Tag Archives: Ruby

Windows Live ID Web Authentication

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Al

Today, Microsoft released the Windows Live ID Web Authentication service to the world for public consumption. The Windows Live ID service is an evolution of the familiar Microsoft Passport system. Over the last few years, Microsoft have been extending the … Continue reading →

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Tech Ed 2007, Day 3 Wrap Up

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Al

Yesterday I looked into the building of Background Motion using the Composite Web Block, the Enterprise Library and putting all of the different .NET 3.x technologies together in a demonstration product named Dinner Now. Today was focused around SQL Server … Continue reading →

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Ruby .NET Runtime Released

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Al

Microsoft have recently released another dynamic language runtime built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime, this time for Ruby. Ruby.NET is implemented using a new .NET library that Microsoft are calling the Dynamic Language Runtime. The DLR provides … Continue reading →

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Testing Your Unit Tests

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Al

Someone in the Ruby community thought it was a good idea to write a piece of software that tested your unit tests. Heckle runs your standard Ruby unit tests and reports as per normal. Heckle then alters a certain amount … Continue reading →

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