Kevin McNeish

Kevin McNeish

President

Kevin McNeish is President of Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc, and chief architect of the MM .NET Application Framework. He is a Microsoft .NET MVP and a well-know INETA speaker and trainer throughout North America and Europe including VSLive!, DevTeach (where he serves as one of the .NET chairs), SDC Netherlands, and Advisor DevCon. He is co-author of the book Professional UML with Visual Studio .NET, author of the book .NET for Visual FoxPro Developers, writes articles and has been interviewed for .NET Rocks! He spends about half his time on the road training and mentoring companies to build well-designed, high-performance .NET applications.

Articles Authored

  • UML Class Diagrams

    Last updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2002 - January/February

    Class diagrams are among the centerpieces of the Unified Modeling Language.They are critical for helping you design classes that will serve as building blocks for your application. This article will cover the basics of class diagrams and help you see how you can use them in your software development?especially in building your business object classes.

  • UML Collaboration Diagrams

    Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2002 - May/June

    In well-designed software systems, powerful business objects work together to accomplish a variety of tasks.UML collaboration diagrams are great tools for documenting the flow of messages between objects while providing a unique perspective - a view of the relationships between collaborating objects.

  • UML Sequence Diagrams

    Last updated: Wednesday, February 23, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2002 - March/April

    The Sequence Diagram is one of the most interesting and useful diagrams in the Unified Modeling Language (UML).It helps you document and understand the dynamic aspects of your software system?specifically the sequence of messages that are sent and received between objects. Sequence diagrams can help you comprehend and solve difficult issues in the process-intensive portions of your applications.

  • Windows Workflow Foundation Essentials

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - November/December

    It can be tough keeping up with all the new technologies released by Microsoft, but Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a technology you do not want to miss.This article demonstrates the benefits of Windows Workflow and invites you to roll up your sleeves and get started creating your first basic workflows.

  • WPF Meets the iPhone

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - March/April

    The iPhone is one of the most compelling and exciting user interfaces to appear on any consumer electronic device, with many innovations that make it a pleasure to use. How can you deliver a similar experience with your .NET applications?This article demonstrates how you can implement these features in your .NET applications in a step-by-step format as you recreate the iPhone interface using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology with both Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend.