Presentations given in Irvine and Riverside, CA - here's the deck and links for more information about Visual Studio 2008 enhancements for web developers, Astoria data services, and Silverlight and AJAX working together in custom controls.
Some good Entity Framework and Astoria reference links http://blogs.msdn.com/erickt/archive/2007/05/03/entity-framework-for-dbas.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2007/08/31/compatibility-heads-up-prototype-production-code.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2007/09/09/design-feedback-requested.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2007/09/21/uri-format-part-1-addressing-resources-using-uri-path-segments.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2007/09/27/astoria-data-sources-and-system-layering.aspx
Silverlight Core Silverlight areawww.Silverlight.netGame in 1.0- shows Javascript, custom controls, communicating with web service, more http://www.codeproject.com/silverlight/SilverlightGame.aspSilverlight 1.1 development example - complete - controls, javascript, web service, downloader class, work-around for cross-domain data calls, morehttp://www.codeproject.com/silverlight/SLFun.aspCalling WCF service from Silverlighthttp://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2007/06/12/calling-a-wcf-service-from-your-silverlight-application.aspxXAML control example source codehttp://quickstarts.asp.net/Futures/Silverlight/xaml.aspxMedia control example source codehttp://quickstarts.asp.net/Futures/Silverlight/media.aspxVideo Control - using Silverlight and LINQhttp://www.vertigo.com/videoshow.aspxSilverlight error codes explainedhttp://exdream.no-ip.info/blog/2007/07/20/SilverlightErrorCodesExplained.aspxIIS config for Silverlight hostinghttp://silverlight.net/forums/t/479.aspxMedia Encoding - webinar on 12/4:http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/archive/2007/11/27/silverlight-media-encoding-q-a-with-ben-waggoner.aspx
Explanation of custom 'Slide Show' dynamic XAML control, interacting with custom javascripthttp://www.nikhilk.net/Entry.aspx?id=163