http://johnbruno.net The personal and professional musings of John Bruno - Discussing technology, software development, and life in Seattle, WA USA. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:16:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The folks at MS Press posted a great review today of Solid Code by Darren Neimke from Adelaide. The complete post can be found here, but I clipped one or two of the quotes I found particularly well articulated. First, a comment about software quality… ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=22 It was a pretty exciting day today in the Windows Mobile world. We announced a number of great new offerings at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and one of which is something I have been working on for a while now. That’s right, I do have a day job in ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=21 I was recently asked about providing some additional detail about the subject matter included within Solid Code. With the street availability just around the corner, I thought this was a great request (Thanks Simon!). So, for folks who are thinking about picking up the book, but want to know more ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=20 Well, after nearly a year, Solid Code went to print this week. During the final editing process, we decided that it should also get a subtitle to accurately describe the book’s intent. So, the final title will be: Solid Code – Optimizing the Software Development Life Cycle. It should ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=19 As Solid Code gets closer to publication, we have started to pull together the surrounding portions of the book. This includes sections like the introduction, forward, and acknowledgements to name a few. As an avid technical book reader, I have been guilty of not always reading these sections, but in ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=16 In February 2009, Microsoft Press will release Solid Code under the “Best Practices” series of books. This book has been the year long effort of myself and my friend and colleague, Donis Marshall. The project has been a great experience, and we believe this will be a great addition to ... http://johnbruno.net/?p=14