And further.. You can’t do Code Metrics in Visual Studio Team System Database Edition. Ridiculous!

So, I received some encouraging words from Mark Groves, the Program Manager for VSTS saying that UML is back in VSTS 2010.  See the comments on my previous post.  Thanks Mark.
That’s good.  A little late for me, but better than the alternative.
My latest frustration (Sorry Mark) is that there is an arbitrary limitation in VSTS [...]

No UML in Visual Studio 2008? It’s true.. and stupid..

There I was this afternoon, backfilling a waterfall requirement to produce a low-level design of a feature that is on it’s way to production, when I thought, “You know, it would be really handy to fire up Visio and get a first cut of a class diagram for this.”
It’s been a while, so I fired [...]

Close.. So Close. And yet..

I was working on figuring out the latest Visual Studio Database Edition GDR when I came across this Microsoft definition of Agile Methods:
A family of processes that application developers use to minimize risk by developing applications in a series of short iterations that last one to four weeks. In this paradigm, the primary measure of [...]

New Laptop.. Woohoo!!

I just picked up my new laptop at BestBuy.  Its an Asus X83Vm-X2, with a Core 2 Duo, 4GB, an NVidia 9600M GS with its own 1GB, 320GB HDD and Vista Home Premium 64..
Nice!
Now the fun part.  Moving off my trusty, heavy and VERY noisy Dell Inspiron 9100 and figuring out what won’t run natively [...]