Quick Tips - How to be a better MSS 2007 developer
1.If you really want to step things up a notch and become a better MSS 2007 developer then you really should check out the OCS Public Beta on a daily basis. Most developers only use the forums when they have a question but I think they should be a tool that you use all the time.
The beta forums (and GotSpeech) are full of questions from developers just like you. I find it a big help to go to the forums and read the questions and answers. It helps you understand the kinds of problems others are encountering and how to solve the problems. You may not be struggling with the same problems but when you do encounter a problem you read about in the forums you will remember the solution (or at least where to look). You can learn a lot from the forums. And you might know the answer to someone else's problem and answer their question - it's a great feeling to help out others.
2. Read Joe Calev's blog regularly. Joe writes some great stuff such as his recent 16 part series on UCMA. Also read the blogs here on GotSpeech - I'm always looking for new quality speech bloggers.
3. Play with the debugger. When I was first starting out way back with MSS 2004 beta 1 I found the debugger to be a great tool for learning. I would run my application and stop at different points in the code and just examine the contents of the different speech related objects. Try taking a look at RunSpeech or the History. There is some really interesting stuff to find when you start drilling down. I haven't done as much of this yet with 2007 but I suspect it will be just as interesting.
If you have any tips you want to share I would like to hear them.