Category: News

  • VSTS DBPro Talk at Michael Ruminer's Team System User Group in Waltham

    Hey All, I’m going to be giving my Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals overview talk at Michael Ruminer’s Team System User Group in Waltham. When: January 18, 2007, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Where: Microsoft New England Office201 Jones Rd.6th FloorRoom MPR-B Waltham, MA 02451 Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.  BTW,…

  • Tagged.

    There’s a “meme” running around the blogosphere called “5 things tag”.  I just found out about it today (cuz I’m not very cool) when I got tagged by Michael Ruminer and Ben Scheirman. Here are 5 things you might not know about me: My friends say that I do a pretty good George W. Bush impression…

  • Keynote @ VSTS Database Professional Launch in Waltham, MA

    Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is being released in a matter of days (11/30/2006) and Microsoft is putting on a series of launch events around the country. Want to see what it can do?  I’ve been asked to give the keynote at the Boston-area launch event. “Joining Forces: Assimilating Data Experts into the Development Team…

  • Looking for a C#, ASP.NET Developer

    I’m looking for a mid/senior-level C# / ASP.NET developer to join my project for a major financial institution in Boston, MA. The project is an n-tier app written with C#, ASP.NET, NHibernate 1.2, Visual Studio Unit Tests, and Team Foundation Server. Required Skills: NHibernate, Test-Driven Development (test first!), C#, ASP.NET, database design, object modelling Nice-to-have skills: Visual…

  • NHibernate 1.2 Beta: Stored Procedure Sample

    The NHibernate 1.2 beta has been available for download since the end of September.  Two of the big features are support for .NET generic collections and support for stored procedures.  I decided to give these features a test drive and I posted my code here.  (FYI, it’s written using Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite and uses…

  • Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting on Thursday, 11/2/2006.

    The Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting again on Thursday, 11/2/2006. http://www.beantowndotnet.org This month we have Greg Smalter from Red Stapler Software presenting on “Automatically-generated Data Access Layers”. As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends andco-workers.  If you want free pizza, send me an RSVP using the contact formon my…

  • VSLive Boston 2006 "Serious WebPart Customization" Slides

    I’ve posted the slides and code samples for my “Serious WebPart Customization” talk at VSLive Boston 2006. Download the slides here.  Download the sample code here. -Ben

  • NHibernate and VSTS/TFS at Code Camp 6

    Code Camp 6 (free conference) is happening this Saturday from 9am – 6pm at the Microsoft office in Waltham.  The session schedule  got published last night.  I’m going to be doing 2 sessions: 10:45am – 12:15 — Introduction to NHibernate 1:15pm – 2:45pm — Team Foundation Server: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread -Ben  …

  • NHibernate & Reporting Services at Beantown.NET on 10/5/2006

    The Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting again on Thursday, 10/5/2006. http://www.beantowndotnet.org This month we have two speakers: Bill Gross will be doing a talk on SQL Server Reporting Services and I’ll be doing a talk on developing database-driven applications using NHibernate.    As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends andco-workers. …

  • Team Foundation Server & Team System @ VSLive Boston and VSLive Dallas

    I’m going to be speaking at VSLive Boston and VSLive Dallas on Team System and Team Foundation Server.  The title of the talk is “Team Foundation Server: Beyond the GUI”.  Here’s the abstract: Did you know that Team Foundation Server (TFS) has an API to control, customize and consume almost any piece of TFS functionality,…