Gert Drapers
Jonathan is currently a product manager in Microsoft’s Developer Division and focuses on Visual Studio 2008. During his seven years at Microsoft, Jonathan has served as a Software Design Engineer / Test (C# team), .NET Compact Framework product manager, and as an Architect Evangelist.
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The Data Dude Meets Team Build
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2007 - Vol. 4 - Issue 3 - Data Programability
“Integrate the data tier developer in to the core development life cycle and process.”That is one of the main objectives of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, also known under its project name “Data Dude”. Bringing the data tier developer into Visual Studio is the first step in enabling closer integration between the application and data tier developer. Having both environments leverage the same Team Foundation Build (Team Build) system enables daily and automatic integration of changes into the build process, enforcing closer integration and shorter feedback cycles between the two originally disjoint disciplines.