Python-style optional and named parameters coming to C#: not groundbreaking but nice to have. http://bit.ly/2zkYpc #Big improvements to unit testing in Silverlight 4: rich results, run tagged tests only, runs out of browser. Nice! ...Read More
Know your own mind
How does your brain feel? No, really. It’s a serious question. It is also one we naturally shy away from in the workplace. Possibly even one that you are shying away from as you are ...Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02
Platformability:Comet Servers for a Single-Dealer Platform by @martintyler: http://bit.ly/dDjE21. Choosing Comet server for an SDP? Read on. #Excellent post on our Platformability blog by @martintyler: Comet Servers for a Single-Dealer Platform ...Read More
HTML5 vs Flash – The Saga Continues
Yesterday there were a couple of important posts that have reignited the fire under the HTML5 vs Flash debate. The first was Thoughts On Flash from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The second was the riposte from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, ...Read More
EEK! Three Weeks to SPA2010
So... We’re all set for our ‘Persona Driven Development Workshop’ at SPA2010, right? OK – well... nearly. Sarah has done a really nice presentation. But... the workshop materials are not entirely done done. I’m ...Read More
New Features in Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst and Mosaic (part 2)
In the first part of this blog I covered some of the new features in Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 as described in a talk by Adobe Technical Evangelist Christophe Coenraets. This part will focus ...Read More
Kanban exposes documentation bottlenecks
Back in November I blogged about our company trialing Kanban, “Let’s all jump on the Kanban” which we have now extended to our Documentation Team – something described by David Joyce as BBC Kanban Flu. We ...Read More
Comet Servers for a Single-Dealer Platform (SDP)
There is a lot more to a Single-Dealer Platform than just a Comet Server, but it is still a key component and often one of the components bought in rather than developed in house. At Caplin we have dedicated much ...Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
RT @martintyler: Great presentation on HTML 5, using HTML 5 - http://bit.ly/cySfo3 #html5 #Good morning! Platformability's latest, by Mike Poston: Silverlight 4 - Is it what banks want? Very thorough review: ...Read More
New Features in Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst and Mosaic (part 1)
Last week I attended a talk at Skills Matter by Adobe Technical Evangelist Christophe Coenraets in which he gave us a whirlwind tour of some of the new features available in the latest version of Flex and its ecosystem. ...Read More