Ron Cundiff's WebLog

Why Should I Care About Web Services? Web Services. By now, I’m sure you’ve written some. Or at least one. If not, you should. Why? Aside from the fact that you’re a software developer and it looks really good on a resume, web services can offer a wide...

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...

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...

Have you ever wondered how to download the MSDN Webcasts ? I’ve been asked this before at events, but wasn’t sure the answer. It can be embarrassing to stand in front of a crowd of folks and say “I don’t know.” But not too long ago, I did just that when...

I neglected to mention in my last post: I won’t be doing the MSDN Events for awhile. And no, I didn’t get in trouble. Um…right, Paul ? Don’t worry: we’re not canceling the events! I’m just coming off the road for a bit. My teammates will be filling in...

Next week I begin delivering MSDN Events covering 4 new topics. Here are the topics we’ll be covering in our live events through December: Object Oriented Programming Fundamentals in VB.NET Visual Basic ® .NET brings the full power of Object Oriented...

I’m sure you already know about patterns & practices . I always take the time to tell folks about these awesome resources. Want to know the options for authenticating users in an ASP.NET app? Find it here . Want to know how to implement caching within...

Over the next couple weeks, I’ll be finalizing the next MSDN Event Resource DVD-ROM. If you’ve attended a MSDN Event lately, I’m interested to hear what you thought of the DVD you received at the event (the DVD is only available when you attend an event...

Last week was certainly an interesting week. It didn’t really start out much different than other weeks, with me driving toward Kansas City on Monday . Of course, I did have to drive slightly faster than the speed limit to make it into town just in time...

Welcome! I’ve been meaning to get this blog started for awhile, so here goes…let me introduce myself. My name is Ron Cundiff, and I am the Developer Community Champion for Microsoft in the MidAmerica district, which consists of the states of Kansas ,...

This demo-packed event will offer valuable insight into current and future aspects of .NET development! You'll get a sneak peek at what's coming in ASP.NET 2.0! InfoPath with VS.NET: Experience the flexibility of XML data-sharing with Microsoft Office...

Let’s try something different. I’ve added a “Technical” category of posts to this blog. Maybe this will give me something to write about…. I got this idea from a recent webcast I did, MSDN Webcast: Consuming Web Services With Style Using Script (Level...

This blog has obviously been neglected, so let’s see if we can nurture it back to health. It’s not that there hasn’t been anything exciting happening lately. I just have found it difficult to make time for updating this blog. But I’m going to try to focus...

InfoPath InfoPath 2003 Home Page (where you can download SP1 and the InfoPath Toolkit) http://office.microsoft.com/infopath InfoPath 2003 Training (16 walkthroughs to jumpstart your InfoPath skills) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odc_2003_ta...

It's that time again. Another series of MSDN Events coming to a location near you. This time around, we're talking about Web Services, SQL Server 2005, and ClickOnce deployment in Visual Studio 2005. The first stops for our area are Memphis (4/12) and...

S ome of my attendees have noticed me using one of the new SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB flash drives during my presentations, and have asked about it. I'm taking advantage of a new feature in Windows Vista: Windows ReadyBoost . This is a cool feature that...

In this session we learned about building custom Windows Forms controls, including some advanced graphics teqniques. Here are the resources for this session: View the on-demand video of this webcast Download the slides Download the code And here are some...

Oops. I guess I forgot to publish this post after my webcast yesterday. Sorry about that. Thanks to everyone who attended the session today, err...yesterday, as we talked about classes and objects in Visual Basic. Here are some more resources related...

Here's a set of cool utilities for those of you lucky enough to have a Tablet PC running Vista. This free download includes: Equation Writer - Add mathematical expressions to your papers. Handwrite a math equation, and then convert it into a neatly...

Recently I blogged some development resources for Windows Vista and the .NET Framework 3.0 , and promised similar resources for Office 2007. Here's what I came up with: Office Developer Center – it all starts with the MSDN Office dev center Office...

In this session, we discussed inheritance and polymorphism in Visual Basic, and how to implement a class hierarchy. Here are the resources for this session: View the on-demand video of this webcast Download the slides Download the code And here are some...

In this session, we discussed using structured exception handling within our applications to prevent run-time errors. Here are the resources for this session: View the on-demand video of this webcast Download the slides Download the code Here are some...

Tonight after the "Best of Vista Launch" user group event in Little Rock (btw, what a great crowd; thanks to everyone who attended!), I was telling someone about the brand-new Beginner Developer Learning Center . This is a great resource for anyone new...

Unfortunately, I was unable to post the wrap-up for last week's session until now, due to connectivity issues. (BTW, do you suffer from "Internet withdrawal" when you can't get connected?) But now that I'm in a different city, different hotel, I have...

In this session, we discussed using arrays and collections to store our data within our applications. Here are the resources for this session: View the on-demand video of this webcast Download the slides Download the code Here are some more resources...