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A couple of nights ago, I presented on web development fundamentals at the CMAP .NET Essentials SIG. One of the things we talked about was the fact that the .NET Framework is pretty large, so a challenge for new devs is figuring out where everything they’re interested in lives within the framework. One...

If you’ve wondered just what the new .NET Framework Client Profile, introduced in .NET 3.5 SP1, is and when it applies, you may find this explanation by Jaime Rodriguez enlightening. Share this post :

This has been out for a bit, but I was recently reminded about it, so I figured it was worth a post. If you’re looking for a resource to learn about (or share what you know about) some of the cool new enhancements to .NET 3.5 that came out with SP1, you can find a ton of PowerPoint decks, labs, demos...

I want to say a big THANK YOU (I did say big, didn’t I?) to everyone who attended the MSDN Roadshow events this week in Roanoke, VA and Baltimore, MD. Several people requested copies of the slides and demos for the presentations, and I’ve uploaded the decks and demos for my presentations, and you can...

If you haven’t yet registered for the MSDN Roadshow events taking place this week in Roanoke and Baltimore, you’re almost out of time. I’ll be storming Roanoke tomorrow with my road trip buds Zhiming Xue and Ashish Jaiman for a full day of web development goodness. Here’s the agenda:   8:30-9:00...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:00 AM: MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow - MSDN Roadshow is a series of local Microsoft MSDN events for developers, architects and to some extent designers and database professionals...

Important note for folks who are planning to try the beta of Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 is not compatible with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta. The good news is that Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is coming soon. Until then you will...

Scott has a deep and informative post on what's coming in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 beta 1 that is a must-read. Tons of feature info, screenshots, and more.

Read the whole thing here : Today we released a Beta of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Traditionally our service packs address a range of issues found both through customer and partner feedback as well as our own internal testing. While this service pack holds true to that...

A cool app from Steve Marx, via the ReMIX07 Boston blog : For posting videos of sessions from ReMIX07 Boston, we took a pretty simple approach, using the Media control built into the ASP.NET Futures July 2007 release to embed videos in the site. If you're looking for something a little more...

Some great news for .NET developers from Scott Guthrie : One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse the source code of the .NET Framework libraries, and to easily enable debugging support in them. Today I'm excited to announce...

OK, so I realize most people don't equate Excel to cool, other than perhaps some twisted CPAs (apologies to any readers who may also be CPAs), but in this case, I think we have to make an exception: I am doing more and more Wiimote integration. Buttons are easy. But how to analyze the motions? How can...

The Visual Studio team has signed off on Beta 1 of Visual Studio codename "Orcas". Somasegar has the skinny .