DDD North 2014

I went to the outstanding Developer! Developer! Developer! North conference on the 18th of October, and it was excellent. I left my notepad etc. in my car (and it was such a long walk back!), so I thought I should make a few notes about the sessions I went to, before my brain’s garbage collector reclaims the memory. Thankfully the excellent web app that was provided for feedback was good for taking a few notes.

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In praise of Sandcastle

It’s been about 2 years since I first used Sandcastle, and the excellent Sandcastle Help File Builder. I was immediately impressed with the project, but my employer at the time claimed to have no use for documentation, so it remained something to play around with in my own time. I recently took another look at it, about a year or so since I last played around with it, and was very impressed to see the changes with the recent (May 2014) release of SHFB. Hereafter, whenever I refer to Sandcastle, I’m talking about the Sandcastle Help File Builder, not the underlying engine.

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