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Message for you, sir!
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While I was writing that last post, Don Box asked for some help spending "100 engineering dollars" at Microsoft on HTTP, XML, and REST. Now, I would rather give him some advice on spending $100 on the other side of his job (WCF, WSE, SOAP and such), but...
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"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they aren't even close." I have no idea who said that first, but they are words that an application architect should live by. As I mentioned in my last post, I really do think it is important...
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After looking at the comments on my last post, I have decided to write a few words about why I think it's important to have a theoretical framework for how to build distributed applications. Our industry is beset with faddism, magical thinking, and tribalism...
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If you set out to devise a theoretical framework for both the design of distributed applications and the process of building distributed applications, it seems unlikely that you would base it on a theory for armed conflict. Even though we may talk of...
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With this post, I'm starting a series of blog entries describing how a distributed application should be built. I'm not making any claims that how I build distributed application is the only way, or even the best way. Instead, I'm trying to do what I...
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to evacuate the Houston area. I've temporarily relocated to the Dallas area and will be participating in disaster recovery operations for my day job. Blogging will take a back seat for awhile.
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The PDC is an incredible whirlwind. If you're a Mort and at the PDC, I need your help. I'm doing a BOF session for Morts, but there's no way I'll get to all the sessions that might matter to Mort. Here's some things I think we might want to talk about...
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<Aside>This is good time to remind everyone that I don't work for PluralSight and they are not responsible for the content of this blog. Aaron Skonnard (who does work for PluralSight) graciously offered me this spot with the only proviso being that...
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Wherein our narrator makes a fortuitous discovery in a most unexpected place. One of the struggles I face in trying to explain my objections to the Indigo API is creating concrete examples of the abstract, and sometimes seemingly abstruse, notion I have...
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In the comments, a couple of folks have responded to my criticisms of Indigo by suggesting alternative technologies for building distributed applications. I'm not looking for alternatives to Indigo. I'm working towards a better Indigo. I'm convinced that...
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I'll be there . Although some folks think that Mort doesn't go to conferences, I've always felt that going to the PDC was essential. The PDC is important for two reasons, from a Mort perspective. First, Mort needs to know where the Microsoft is platform...
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Steve responds to my Indigo complaints by claiming that Indigo, contrary to my assertion, has a simple messaging model. Although he doesn't specify exactly what he means, I assume he's talking about decorating methods with the [OperationContract(IsOneWay...
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Tom Fuller left a great comment on my last post. Mostly, it reminded me that I ought to be just as explicit about what's great about Indigo as I am about what's not so great. To answer Tom's specific question, the point of all this negativity is to influence...
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Steve is still confused , so I thought I would spell it all out for him. The examples, especially the accursed Calculator example that's infected MSDN. The worst part is not that it is stupid and inane (right, you're going to go across the network to...
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Wherein our plucky narrator reveals a shocking secret and makes a plea for understanding. I am Mort and I write distributed applications. I have decided that this simple fact is the primary factor in the difficulty I have communicating my concerns about...
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