Monthly Archives: January 2006

Embedded and Mobile Videos on MSDN Channel9

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Mike Hall - Windows CE and Windows Embedded Lab TourRecently, when I was roistering on Mike Hall’s Blog I found a page on which Mike lists all MSDN Channel 9 Embedded and Mobile videos in one place.

Mike announces new Chris Muench video which currently is in the MSDN Channel 9 queue:

I was talking with Chris Muench from Siemens a few days ago, we recorded a video for MSDN Channel 9 on Direct3D programming – one of the comments Chris makes in the video is how “new” developers are only being taught the higher level development languages (Java/C#/VB) without knowing lower level languages which bring you closer to the hardware and also help you better understand what’s happening in the system.

Running PyLint from Komodo

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ActiveState Komodo LogoThanks to John’s Get Komodo for free post I started to use Komodo on my laptop. It’s really well-done software, so I put Vim away (for a while or longer :-)) and started to develop my scripts using Komodo.

A few days ago I also read John’s post about PyLint tool. I was looking for something like this as well as for a comprehensive style guide for Python. John points out both in his post.

Update: Command package has been updated – PyLint output parser included. Now, you can navigate to every line of script reported by PyLint with single click! I’d like to say BIG THANKS to Trent for this excellent solution.

Update: I’m still experimenting with Komodo customizations, so here you have Run PyLint command availabled as a package ready to import into your Komodo.

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Using WTL with Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

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After Microsoft released Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition developers started to find a way how they can use Windows Template Library with that free IDE and compiler. There were conducted many investigations. The results can be found on WTL or MSDN forums so as you can see the answer is Yes, you can use WTL with VC++ 2005 Express Edition. Great!

So, to make the solution available to more WTL users Baryon Lee has published a very nice article – Using WTL with Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition – in which he explains complete procedure of how to install and use WTL with VC++ 2005 Express Edition.

Note: Here you can find Windows Template Library Shared Source Licensing Program

Linux Today sponsored by Microsoft?

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Linux Today sponsored by Microsoft?A few minutes ago I opened http://www.linuxtoday.com in my Firefox and I saw big box with many advertisements. Nothing special, right? But not this time. I took closer look and what I saw confused me much. The big title Linux Reference Center with smaller text below: Sponsored by Microsoft!!! Inside the box were many offensive news against Linux. Hmm, I wonder if guys from Linux Today know what is going on there. Halo, are you there…?

A first glance at the GPS API in Windows Mobile 5.0

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Windows Mobile LogoIn the middle of 2005 Microsoft introduced new Windows Mobile 5.0.
This is the next generation of Windows CE platform. It was prepared to provide access to new features of latest mobile devices such as better multimedia support, better screen with 2D & 3D drawing capabilities, integration with cameras as well as integration with Global Positioning System. More and more mobile devices appearing on the market are equipped with GPS receiver, built-in or as an attachment.

Update: Today, I published this article on Pocket PC Developer Network. Thanks to Joao Paulo Figueira for encouraging me to do it.

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While My Windows Vista Gently Weeps

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Windows Vista LogoHow do you think, what kind of sounds will you hear emitted from Windows Vista?
Is it going to be Rock’N'Roll, Progressive rock or Classical? I’d love to hear Trash Metal when deleting a file ,-).

It seems everything is possbile, especially when those sounds will be played by Robert Fripp – guitarist and the founder of Kind Crimson. So, it’s even possible Vista will play Math Rock, whatever it is.

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Blog-like interface to WTL list

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WTL LogoToday, I encoutered a very new for me Web gadget – blog-like interaface to wtl@yahoogroups.com – Windows Template Library support list. It’s really cool! It also provides RSS feed to WTL list, so now I can add it as a channel to my Thunderbird aggregator.

At once, I found WTL list is also available through GMANE gate, by HTTP or NNTP. Shame on me! It’s there since June 5, 2003. Better Later than Never :-)

Here it is http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.windows.wtl

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