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2nd Test Driven Development Workshop
Last week's Test Driven Development workshop was just lovely. Although it was "intimate" - only 4 people actually showed up, it allowed for a more face-to-face conversation and attention. The whole idea behind this…
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Add-in contest submission phase is now officially over
The Add-in contest submission phase is now officially over. Over the next few weeks I'll gather up the 20 or so submissions that fit the criteria )those who did't were notified in advance) and put them up on a site.…
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More Israeli Bloggers
While I was gone, a few new Israeli Bloggers have joined the blogsphere: Eliav Gnessin Aelij Arbel Erik Rozman (MVP) Looks like our plot to take over the world is going well, don't you think? ;)
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The Broken - somewhat interesting "hacker" video show
A friend pointed me to http://www.thebroken.org/ . two dudes - doing a video show, and they talk about hacking, social engineering and interview Kevin Mitnick. In episode one the demonstrate how they do WarDriving and…
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2nd Israeli Blogger\Geek Dinner - a success
It's been a while, I know. but I've been busy with stuff that actually *pays* :) The 2nd Ever Geek/Blogger Dinner was a success. In attendence were : Omer Van Kloeten - The diligent young blogger who helped in arranging…
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Community reminders: TDD workshop & Blogger Dinner
3 open seats still left at the TDD workshop I'm holding. know anyone that wants to join? http://dev.magen.com/agile Also - Don't forget: Blogger Dinner this thursday . let me know if your'e coming
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Microsoft Research introduces RSS Feeds, *finally*
The Microsoft research site has been redesigned. Streamlined. I like it. But, that's not what's important here. Guess what these are? News and Headlines Downloads Publications Yep. Subscribed.
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Israeli Geek Dinners have their own site now
GeekDinner.com was already takesn, but still... It gave me the idea to do a Geek Dinner site here. So, I'm proud to host the first Blogger\Geek Dinner over at : http://dev.magen.com/Geeks This should be the site for…
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Reminder: Israeli Blogger\Geek Dinner this thursday evening
This is your friendly reminder: Geek Dinner this thursday, 21:00, Tel Aviv: El-Gaucho (kosher) Sounds ok to you?
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Watch me speak: eXtreme Programming and Agile concepts, at the .Net Architects user group this month
Mark your calendars, folks. Greetings Israeli .NET architect! You are welcome to attend our next meeting to be held on July 5 th . Please note that this is the June meeting and has been postponed due to coordination…
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[Article] Simplified Database Unit testing using Enterprise Services
I was reading Test Driven Development in Microsoft .Net today(great book) - especially the chapter about doing database unit tests, and got this incredible idea in my head. I tested it on my home machine and it worked.…
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Simplified Database Unit testing using Enterprise Services
By Roy Osherove Summary : In this article I’ll show what problems we encounter today when we perform unit tests against database related component, and the various ways used to solve these problems. I’ll also show a new…
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Israelis at Redmond
Looks like I've found another Ex-Israeli-turned-Redmond . I wonder just how many of those reside within Redmond. Why do I look for them? I think it's about Camaraderie in a way, or maybe just to see more proof and know…
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Some GMail tips
I don't normally suggest ways to “cheat” a system, but some people seem to really want some more extra GMail invites to share with stuff that matters to them. So here's the deal: You finally got invited to GMail. You…
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The Regulator featured on MSDN Magazine, and some version updates coming
MSDN Magazine has an article by James Avery called : Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now . I was very flattered to learn that my little adventure into regular expressions, The Regulator , is named in…
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Lots of new Israeli .Net Bloggers around!
Mordy Shahar joins the Israeli .Net Bloggers crowed . Along with Ohad and Avner , he's also working at Magen with me. Keep your eyes open on this one. I hear he has a lot to say. Hey Mordy - not more hiding for you. I…
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It's healthy to be scared of new projects
I think it's healthy to be afraid of new projects. Really. Whenever I get a new assignment, when I just get the first sentences of the project description, and I don't know how I'm going to implement it yet, I get those…
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Communicating Project Progress with a white board
One of the things most notable about XP that I really like is the notion of pure communication through the simplest things. For example - the whiteboard. In an XP project - the whiteboard is your biggest friend. It's…
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Troubling APIs
Avner blogs about some really weird stuff (and baad Office Developers) when it comes to creating an Office COM add-in. Really. It's as amazing to read as this from Joel : “I first heard about this from one of the…
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Meet me and Ohad at Computex?
Ohad and me are going over to the Computex conference . If you're there too feel free to call me up at 064-655388 at we'll get together to browse the displays as what will be known as “The Geeky Bunch”.
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The Israeli Agile development workshop - New site
Some good news - finally. I've been “harassing” my boss at Magen , Reuven, about this for quite some time, so no wonder he has given up. He gave me a brand spanking dedicated server at Magen to host various community…
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Add-in contest ends this month!
13 days to go . I suggest you start sending in your add-ins. If the slow submission rate keeps up I would have no choice but to postpone or cancel the contest altogether. FYI. As of now less than 10 submission received.…
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[ot] Devil Duckie
No - I do not have better things to spend my money on. I want this: can you guess yet? it's the USB Devil Duckie Drive , of course. “ Once you reach your destination, plug in your Devil Duckie Drive and put him to work.…
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Implementing the BackgroundWorker component - today(source included)
Juval wrote a very cool article (registration required) about implementing the BackGroundWorker component found in VS.Net 2005 in C# today. Just for the heck of it (and because I needed to), I implemented this component…
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BackgroundWorker implementation -in C#
BackgroundWorker class – built using instructions from this fine article by Juval . using System ; using System . ComponentModel ; namespace Unique . Shavit . UI { #region BackgroundWorker public class BackgroundWorker…
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Problem & Solution: Allow only one instance of any MDI child form in your MDI application
One of the things I needed to do at an MDI application I was involved with was the ability to only load a specific form once, and make sure it does not load again. That form could not be modal, but could only have one…
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No IVCUG meeting today :(
Just in case you were wondering - there is no IVCUG meeting today. I just called Shai Bar lev and he informed me of this.
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A new Israeli .Net user group?
Looks like there's new Israeli .Net user group being formed?
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Another Israeli .Net Blogger: Leon
Ack! Another Israeli .Net Blogger: Leon . It seems “our” plot to take over the world has now moved into phase two - taking over the blogsphere.
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Tech-Ed Swag? In Israel? What's that?
One of the things that were supposed to be at Tech-Ed Israel was a handout of some nice DVDs and CDs with cool source and software to play with (much like at any other given Tech-Ed around the world. Well, Microsoft…