Dave Sexton's Blog

I've just released the first beta version of ContractN, which is a fully managed programming-by-contract framework that uses the CLR's built-in support for aspect-oriented programming (AOP), which provides a way to seamlessly and intuitively describe the required pre- and post-conditions of a type's contract. I got the idea based on this blog ...

I've just published the Help! project on CodePlex, which is intended to provide a fully managed compiled help system to replace Help 1.x (.chm).  Please contribute to this project by using the discussions area to post comments and ideas or join the development team.  If you want to join the team then please see the Welcome! thread for ...

It's about that time again… Just FYI, DocProject 1.6.2 RC had more downloads in the last month than any other version to date. Thanks to everyone who tried it and provided valuable feedback! And BTW, I wrote a new article called How to Diagnose and Resolve Issues that provides guidance for gathering diagnostic information if you're having ...

DocProject 1.6.2 was released and is now available for download on CodePlex. I want to thank all of DocProject's users that took the time to report bugs and provide diagnostic information to me. You've been helpful. Recently, Anand blogged about DocProject and some of the other community projects that can automate Sandcastle to generate help ...

I've just published 2 open source deployments in one month, one of which is a brand new project: Auto-Input Protection (AIP). Both deployments are available on CodePlex. DocProject 1.4.0 Release Candidate Is Now Available DocProject drives the Sandcastle help generation tools using the power of Visual Studio 2005. Choose from various project ...

Have you noticed the new Community Content sections on msdn2 documentation? These new sections are part of the MSDN Wiki project, live on MSDN2 documentation. [1] Community Content Community Content is not intended to be a forum or discussion area, nor is it meant to be a place to report bugs or issues. Its purpose is for developers to ...