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Managed Extensibility Framework
Krzysztof recently announced on his blog that we have begun working on an extensibility framework for .NET..   We will blog more details about MEF in the upcoming months, but here are some early details (subject to changes, of course): MEF is a set Read More...
Posted 28 April 08 06:14 by BradA | 1 Comments   
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InfoQ Interview: Framework Design Studio Released
InfoQ recently did an interview with Krzysztof Cwalina about Framework Design Studio . Check it out: Framework Design Studio Released Read More...
End-to-End Data Centric Application with Silverlight 2
I have been having some fun with an end to end Silverlight 2 demo recently and I thought I'd share it here. My goal with the demo is to show how easy it is to create an end to end Silverlight application. In particular, my goal is to show Explain the Read More...
Framework Design Studio Published
Krzysztof Cwalina and the gang have been working on a tool to make it easier for Framework designers to design, review and maintain highly usable APIs...  You have to check out Framework Design Studio .   We'd love to hear what you think!   Read More...
Stand alone FXCop download
As many of you know, FxCop is static code analysis tool that we originally wrote to ensure the .NET Framework itself adheres to the .NET Framework Design Guidelines .  The tool as been integrated into Visual Studio as the "Code Analysis" Read More...
Number of Types in the .NET Framework
Occasionally I get asked how big the .NET Framework is in terms of surface area for developers.  As you might guess this is something we track.  As you can see, in each release we are adding new functionality that make it easier to build .NET Read More...
Posted 17 March 08 08:21 by BradA | 59 Comments   
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Silverlight and WPF Control Developer Huddle at Mix08
I just  ran into Ted Glaza from Ajax Control toolkit and Silverlight Controls fame and he is getting some of the control developers together (3rd parties, Microsoft as well as in house) to talk about building controls for WPF and Silverlight.  Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 Launch: Live Chat Today
The Visual Studio 2008 Launch fun continues!    There is a around the clock chat going on to give people around the world a chance to ask questions about VS2008.  I will be hosting a live chat today(2-28)  8-10pm PST.  If Read More...
At the Visual Studio 2008 Launch in LA
I am already having a great time at the Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and Sql Server 2008 Launch event in LA… I am gave a very fun session on Visual Studio 2008 for Web Developers... It was fun to pull this together over the last few days Read More...
The CodeProject gets Silverlight Support
You have likely run across the CodeProject before, at least in a web search for some source code.. CodeProject is a community run website focused on providing a HUGE number of Visual Studio and .NET articles and code snippets. This community thrives on Read More...
Cool new WPF application: Cayra Mindmapping tool Free!
Check out this cool new new mind mapping tool that uses some of the great layout and graphics capabilities of WPF. http://cayra.net/ Here is a mindmap of Mix I created to test it out.. Fun stuff! Read More...
Posted 09 February 08 08:44 by BradA | 8 Comments   
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ASP.NET MVC Example Application over Northwind with the Entity Framework
Over last month over the holidays, Lance Olson and I spent some time porting ScottGu's excellent MVC example over the Entity Framework . I thought I'd share the results here and get your thoughts\feedback. For this example, you will need: VS2008 (Free Read More...
ASP.NET Personal Web Site Starter Kit - Ajax Enabled with .NET Framework 3.5 and VS2008
I recently grabbed the ASP.NET Personal Web Site Starter Kit that we wrote for VS2005\.NET Framework 2.0 and opened it up in VS2008 to see how the new tool and platform could help. It was fun and painless to Ajax Enable the site with the new features Read More...
.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster Updated
A while back I blogged about the .NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster... We made a few tweaks and updated it, including making it available in more formats. Download Links: Full XPS Split XPS PDF Tiled PDF Enjoy! Read More...
User Experience in the Enterprise: Lawson's flash ship manufacturing and distribution application
Well, we are not even out of January yet and there is at least a hint of one of my 2008 prediction coming true . Frog Design is helping Lawson get User Experience to Reach the Enterprise. Check out the details on the case study and read more about how Read More...
Posted 11 January 08 09:34 by BradA | 1 Comments   
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