout
There's now free registration at the VSIP site to become a VSIP ("Visual Studio...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/29/2003
Easter Eggs & Credit Screens: good or bad?
Greetings, all. So...I was re-reading (well, actually re-skimming) Pete McBreen's book...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/25/2003
Watson addendum
A reader named Martin makes a good point made about my earlier weblog entry about Watson crashes;...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/24/2003
Watson's revenge
My dear readers, I have a terrible admission to make. But it's time to come clean with...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/24/2003
More thoughts on handling untrusted solutions/projects
A reader named Uri commented on my July 15th entry about safe handling of untrusted solutions &...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/21/2003
Don't take code (or solutions or projects) from strangers
Greetings, my dear readers. I wanted to offer some suggestions about how VS users can...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/15/2003
Saving files with different encodings & line endings
Now, this feature could be described as more of a text editor feature than a project feature, and...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/11/2003
Category Consciousness
So, someone here at MS who was more blog-savvy than me pointed out that I wasn't using categories,...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/11/2003
Reflections from airborne reading
There are generally two kinds of books. Those that you read once and seldom return to, and...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/09/2003
Open With (or, another great hidden feature revealed)
Well, I'm back. Had a great time in Minnesota, but alas, all good vacations must come to an...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 07/09/2003
Adding linked items to projects
One little tip before I leave town. A very useful but well-hidden feature is that of "linked...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 06/27/2003
Introduction
Not long ago I had a question about some accessories for my telescope. I called up Tele...
Author: Chris Flaat, MSFT Date: 06/27/2003