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.NET 4.0 & VS 2010 CTP is Ready

Ofcourse, i might sound late in this announcement, but better late than never. On 31st October 2008, Microsoft has announced the CTP version of Visual Studio 2010 and Framework version 4.0. And their statement goes like this. Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio delivers key innovations in the following pillars: Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) crosses many roles within an organization and traditionally not every one of the roles has been an equal player in the process. Visual Studio Team System 2010 continues to build the platform for functional equality and shared commitment across an organization’s ALM process. Enabling emerging trends Every year the industry develops new technologies and new trends. With Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, Microsoft delivers tooling and framework support f

Who is an Architect? - Part 1

Now-a-days am attending interviews for my next job. Most of the calls are for the Architect position. While preparing for these, realized few responsibilities and activities that were part of my previous roles. And they are the main theme of this post. As mentioned in the post title, questions that comes to every developer's mind is.. who is an Architect? who can become an Architect? what an Architect do? what are the prerequisites for an individual to become as an Architect? etc., Having mentioned all such questions, , would like to make things clear, out of my experience. Readers has every right to deny or challenge my understanding. First of all, an Architect is like soul in the human body which you can never see but always experience the existence. This definition is totally true in small sized organizations. Because an Architect plays every role that is part of any implementation with in small scale industries. Architects are expected to be technically sound and funct