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VirtualBox article

Wow, I haven't updated this blog for quite some time. I'm finding out it's true: Twitter kills blogging. Anyway, my VirtualBox how-to article is out! For those of you who have been hiding under a rock (?), VirtualBox is a freely-available...

Published 03-04-2010 2:20 PM by cruizer

Filed under: Open Source, article, how-to

IronRuby presentation slides and demo code

I have posted the presentation slides (in both PowerPoint 2007 and OpenDocument Presentation formats) and demo code here: [EDIT: added link to SlideShare copy] Presentation slides, PowerPoint 2007 format , OpenDocument Presentation format or view online...

Published 05-24-2009 4:54 PM by cruizer

Filed under: DotNET, Open Source, C#, .NET, code, presentation, Microsoft, dynamic languages, development tools, Ruby, IronRuby, event

Microsoft embraces jQuery

I couldn't believe it: read ScottGu's blog post . Finally, Microsoft is getting *it*. No need to fight it, no need to exhibit their traditional NIH mindset and create their own (as they have demonstrated many times, not only in the .NET platform...

Published 09-28-2008 7:46 PM by cruizer

Filed under: DotNET, Open Source, .NET, Microsoft

Dell goes Ubuntu!

This is pleasant news: Dell and Ubuntu announced in a joint conference that Dell will be pre-installing Ubuntu 7.04 on some of its desktops and laptops . I have been using Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.04 for over a week now and I am very much impressed...

Published 05-02-2007 12:03 AM by cruizer

Filed under: Open Source, linux

The Microsoft developer mindset when it comes to open source

Ayende Rahien and Jeremy Miller brought forth the arguments in their respective blog entries, and I couldn't agree more. In fact I've seen that mindset first hand with my teammates in my previous employer. The first time I discovered test-driven development...

Published 12-11-2006 9:46 AM by cruizer

Filed under: Open Source, General

Cross-Platform C# Slides

It was merely a coincidence. But just a week after Microsoft and Novell made a highly-controversial deal about Linux, I now probably hold the dubious distinction of being (one of) the first person to do a Linux-oriented presentation in the Microsoft Philippines...

Published 11-09-2006 7:24 AM by cruizer

Filed under: DotNET, Open Source, C#, .NET, linux, mono

PHP can do Test-Driven Development too

Maybe you thought that test-driven development is restricted only to platforms like Java and .NET...I'll be happy to inform you that PHP can also do that! Here's my simplest test case using TDD on PHP: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 <...

Published 08-29-2006 5:48 AM by cruizer

Filed under: PHPStuff, Open Source, TDD

Red-Green-Refactor: Test-Driven Development with .NET

I had the privilege of discussing Test-Driven Development with students yesterday at the MSDN Student Developers' Night and I had a blast! It was encouraging to see students interested in a topic that can be so boring. As promised, I am attaching...

Published 08-17-2006 5:40 AM by cruizer

Filed under: DotNET, Open Source, TDD

Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper): a welcome surprise

If you've read my previous blogs, you'll see that I've been using Ubuntu Dapper Drake (6.06) since it was "Flight 6." I still chose to reformat/reinstall on my notebook instead of just doing an "apt-get upgrade" in order to find out how well it supports...

Published 06-12-2006 7:12 AM by cruizer

Filed under: Open Source

A look at MonoDevelop's GUI designer for Gtk#

Easy-to-use developer tools have, for the most part, been largely Windows-only. I guess that's not true anymore, what with the latest Eclipse IDE and the up-and-coming MonoDevelop IDE . In case you've been living in another planet for quite some time...

Published 05-09-2006 9:14 AM by cruizer

Filed under: DotNET, Open Source

Getting on the MonoRail presentation slides and demo videos

you can download them here: PowerPoint presentation Demo Video 1 (basic view/controller) Demo Video 2 (with basic model c/o ActiveRecord) Demo Video 3 (filters, UserController) Demo Video 4 (CRUD) it's on rapidshare.de's free repository, so the files...

Published 01-31-2006 7:42 AM by cruizer

Filed under: MonoRail, DotNET, Open Source

Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Orig CD Giveaway!

A package arrived in the mail today...copies of Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (Breezy Badger), straight from Canonical! I'll give away three copies of this to the lucky bloggers who create a blog post here in devpinoy.org entitled "Why should Cruizer give me free...

Published 01-30-2006 5:26 AM by cruizer