The Daily Grind 378

I think I shall try to have an actual coding day today, because it's too wet to work in the garden, and because some of my clients will be coming after me with pitchforks and torches if I don't deliver soon. But first, time to clear out some of these browser windows.

Software

• Retina 5.0 Open Beta Program - eEye is getting ready to release a new version of their network security scanner, and there's a beta signup available.
• sqlXpress Diff - New product to identify differences between Microsoft SQL Server databases and to produce change scripts. In open beta right now.
• Quest Central for SQL Server - Freeware version of Quest's video-game interface for monitoring SQL Server databases.
• Disktective - Freeware disk-space reporting application. (via DEJD)

Information

• Leveraging .NET Components - Advertising and editorial supplement to SD Times that includes some modestly interesting content on various .NET components and their vendors.
• Server-Side Unit Testing in ASP.NET - Trick to create a valid HttpContext so that you can use NUnit directly to test your server-side supporting code.
• Oracle and Microsoft Partner to Boost Developer Productivity - Oracle joins the VSIP at the premier level and says they're going to be offering support more tightly integrated into VS .NET. Note that this does not imply that VS .NET will natively offer any better Oracle support than it does now, or that the Oracle classes in the Framework will be improved. But it's a step in the right direction.

Community

• An honest history of Xtras, plus a glimpse of what's to come - Mike Schinkel reflects on the ten-year anniversary of his component-oriented company.

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

Home