March 2007 - Posts

Free online class: Designing .NET Class Libraries
Krzysztof Cwalina (co-author of Framework Design Guidelines ) recently did a talk for the Microsoft Research Group on great framework design. Online lecture on API design I gave a lecture on framework design at the Redmond’s Microsoft Research Center. Read More...
Reason #73 that JavaScript is mainstream...
Well, I knew that JavaScript was becoming more mainstream, but I didn't realize it had reached this level.. Wired Al Yankovic's new song White & Nerdy mentions JavaScript right along with Klingon ... What's next? Ajax in a country music song? How Read More...
Posted 28 March 07 11:29 by BradA | 2 Comments   
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Ajax in the Balance Slides
I have gotten a couple of asks for the actual slides from my AjaxWorld keynote last week. Ajax in the Balance I'd love to have your feedback\comments... And remember that plagiarism is the highest form of flattery ;-) Read More...
Orcas enables easy offline client apps
I just saw that steve does a couple of very cool screen casts showing off how easy it will be for WinForms and WPF client apps to operate effectively offline and in high latency networks... Going N Tier w/WCF, Synchronizing data using Sync Services for Read More...
Posted 24 March 07 08:13 by BradA | 2 Comments   
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Good Response from AjaxWorld keynote
We got some good feedback from my AjaxWorld keynote ... If you were there, I'd love to hear your feedback, thoughts... please comment here or drop me a line ... Microsoft Not a Cathedral; Open Source Not a Bazaar NEW YORK -- It's not every day that you Read More...
AjaxWorld Keynote: Ajax in the Balance
I had a great time this morning doing the closing keynote… I talked about how great, productive Ajax application are optimized for a set of balances. Client and server, proprietary and open source, established and emerging technology, etc. The most fun Read More...
Posted 21 March 07 02:35 by BradA | 10 Comments   
Microsoft joins the OpenAjax Alliance
I am super excited about the fact that Microsoft is joining the Open Ajax Alliance . The ASP.NET AJAX team has long had the goal to help evolve AJAX-style development and ensure a high degree of interopablity between Ajax Frameworks and tools. But most Read More...
Posted 20 March 07 11:41 by BradA | 13 Comments   
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Great fun at AjaxWorld
Well, I made it in to NYC early this morning for AjaxWorld … So far the conference has been very good... I am spending a bit of time honing the demos for my keynote Wednesday morning. If you are at the show, I hope you can come, I will be showing the Read More...
Posted 19 March 07 04:56 by BradA | 1 Comments   
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NextGenUG PodCast
It was my good luck to run into Dave McMahon and Richard Costall from NxtGenUG today at the MVP Summit here at Microsoft… We had such a great time chatting they wanted to do a quick little interview for their podcast… Show #30 - The One With The Maracas Read More...
Structuring your project for team development
J.D. Meier has a good post on best practices for structuring your projects (ASP.NET and client) for best productivity in a team environment with source control and the like. One of the biggest benefits here is that you can stop arguing about which way Read More...
Failed Internet Technologies Examples
I was talking to some co-workers recently about what works and what doesn't as far as platform technologies on the Internet. Why did something like WAIS and FTP die out but http and RSS succeed? The answer is not 100% clear to me... So I am coming to Read More...
Posted 11 March 07 04:38 by BradA | 25 Comments   
How to configure Vista to enable ClickOnce publishing
This came up recently internally and I thought I'd share it here in case other are running into it.. Because Vista (and Longhorn Server) run the new IIS7 , there are a handful of tweaks you have to make to IIS and VS to make clickonce publishing work... Read More...
Posted 06 March 07 02:08 by BradA | 5 Comments   
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MIX07 Buzzcast #1 - Brad Abrams - ASP.Net AJAX
Check it out... They just posted the F-I-R-S-T Buzzcast for Mix07 and I got to be part of it! MIX07 Buzzcast #1 - Brad Abrams - ASP.Net AJAX I talk a little about the audience for mix... Designers, Developers and business decision makers ("the boss"). Read More...
Posted 05 March 07 08:10 by BradA | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Ajax Library on PHP
A reader asked about the reference to running part of ASP.NET AJAX on PHP\Apache in my recent interview ... The specific thing I was talking about was running the Microsoft Ajax Library on PHP... Check out the CodePlex project.. Feel free to jump in and Read More...
Video Interview on ASP.NET AJAX
Back in October at the Ajax Experience Conference, I had a chance to sit down with Jack Vaughan from ServerSide.NET to talk about ASP.NET AJAX. Check it out: Brad Abrams on ASP.NET AJAX ( Video ) I'd love your feedback or thoughts... Here is an idea of Read More...

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