New Cobra Slides

I presented Cobra to the Architecture SIG folks of the San Diego .NET Users Group. You can view the PDF Slides to learn more about Cobra.

New Sample Program Evolves Solutions

Are you familiar with the genetic algorithm (GA)? If not, the doc string contains the requisite Wikipedia links to the topic.

Genetic Algorithm Sample in Cobra

Presentation in San Diego

I'm presenting Cobra in San Diego to a .NET group on Wed Jun 10. If you're in the area and you're new to Cobra, or you'd just like to meet up, then come join the fun.

Information here.

Reaping The Benefits Of Cobra

MSDN Magazine has published an article, Reaping The Benefits Of Cobra by Ted Neward. There's nice coverage of key Cobra features and their advantages.

MSDN Low Bandwidth Bookmarklet

The MSDN web site is full of great information, but runs too slow and is too awkward for my taste. If it could actually remember my preference to exclude examples for certain languages from the documentation, maybe it would be worth it. But since it cannot, it becomes an example of "too many bells and whistles".

Fortunately, they have a "low bandwidth" version that not only loads faster, but is easier to navigate.

Jon Galloway documented this some time ago with a nice "bookmarklet" for toggling the MSDN mode. I actually expect to read more of the MSDN material now!

Cobra April 2009 Update and Release

The Cobra April 2009 Update has been posted and Release 2009-04-30 was recently made. It features the usual round of improvements such as refinements to the language, more library conveniences and the occasional bug fix. Also, the installer is more robust.

See the update for full details.

Counting Sheep

Baa!