In case you’re interested here are the latest scheduled additions to the Windows Azure Boot Camp webcast series ( http://bit.ly/wabcWebcasts2011 ). These include: 11/22 - http://bit.ly/btlod-65 SQL Azure and Windows Phone 11/29 - http://bit.ly/btlod-66 Scaling in the Cloud 12/13 - http://bit.ly/btlod...

BenkoTIPS Live & On Demand: An intro to Win7 for Developers Part 1 http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032417601&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US WPF Futures Download www.codeplex.com/wpf Windows 7 API Integration Libraries http://code.msdn...

As promised from today's webcast I've uploaded the demo code that works with LINQ in a variety of scenarios. I didn't include the database, but I can include a script to create it if anyone's interested. Let me know. Thanks Mike

In today's webcast on LINQ in C# we looked at joining XML data with SQL Server and we got the error " Local sequence cannot be used in LINQ to SQL implementation of query operators except the Contains() operator " when we tried to run it. Looking deeper into what happened, it appears that the...

Here's some links from this week's webcast with Eric Maino, Kirill Osenkov and Jason Parsons: Eric Maino's Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/eric Kirill Osenkov's Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/kirillosenkov Jared Parsons Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/jaredpar Karen Liu’s TechEd talk: C# Tips and Tricks...

I got some questions about last week's BenkoTIPS webcast - DemoFest , and what you need to do to replicate it. Based on what I did for my version It thought I would share some notes. A couple points to successfully complete the full DemoFest application…(LINQ to Amazon to Silverlight to Web Part...

We've got our first month and a half of BenkoTIPS Live and On Demand on the books and now we're looking at December. In an effort to find the best tips and tricks for developers we're going to bring in some special guests next month to talk about what they're passionate about. We're taking the last week...

You got questions? Well we got answers! On today's webcast we had the special treat of having some of the members of the LINQ team online with us answering questions. There were so many of them I thought I'd post the conversation. I hope it helps answer any questions you've got, and if not then shoot...

In preparation for today's webcast I wanted to give you some information and links that may be helpful in working with the technology… Download the Linq to Entity Framework and Tools Code from today's webcast I'll be updating this post after the webcast with the code & answers to questions...

I just posted the code from Monday's webcast on Linq to XML . Registered users can access the code from the download site on http://www.Benkotips.com . In the webcast we covered a lot of topics including how to create XML fragments in both VB and C#, and also how to query. The key to querying is to work...

In today's webcast on LINQ to SQL we had a lot of questions. One had to do with understanding Partial Methods. The main difference between a virtual method (think OO) and partial methods (in 3.5) is that virtual methods can be implemented by various descendents differently based on what type of object...

I've posted the code from today's webcast on LINQ to SQL Enjoy!

Class is in Back in Session! We have the first 8 webcasts in the Framework MasterClass series scheduled as of today, and here's a quick rundown on the topics we'll be covering in September & October. This series will take a deeper dive into technologies like LINQ, WCF, Workflow, etc. and help provide...

So it's training you're looking for? We've got just the thing! At MSDN Events we're putting together some great off-line resources to make staying up to date with the rapidly changing technology scene a breeze. To do this we're offering several webcasts series presented by MSDN Events. Soup to Nuts...

I posted the source code from yesterday's webcast to www.BenkoTIPS.com . I'm also in the process of adding a Webcast Series page to the list of webcasts, but that isn't done just yet. I should have it ready by the end of the week though, so check back. Enjoy!

They say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I found that when looking at web development, there are techniques that I didn't have time to learn and I just assumed that they must be hard. I think that the bark is worse than the bite. Today we're going to be talking about the fundamentals of JavaScript...

Today's webcast will be talking about the components that make AJAX work. Specifically we'll look at doing 2-3 demos including showing how you can debug client side scripting from Visual Studio 2005. It will be a lot of fun, and as usual I've posted the code to www.BenkoTIPS.com for you to take a look...

In case you're interested, I'm starting a run of weekly webcasts on Atlas/Ajax to help introduce and get developers up to speed with this exciting new technology. So here's the synapsis: This webcast series is aimed at people who are new to writing AJAX style web applications but can see the value...