March, 2006

Rob Windsor ( Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) , User Group Leader) Wake Up and Smell the Smart Client I was at the Toronto office of Learning Tree International (where I teach .NET development courses) this week and I ran into Bob, a former student of mine. Bob and I started talking geek and he mentioned how excited he was about ASP.NET "Atlas" and how he couldn't wait to start using...

The on-demand Webcast of SQL Server 2005 for Developers, conducted on March 22, 2006, by Rob Walters--Program Manager, SQL Server Security-- and I, is now available for on-demand viewing . Post Notes from this Webcast can be found at my blog . Look forward to seeing everyone for next week webcast .

Juval Lowy will be speaking about Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) at the Calgary .NET User Group tomorrow. This should be an awesome talk. More information is available on the Calgary .NET User Group Website.

Jean-Paul Boodhoo ( ThoughtWorks ) Calgary 's own Jean-Paul Boodhoo ( ThoughtWorks ) is being featured on the latest episode of .NET Rocks! and the latest episode of dnrTV! . This guy is everywhere! Jean-Paul Boodhoo is a senior .NET delivery expert who has been working with the .NET Framework since beta 1 of .NET 1.0. He spends his days working as a senior developer for...

At MIX06 , it was announced that the "Atlas" March CTP is now available and it has a Go Live license so you can take applications into production. The atlas team also re-launched the http://atlas.asp.net/ with a new "Atlas" enabled experience, customer profiles, improved "Atlas" documentation and more. Lastly, MIX06 kicked off the "Mash-it-up with 'Atlas'" contest, a great way for you to get...

Earlier this week, MSDN Canada announced the realDEVELOPMENT_06 tour. realDEVELOPMENT_06 will feature two sets of sessions; one entitled, "Web Platform" and the other entitled, "Security on the Brain". The Web Platform Sessions will feature talks on technologies that fall into the Web 2.0 camp. Specifically, we'll examine Windows Live and ASP.NET "Atlas". The Security on the Brain Sessions will...

This morning was a jammed filled session covering off a lot of changes made to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Over the last few weeks we talk exclusively about Front End security issues such as Input trust and the creation of a Development and Design environment to better emulate your production environment. However, today we switched gears by examining the security enhancements made to SQL Server 2005...

James Kovacs (Calgary) [FYI] Code Camps Hi, my name is James Kovacs and I'm an independent architect, developer, trainer, and jack-of-all-trades in Calgary, Alberta specializing in the .NET Framework and Enterprise Application Development. I assist clients in building smart clients, web applications, web services, and even full-fledged servers using the .NET Framework and Microsoft server technologies...

Today, we're adding a new feature to the CDN-DEVs Weblog that features guest Canadian bloggers. In the first instalment, Nolan Zak provides some insight on .NET user groups in Canada. Nolan Zak ( Victoria .NET Developers Association President) [Opinion] .NET User Groups are for Losers It's probably just a bunch of geeks sitting around in their parents' basement babbling about...

Day 1 ended late but what a day it was. I'm down in Las Vegas at the first ever Mix conference . The conference is very much a conversation with business decision makers, developers and designers on building the next generation of web applications. What does that mean? build the next wave of rich, compelling and immersive applications composed of and using the Web as a core data provider. Read more...

Want to develop for the Windows Live Platform? Check out the new Windows Live Developer Center on MSDN.

Qu’est-ce qui intéresse les développeurs canadiens? C’est la question que je me pose toujours. Je ne peux prétendre connaître la réponse, mais j’espère que par le biais de ces articles, nous pourrons entamer un dialogue et répondre à ces questions. Lire le reste.

The latest episode of HanselMinutes by Scott Hanselman ( HanselMinutes , dasBlog Community Edition , Microsoft Regional Director ) has been posted online. Scott has provided a summary of the show here . Scott Hanselman is Chief Architect at the Corillian Corporation, an eFinance enabler. He has over a decade of experience developing software in C, C++, VB, COM, and currently...

In today’s webcast we had the opportunity to explore the buffer overrun attack in depth which is considered one of the worst vulnerabilities that exist. Any code that is written in C or C++ --without proper security code reviews--on any platform is susceptible to buffer overrun. It is becoming easier and easier to create shell code to pass as a parameter to our C or C++ code. For example, Kevin Lam...

The Beta Experience is the new testing platform with tailor-made information for Microsoft developers. By registering to the Beta Experience you will be provided with the opportunity to download or order the latest Beta versions of Microsoft software for testing and the Beta Experience newsletter (6-weekly, terminated with the launch of the final version of the software) as an exclusive source of information...

Back in December 2005 Microsoft created a series on the top ten things to do to make your Applications a Vista Application. The original article can be seen here ! Since then there has been additional articles with the latest one being released this month on application compatibility: Read the rest here !

Rob Chartier : "So we are under one week left until the first ever Vancouver Code Camp . To tell you the truth, one year ago I would have never imagined that I would be putting on a conference, let alone with 200 guests 10 sponsors and 17 presenters. It is definitely exciting."

What's of interest to Canadian Developers? That's the question I'm always contemplating. I can't say I know the answer but I'm hopeful through these postings we can begin a dialog and answer those questions. read the rest...

The latest episode of HanselMinutes by the one & only Scott Hanselman ( HanselMinutes , dasBlog Community Edition , Microsoft Regional Director ) has been posted online. Scott has provided a summary of the show here . Scott Hanselman is Chief Architect at the Corillian Corporation, an eFinance enabler. He has over a decade of experience developing software in C, C++, VB,...

In today's Webcast we first started off with a continuation from last week . Last week we explored how to setup a development and design environment that closely emulates your production environment to make your testing more effective and efficient. This was accomplished by enabling Debug in Zone and using tools such as permcalc. This week we explored another complimentary practice to better emulate...

Groupe d'Usagers Visual Studio Montréal (GUVSM) Microsoft (Montréal Office) Suite 450, 2000 Avenue McGill Collège Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 3H3 Speaker: Stephen Forte (INETA Speaker, Microsoft Regional Director ) Subject: XML in SQL Server 2005 Date: March 14, 2006 at 6:15 PM EST Location: Windows Live Local Registration Description With all of...

In a recent post I mentioned that Microsoft released a new Anti-Cross Site Scripting Tool. However, at the time the library only worked with ASP.NET 2.0 applications. Today, the Library has been updated and now works with .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0. You can download the updated Library at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9a2b9c92-7ad9-496c-9a89-af08de2e5982&displaylang...

Scott Hanselman ( HanselMinutes , dasBlog Community Edition , Microsoft Regional Director ) will be speaking at the Victoria .NET Developers Association tonight at 7:00 PM PST. Scott will deliver a presentation entitled, "Anatomy of a Successful ASP.NET Application: Inside DasBlog". More information about this event and registration can be found here .

The latest episode of Plumbers at Work is online . Enjoy.

Scott Hanselman ( HanselMinutes , dasBlog Community Edition , Microsoft Regional Director ) will be speaking at the .NET User Group of British Columbia tonight at 7:00 PM PST. His presentation, "Anatomy of a Successful ASP.NET Application: Inside DasBlog" will not disappoint. More information about this event can be found here .