One of the things I get asked quite often is "How does LINQ to SQL affect performance compared to writing my own Data Access Layer?" LINQ to SQL perf is a work in progress of course since it is still in beta. However, if you are curious, check out Rico...

As I mentioned in my last post , I've had the opportunity to work on a number cool solutions in recent months. One solution that I've been privileged to work on and help deliver is the Office Business Application Reference Architecture Pack for Public...

In the spirit of talking about the cool projects I've been working on as mentioned in a previous post I want to bring your attention to two new MOSS-powered websites that just launched, right at the eve of this year's Live Earth event (that's currently...

Daniel Moth has a great screencast on Channel 9 digging into Local Variable Type Inference, Object Initiliazers, Anonymous Types, Extension Methods, Lambda Expressions and Query Expressions. These are all features of C# 3.0 & VB9 that enable LINQ...

Over the years, I've been asked about "Source Code Control" for Microsoft Access, since Access is one of more popular tools for a certain type of application development. Although you could always manually check-in/out Access solutions, there was never...

July 18th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Building Powerful Composite Applications with IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Suite More and more enterprises are adopting composite applications as a means to create unique blends of internal data and external...

You might want to entertain attending even if you've seen me present this one before. I will be showing new Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 features like LinqDataSource, improved design time experience for ASP.NET AJAX extender controls, AJAX Web Part drag...

I use a Compaq nc8430 as my primary work laptop. I was quite disappointed to find out that the Hardware Virtualization feature of Virtual PC 2007 was disabled and "not supported" on my laptop. I asked around and was told by someone who will remain nameless...

A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I'd been working on the Office Business Application (OBA) Reference Architecture Pack for Public Sector , which focuses on providing prescriptive architecture guidance for building e-Forms solutions within Public Sector...

I have spoken to quite a few customers about LINQ & LINQ to SQL over the last few months. Oddly enough, very few people have asked me about how one might encapsulate validation and business logic using LINQ to SQL. Scott Guthrie just posted another...

Thanks for attending! If you missed it, you should be able view the recording here . The deck and code are here . If you are looking for today's code, then make sure you download WebDevVS2008_democode_beta2 and FuturesJuly2007_democode . You will, of...

Just caught this from James Conard's blog. "The kit includes 15 presentations on topics ranging from IIS7 to the .NET Framework 3.0 technologies, HPC, and virtualization. It also includes 7 hands-on labs, all based on the DinnerNow scenario. These labs...

I've been delivering a "What's New for Web Developers in Visual Studio 2008 & the Microsoft ASP.NET Futures" session over the last few months to various customers and partners. All of the features / demos I have shown were based on Visual Studio 2008...

Here's the link for the download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67f93dcb-ada8-4db5-a47b-df17e14b2c74&DisplayLang=en Overview The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software...

Microsoft Silverlight is a technology for delivering rich, cross-platform interactive experiences for the Web and beyond. Silverlight will enable the creation of rich, visually stunning and interactive content and applications that run on multiple browsers...

I've been doing quite a bit of LINQ & LINQ to SQL talks lately. One of the things I have told people is that INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations are sent in batch using DataContext.SubmitChanges(). I found out in an internal discussion today that LINQ...

UPDATE: I am aware that the registration link is broken. I am working to get the proper link from the company who sets these up for me. Sorry about the broken link. UPDATE2: The link has been updated and now works:). Come see a demo-rich overview of the...

When Tuesday, July 24 @ 2:00PM EST/11:00A PST, Register by clicking here What This talk will focus on one of the most commonly asked questions about SharePoint (MOSS 2007), and that is: “How do I Building Custom Document Workflow Solutions in SharePoint...

If you are building macros's for office or want to integrate custom functionality with Office, why not just go ahead and build it in to the Office Ribbon? Check out this series of "Visual How To" videos to learn how. Adding Custom Buttons to the 2007...

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! DATE TIME LOCATION TITLE AND REGISTRATION LINK PRESENTER S TARGET AUDIENCE August 1 , 2007 14:00 -15:30 EST Webcast Smart Clients: What...

Thanks to everyone who attended. Sorry about the audio difficulties. Unfortunately, there isn't much I can do once the webcast starts. The deck is here . The code is here . You will need Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh, Visual Studio 2008 Beta...

Rocky Lhotka recently released his CSLA .NET 3.0 Business Object framework. I've followed Rocky's work since the days of Professional Visual Basic 5.0 Business Objects (Professional) , Visual Basic 6.0 Business Objects , Professional Visual Basic 6 Distributed...

As mentioned in my last post , in addition to the website redesign and replatform to MOSS , I also oversaw a project that involved taking one of the customer's primary "eye candy" applications, an HTML/JavaScript-based carbon calculator, and ported it...

*** Updated with the correct link for viewing this recording *** Here's the link to a recording of the demonstration that I did today with instruction on how to access it. Recorded Web Cast: Here are the instructions to view it. Click here and then click...

I found out about these ASP.NET controls by way of Bertrand LeRoy . "These data sources enable Menu and TreeView to declaratively bind to almost arbitrary data." Apparently, they have been around for a while. Bertrand just moved them to Codeplex. Details...