The Daily Grind 502

One book chapter for the week down, one to go.

Software

• TargetProcess:Planning - Free ASP.NET application to support Extreme Programming style project planning. (via TheServerSide.NET)
• Windows Installer 3.0 Redistributable - Microsoft has revised this download, just days after they released it in the first place. Seems it didn't work on Windows 2000 MUI. Oops.
• Lutz Roeder's Documentor updated as a CodeRush Plugin/Visual Studio.NET Add-In - See your XML code comments formatted in MSDN style right inside of VS .NET. At least, see them that way if you're a CodeRush user.
• RUnit - Run NUnit tests in your browser as part of your ASP.NET code. (via Loren Halvorson)
• Microsoft Windows Update Services Open Evaluation - Beta of the successor to Software Update Services is out.

Information

• Stop the Windows XP file association web service - Darrell Norton passes along a tip on getting rid of the annoying time-wasting dialogs on Windows XP.
• ASP.NET 2.0 product design changes between Beta 1 and Beta 2  - Brian Goldfarb passes on detailed information on two big changes, including justifications and migration assistance. An excellent example of development transparency on Microsoft's part.
• Bouncing Zero Bugs, Together - Eric Lippert talks about how the Zero Bug Bounce worked out for his team.
• White Paper: Patch Sequencing in Windows Installer version 3.0 - Details on the major advance in the new Windows Installer.
• Using CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005 - Major new Microsoft white paper including prescriptive guidance. (via Christa Carpentiere)
• Ambient Orb Programming - Eric Gunnerson muses on the use of the Ambient Orb. I hadn't realized before that you can talk to the darned thing via serial cable; that suddenly makes it much more interesting to me (we don't get those funky radio signals out here in the hinterlands).

Mike Gunderloy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.

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