Hi,
It has been six months since I joined microsoft. I have moved this blog to a new location. http://blogs.msdn.com/vipul
Please update your bookmarks to the new URL. Link to RSS feed : http://blogs.msdn.com/vipul/rss.xml
EricGu (Microsoft) has made an excellant post on readonly strings and read-only properties. Check it out
I contract with Microsoft through Volt (www.volt.com) and currently there are lot of contract positions available.
If you are interested to work with the best brains in the world and love developing challenging products used by millions in the world, send me your resume at vipul_d_patel@hotmail.com . These are strictly contract positions.
US Citizen, Green card or H1 visa required. My company Volt does not sponsor new H1, but will willingly transfer your existing H1.
Looking forward to receiving your resumes. Just send me your resume and I will try to find a position bets suited to your skills.
If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email and I will reply to you as soon as possible.
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/govdev/archive/2005/12/15/504372.aspx
Smart Clients is a concept (not technology) of a Rich Internet enabled application. You can think of it as hybrid of thick & thin clients providing best of both worlds. Smart client applications provide richest user experience, intuitive/easier navigation, greater performance & throughput, leverage local computing horsepower, provide access to full keyboard (shortcuts), faciliate fast data-entry, provides easier/seamless integration with devices & local desktop applications (Office, LOB apps, etc), consume web-services (internet enabled), and can be designed to function in connected and disconnected/offline scenarios and still offer seamless/transparent deployment (main reason behind the adoption of web applications). Microsoft Smart Client solutions/applications may comprise one or more than one of these technologies (Windows Forms, InfoPath; XML Based Form Designer, Visual Studio Tools for Office, .NET Compact Framework based apps running on mobile devices). WinForms is the primary technology for building smart client applications/solutions, but other technologies may come into picture based on use case scenario, end-users and device selection.you Please note that you can embed web/browser based applications in smart client shell, so you are not giving up on either technology.
Here is more information.
Moving from .Text to Community Server.. Test post.
With a plethora of blogs floating on the internet, it is hard to find the blogs which make a difference. Below is a collection of blogs of authors whose books we have read and blogs of people who make the technology.
I spent some time to find out such information and post it so that it will be useful for people who want to hear (read) from the horse’s mouth.
Below are the links of blogs of personalities whose blogs I find interesting to read:
Name | Covers | Blog Link | RSS | Atom |
Charles Petzold (Windows programming guru) | Windows programming, C#, Indigo |
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Windows Architech (Microsoft) |
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C++ guru | ||||
Corporate VP, DevDiv, Microsoft | ||||
CLR, .NET | ||||
ASP.NET guru | ||||
C# | ||||
ADO.NET | ||||
Various Technology |
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Core technlogies |
There are many others whose blogs I read and I will be updating this site as soon as I get some time. If you feel that there is more to the list, please leave me a comment and I will check it out.
Who’s who in the list above:
Charles Petzold: The guru of Windows programming. Since Windows 3.1, he has been writing books on Windows programming. If anyone can talk on Windows programming, he can.
Don Box: The architect of the next version of Windows (Vista) and the geek (not Greek) mythology that shadows it can be answered by him and him only. When not confusing (enlightening) me on the future of Messages & designing the next generation of Windows, he takes time to write a blog and is quite humorous in his style.
Stanley Lippman: C++ guys should watch out for his blog
Somasegar: When the Corporate VP of Developer Division at Microsoft writes, the developers across the blog read, coz what he writes about affects their bread and butter. His is the blog to look out for happening in the Microsoft Developer Tools camp.
Brad Abrams: No one speaks of the CLR internals with as much clarity as the Lead Program Manager of CLR team at Microsoft.
Scott Hanselman: ASP.NET guys and .NET developers in general cannot afford to miss this blog. His post in the questions every .NET developer should know (link) should be familiar to anyone appearing for interviews for .NET positions.
C# FAQ: The C# team at Microsoft has a FAQ blog, which is updated by C# team and C# MVPS.
Sahil Malik: Kiss-ass attitude is what I like about his blog. His latest book Professional ADO.NET 2.0 is selling wonders. His language may be rough, but he gets his point across.
Robert Scoble: Think blog! Meet Robert Scoble. No, RSS does not stand for Robert Scoble Syndication, but this guys writes all about Microsoft, good and bad. Hats off to him.
Larry Osterman: His is a very geeky blog and he explains everything in detail.
Comments are very welcome.
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Vipul Patel
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Education:
Masters in Computer Applications
Bachelor of Engineering
Certifications MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer in .NET)
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Recognitions Awarded the MVP award from Microsoft.
Experience:
Aug ‘04-Present St Jude Medical LA, CA
St Jude Medical is an industry leader in the field of cardio-devices. The project involves verification of Next Generation Programmer.
Platform Java, Excel, TDE
Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP
Testing tools TDE
Duration 1 year – ongoing
(Stages involved: Analysis, Testing)
Software Test Engineer
– Responsible for developing Test design, automated as well as manual test scripts and executing the same.
– Formulating test strategy for the use cases.
Till – Aug ’04
Software Engineer
Executed projects for multiple clients.
a. Telelogic USA (DOORS Test Director Integration, C#, ASP.NET Web-service)
Platform C#, .NET, XML Web Services, VS Installer
Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP
Testing tools N/A
Telelogic Technologies Ltd. is the leading provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. The project involved designing and implementing a XML web service in C# which would communicate between DOORS (Requirements Tool) and Test Director (Test Management Software) and synchronize the datasets between the two applications. This would help see which requirements were matched with test scripts.
(Stages involved: Coding, Testing)
Software Developer, Build & Release Engineer
– Implemented the web service which communicated between Test Director and DOORS
– Created the installer for deployment of the product.
b. Vorne USA (Display-Pro XL , C#, ASP.NET)
Platform VC#. NET, ASP.NET, XML, MSDE
Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP
Testing tools Manual testing
The project involved creating an integrated Windows-cum-web application suite called Display-Pro XL, designed to work with Vorne-compatible industrial devices. This software is designed to configure products for specific applications as well as support factory floor data acquisition and data distribution, which would communicate between industrial displays and set/get values from it through serial port communication through RS-232 and RS-485 interfaces. The data was stored in XML files and in MSDE.
(Stages involved: Analysis, Coding, and Testing)
Software Development & Test Engineer, Build & Release Engineer
– Study of Functional Specifications of the application and formulating the test strategy.
– Implementing functionality as per Functional Specifications
– Preparation of exhaustive test cases in accordance with the functional specifications and executing them in coordination with the developers. The scope of the test cases included unit testing, integration testing, and regression testing.
– Formulation of coding standards guidelines and verification of the implementation of the same in the developed code.
– Make suggestions/recommendations to the client to make the requirements specifications document more understandable.
– Report the test results to the development team and verify the fixes implemented.
– Created the installer for deployment of the product.
c. Telelogic (DOORS 6.1 Internationalization, C++)
Platform VC++ 6.0, VB 6.0
Operating Systems Windows NT/2000/XP (English/Chinese/Japanese/
Korean/Taiwanese), Unix (Solaris 2.7/2.8), Citrix
Testing tools Test Director, WinRunner
(Stages involved: Testing)
Software Test Engineer
The project involved internationalization & localization of the already existing requirements management software of Telelogic DOORS. The end product was the first truly internationalized product in the field of requirements management software.
– Managed a team of 3 testers
– Study of Functional Specifications of the application and formulating the test strategy.
– Preparation of test cases in accordance to the functional specifications.
– Guiding a team of dedicated testers for design and executing the test cases.
– Report the findings to the development team and verify the fixes implemented.
– Formulation of coding standards guidelines and verification of the implementation of the same in the developed code.
d. Dairy Centric Integrated Application
Platform VB 6.0, SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Transaction
Server
Client Uttam Dairy
The project involved automation of all the basic processes of a typical dairy industry, such as Inventory management, Purchase order management, Veterinary module, Marketing, Sales, Fixed deposits, etc. The project involved requirements study of the dairy industry, developing GUI prototypes of the designated modules.
Responsibilities:
· Study of Functional Specifications for the inventory module.
· Review of Design.
· Design and coding of application, business and data layers of the application.
· Preparation of test cases for the implemented functionality and executing the same.
· Fixing the defects found during testing.
e. Metrics Generator
Platform VC++ 6.0, Crystal Reports
Case Tools Visio
Client Patni
The project involved development of a Software Metrics generator application. The metrics to be evaluated included the different metrics of project, class, file, such as LOC, number of functions, number of classes, number of private members, public member, protected members, etc.
The developed application was used to determine the actual efforts put in by a person by evaluating the source code developed.
Technical Programming Languages: C#
Operating systems: Windows (all platforms)
Databases: MS SQL Server
Other Activities: Assistant Manager, Mumbai User Group
Chairperson (Computer Society of India, Nirma University Chapter – academic)
After one year, I have migrated my developer credentials from MCAD.NET to MCSD.NET when I cleared 70-229 today…..
Kudos for this effort goes to my wife who stood by me all the time and enabled me to get through.
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