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Monday, August 18, 2008 10:12 PM

Charlie to Speak on LINQ at DevLink

I will be speaking this Friday and Saturday, August 22nd and 23rd, at devLink near Nashville, TN. I will give two talks, both on LINQ, both for intermediate and advanced developers. The first covers querying in LINQ, and the second talk explains the features
Posted by Charlie Calvert | 3 Comments
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Friday, August 15, 2008 11:42 AM

Future Focus: Document Map Margin

We are continuing our series of posts about proposed features for the next version of Visual Studio. This post focuses on a new feature called Document Map Margins (DMM). Developers frequently work with huge source files that are difficult to navigate.
Posted by Charlie Calvert | 34 Comments
Monday, August 11, 2008 4:20 PM

Released: .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

Microsoft has recently released an updated training kit with presentations, hands-on labs, demos and event materials describing features found in .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 . Here you will find over 100 MB of information with tips on using
Posted by Charlie Calvert | 3 Comments
Monday, August 11, 2008 11:03 AM

Released: Visual Studio Service Pack 1; .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

Visual Studio Service Pack 1 and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 are now available for download. A new feature for C# developers called squiggles provides better error messages while you are typing your code. There are several important LINQ performance enhancements,
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Friday, August 08, 2008 1:21 PM

Axialis IconWorkshop™ Lite for VS 2008

No, I haven't totally lost my mind and gone completely marketing mad. This is a free add-in to Visual Studio 2008. Microsoft worked with Axialis to create this tool because there is a need for new, larger icons, now that we have higher resolution monitors.
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