Articles by Tim Huckaby

.NET Editorial — A Revolution Update

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:30:00 EDT

As I listened to Bill Gates speak at the Office Developer's Conference in Redmond last week, I couldn't help but think how far Microsoft has come in terms of developer access to the Office Suite of products and how the Smart Client Revolution was in full force.

Tech·Ed Extra: November 7 Will Be .NET Launch Date of the Year

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:00:00 EDT

.NET Developer's Journal Editorial Board member Tim Huckaby writes: 'Microsoft's Paul Flessner gave his keynote entitled 'Getting Ready for Connected Systems' at Tech·Ed 2005 here in Orlando, Florida this morning. The huge announcement of the day was that SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 will launch the week of November 7. Now the world can stop speculating that these products will slip into 2006 - Microsoft has officially committed to dates.'

Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

This article covers building .NET applications in Whidbey and manifesting them in Word and Excel documents. This is accomplished with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO 2005).

The Smart Client Revolution

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST

In May of 2003 Microsoft asked me to do a keynote-like session at the Visual Studio.NET launch event in Oslo, a trip I just couldn't pass up. The problem was that I had no idea what a smart client application was. I had to quickly get smart on smart client applications. Before I go through the attributes of what a smart client is, let me tell you that back then no one could really agree on the definition of a smart client application.

The Smart Client Revolution

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Tim Huckaby surveys the five most significant technologies used to build smart client applications and observes: 'The only thing holding back the .NET smart client revolution from exploding is the dependency of the .NET framework at the client machine.' It's a 'green field right now, he adds, 'and the Microsoft .NET smart client application is poised for dominance.'

Indigo's Bold Mission: To Become The Essential Platform for Building and Deploying Distributed Applications* Live from the Micro

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:40:56 EST

(October 27, 2003) – As I walked out of the opening keynote (run by Bill Gates and Jim Allchin) at PDC 2003 Monday, it occurred to me that it was one of the best keynotes I have seen in years. Trust me, I have been to 10+ years of these things. I am usually disappointed by opening keynotes, and I believe Bill Gates is as sick of his “Digital Decade” speech as I am.