Thom Robbins .NET Weblog

Hold the date for Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy! On May 6/7 in the Microsoft Waltham office. More details including the call for speakers and registration coming soon.

Attending a meeting today in Waltham and had a chance to look out the conference room window. To my surprise what do I see hanging out? What’s outside you conference room?

For a limited time, you can get a free second shot at any Microsoft IT Professional, Developer, or Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions) Certification exam. Just register for this offer before your first exam, and you'll get two chances...

It’s almost here! Make sure you register! Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:30 AM -12:00 PM (EST) Register Now for in person event Microsoft Waltham Office 201 Jones Road, 6th Floor Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 Can’t attend in person – Do the...

Interested in attending Virtual Earth Madness in Boston but not in the area? Based on the feedback from many different areas we are looking to take this event virtual using Live Meeting and VOIP technology. If you would like to attend the virtual event...

Those guys in Connecticut have come on a great idea! I am pleased to announce the beginnings of something new and great for developers in CT, the CTDOTNET Study Group. CTDOTNET will be offering another great service to its members starting in Spring...

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System brings significant enhancements to the development of business solutions that rely on solutions based on Office, Excel, InfoPath and Outlook 2003. Extending the previous versions,...

Looking to become part of the Vista beta and work with what is definitely going to be an awesome operating system. Check out Steve’s blog as he is interested in nominating you. <<Get nominated for the Vista Beta>>

Thanks to all that attended the training yesterday! As promised here are the two PowerPoint decks that I used. Visual Studio Team System Overview What’s new with ASP 2.0

Ran across this and its well worth the download for some great mobile resource links Download the Enterprise Resource Kit today! Do you need to find out how your business will benefit from a mobile solution? Download our Enterprise Resource Kit...

In this screencast available here we take a look at one of the new features of ASP 2.0 called Themes and Skins. A theme is a collection of property settings that allow a Web page to define a common look and for pages and controls. Themes are made up of...

Will you be there! Register Now Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:00 4:00 PM University of Pittsburgh Department of Computer Science Sennott Square Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15260 This one day camp is to be hosted at the University of Pittsburgh...

If you learn by doing, these step-by-step hands-on labs are great ways to learn about Windows Mobile, Visual Studio, .NET Compact Framework, and SQL Mobile. Each lab includes sample code and a step-by-step instruction manual that will guide you through...

Wednesday March 1 – 6:30 Microsoft Waltham Office ( Waltham Weston Corporate Center, 201 Jones Rd. , Sixth Floor Waltham , MA ) More information at http://www.owasp.org/local/boston.html Two presentations this week Topic - A case...

Via Rich he has just posted the code to a managed framework for developing Internet Explorer Browser Modules on GotDotNet. It allows one to write Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) using C#. There have been several example on how to do this including on support...

Via Sara Pretty cool tools – well worth checking out MSBee As mentioned in my previous post, MSBee is an addition to MSBuild that allows you to build managed apps in VS 2005 that target .NET 1.1. Download MSBuild Extras – Toolkit for .NET...

What: This is a user group meeting for MCTs and Speakers. Who: Open to all current or former MCTs and Speakers. Where: Microsoft New England District: Waltham, MA http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/newengland/waltham.mspx When 6:00 PM Price...

Via Steve – Finally FQDNs and multithreaded inventory processing... http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/2003/sp2.mspx What’s New • SMS Administrator Console Changes • Locate management points...

Congratulations to the Denver community on the announcement of their first Code Camp. Front Range Code Camp Saturday May 20, 2006 More information available here

Welcome to the Microsoft® ASP.NET 2.0 Webcast Series, sponsored by Microsoft, Dr. Dobb’s, and O’Reilly. Choose from 45 webcasts organized by track—JSP, PHP, and ColdFusion. Each track has been designed to take advantage of your existing Web development...

If you are completely new to ASP.NET development, this page provides the learning materials necessary for you to begin Web development with ASP.NET. You’ll find the resources that will help you get your first Web application built quickly, and more. ...

Phil Denoncourt: XML Serialization When: Thursday March 2, 2006, 5:30 – 7:30pm Where: Adesso Systems, One Liberty Square , 7th Floor, Boston , MA ( directions ) All are welcome, but please ( RSVP ) if you want free pizza! Talk Summary XML Serialization...

If you learn by doing, these step-by-step hands-on labs are great ways to learn about Windows Mobile, Visual Studio, .NET Compact Framework, and SQL Mobile. Each lab includes sample code and a step-by-step instruction manual that will guide you through...

This Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET Starter Kit is a complete Mobile PC and Tablet PC application. The starter kit contains a semi-transparent form for taking notes and keeps them synchronized through a Web Service. It also supports battery awareness...

Thanks to all that attended last week’s session on Smart Clients. As promised I have posted the deck and sample. <<Download What’s New with Smart Client PowerPoint>> <<Download Code Samples Discussed>>