The Code Project is hosting a competition (and offering cool prizes) for the best Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets. Find out more . Pretty cool that you get to play with new technology and maybe earn some swag at the same time, huh?

I've had a lot of questions about the technologies behind the Accruent application that I've demonstrated during the keynote of the Developer Track at the recent Office 2007 / Vista Launch Events. The mapping features of this application were built with Windows Presentation Foundation and Virtual Earth...

Whew, what an awesome event we had today. I'd like to thank everyone that attended our sessions as we talked about Windows Vista and Office 2007 from the developer's perspective. As promised, here are some links to additional resources related to developing applications for Windows Vista and Office 2007...

Download it here . Read about it here . Play with it here . What are you waiting for?

The Architecture Strategy team just released LitwareHR, a fictitious HR application providing recruitment-management software delivered as a service. The most important aspect of this application is not what the application does, but how it does it. Using the latest Microsoft technologies such as .NET...

One of the sample applications we've been showing in the Developer Track at the Windows Vista / Office 2007 Launch events is the DinnerNow sample . Of course, with the limited time, we can only show the highlights of this great sample application. But, the coolest thing about this sample is your ability...

I've had a lot of questions relating to finding more information and samples for developing applications for the .NET Framework 3.0, and / or Windows Vista, so I've decided to list some resources that may help. Obviously, this is not an exhaustive list, but more of a list of resources to get you started...