Juval Löwy is a Microsoft "Software Legend" and RD, and architect for
IDesign, a consulting and architectural services company. In an exclusive
interview with .NET Developer's Journal editor-in-chief Derek Ferguson, Löwy
discusses the need for an inherently extensible architecture, the importance
of a commitment to quality, and the bright future of .NET.
-Interviewed by Derek Ferguson, editor-in-chief of .NETDJ
.NETDJ: Juval, I know that you are a Microsoft RD - what does that mean?
JL: An RD is a Regional Director. I don't work for Microsoft, I work with
Microsoft. Specifically, I am RD for Silicon Valley, which means that I keep
Microsoft educated about the industry, the industry educated about Microsoft,
and even sometimes Microsoft educated about Microsoft.
One way I do this is by participating in the strategic design review sessions
for future generations of .NET.... (more)
Welcome to the first issue of SYS-CON Media's new .NET Developers Journal.
We've started this magazine because we're excited about .NET. We're excited
about Visual Studio .NET's ability to bring the power of drag-and-drop,
GUI-based development to even the most complicated kinds of development.
We're excited about the .NET Framework's potential for radically decreasing
the amount of custom code developers must write. Finally, perhaps most of
all, we're excited about .NET's potential to become the industry's platform
of choice for XML Web services development not just on Windows... (more)
(November 20, 2002) - Late last month, the Middleware Company published a
report called "The Petstore Revisited: J2EE vs. .NET Application Server
Performance Benchmark." This report marked the first time that a non-vendor
and J2EE expert has attempted to objectively compare and contrast the
performance characteristics of .NET with those of Java 2 Enterprise Edition
(J2EE).
The tests were conducted by the Middleware Company at Microsoft's labs,
following Microsoft's acceptance of the Middleware Company's challenge to
prove their earlier claims about .NET performance. To keep the p... (more)
.NET Developer's Journal Editor-in-Chief Derek Ferguson caught up with Dean
Guida, CEO of Infragistics. In this exclusive interview, Guida talks about
how Infragistics adds value to Microsoft products, competition with offshore
ISVs, and the importance of the user experience.
.NETDJ: What does Infragistics do?
DG: Infragistics is the market leader in providing a broad range of
presentation layer development tools and services for building applications
utilizing Microsoft .NET, COM, and Java environments. Infragistics' flagship
product is NetAdvantage 2004, a complete toolset for d... (more)
(November 19, 2002)- eHelp Corporation has recently announced the "X3"
release of their popular RoboHelp software. Using this software, developers
can create automated user assistance in many popular formats. New features
include improved single-sourcing for multiple documentation targets, tools to
simplify the process of creating context sensitive help, and new technology
linking your WinForm application to server based Help if an http: connection
is available and a .chm file if the connection is not available.
Points of interest for .NET developers:
1) CHM files can be created ... (more)
Derek Ferguson, founding editor and editor-in-chief of .Net Developer's Journal, is a noted technology expert and former Microsoft MVP.
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