Archive for June, 2011

#sqlpass disappointed, but needing the kickstart

So, PASS Summit 2011 session selection emails have started going around; it looks like none of my sessions made the cut. I need some time to digest this, but I mostly need to think about what that means for me moving forward. These last two years have been a time of great change for me, [...]

June 15, 2011 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: PASS

Three Myths about Agile Development

I recently attended Microsoft Tech Ed in Atlanta, and while there wasn’t much new being announced about SQL Server (I had heard about many of the features for Denali at PASS Summit 2010), I did find myself drawn to several sessions regarding Agile principles and development. My shop has been using the Scrum method for [...]

June 9, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Good Habits, Something New, SQLServerPedia Syndication

AtlantaMDF Reviews

Kick some SSAS - Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 2010-08-06

Recently finished (cover-cover) reading of Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Since then I've gone through a number of chapters several times as topics aligned themselves with work efforts. Looking at this book today, I noticed the covers are all curled, the pages dog-eared, and yellow highlighter is visible across […]

DBAMark

SharePoint 2007 Developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog 2009-11-24

SharePoint 2007 developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog is an essential guide to anyone who wishes to become proficient in building complex SharePoint applications. This book starts off assuming that the reader is a complete beginner to BDC, and explains in detail what it is. Soon afterwards, the reader is taught what can be done with it and how.The book […]

wildcat

The Art of Unit Testing 2009-11-08

As a Database Architect, I often work with Object-Oriented Programmers, but thankfully don’t often have to code in other languages other than SQL. However, it is useful to understand the methods and basic frameworks by which my team members develop; hence, I decided to review Roy Osherove’s The Art of Unit Testing (Manning Press, 2009). Although many of th […]

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