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d02dino_p6ma 12/7/07 2:13 PM Page 29 Perforce Listing One namespace Samples { public static class StringExtensions { public static bool IsInt32(this string content) { int number; bool result = Int32.TryParse(content, out number); return result; } public static bool IsDate(this string content) { DateTime date; bool result = DateTime.TryParse(content, out date); return result; } public static DateTime ToDate(this string content) { DateTime date; bool result = DateTime.TryParse(content, out date); if (result) return date; else return DateTime.MinValue; } public static int ToInt32(this string content) { int number; bool result = Int32.TryParse(content, out number); if (result) return number; else return Int32.MinValue; } } } Fast Software Configuration Management 200,000 developers rely on Perforce to manage their code. Here’s what they’re saying “Perforce is absolutely the only tool I would trust to manage our source code.” Nick Triantos NVIDIA developers. From the framework perspective, the .NET Framework 3.5 has built-in support for AJAX that goes a little beyond what was already released as ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0 for ASP.NET 2.0. In addition to features such as UpdatePanel and ScriptManager, you find AJAX-enabled Web Parts, WCF support for JSON, plus bug fixes and performance improvements. On the Windows side, in Visual Studio 2008 you finally have a true WPF designer with a toolbox and a classic Properties box. Figure 5 previews the feature. Visual Studio 2008 also has flavors specifically created to facilitate tests and full application management, such as Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite and Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server. The good news is that unit testing support is not just faster, but is included in the Professional edition of Visual Studio 2008. workflow projects and related renewed designers are included in Visual Studio 2008. Figure 6 shows the workflow designer whose toolbox distinguishes between version 3.0 and 3.5 activities. The newest activities include an activity to send and receive JSON data to and from a WCF service. “Perforce has been a breath of fresh air; a product which does what it's supposed to do and does it well.” Scott Buchholz Sybase “Perforce is the cornerstone of Monster’s software production lines.” Conclusion Visual Studio is Microsoft’s flagship for developers, and Visual Studio 2008 is the first version of Visual Studio to support multiple version of .NET. You can choose the target platform when you create the project and find around you an IDE that offers only controls and components adequate to the target platform. The improved capabilities of editors and designers, though, are shared by all projects, regardless of the platform. Visual Studio 2008 fully integrates in the IDE tools for creating workflows as well as WCF and WPF assemblies. It also brings in AJAX capabilities in ASP.NET web projects and adds JavaScript to the list of languages for which it can offer serious debugging and IntelliSense features. Available in a variety of formats such as Standard, Professional, and Team Suite, it is also available in free Express versions. DDJ Mark Conway Monster Worldwide “The bottom line is that Perforce has proven itself to be a reliable platform for global development at Symantec.” Russell Jackson Symantec WCF and Workflow Support Version 3.0 was the first version of .NET to ship without a dedicated version of Visual Studio. Microsoft released a few extensions to Visual Studio to make it easier for developers to build WCF services and workflows, but in fact it just separates downloads. WCF and See for yourself Free evaluation at www.perforce.com February 2008 l www.ddj.com l Dr. Dobb’s Journal 29 http://www.perforce.com http://www.perforce.com http://www.ddj.com

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Dr. Dobb's Journal - February 2008 Contents Hmmmm Alia Vox Developer Diaries Developer’s Notebook South American Software Development Conversations Inside Visual Studio 2008 BibPort: Creating Bibliographic References Continuous LINQ The ZK Framework Static Testing C++ Code The Agile Edge Effective Concurrency Swaine’s Flames

Dr. Dobb's Journal - February 2008

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