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Countdown to Visual Studio 2010

In anticipation of the launch of Visual Studio 2010 next March, I wanted to have some bling on my blog counting down the days ‘til the launch. The Visual Studio folks put together an HTML/CSS/JS widget that looked pretty cool, but was fixed  width, Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:06 PM by gduthie | 1 Comments

XAML PowerToys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

If you’re starting to work with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (and you should be, particularly if you’re doing WPF or Silverlight , Karl Shifflett has posted a new XAML PowerToys for the Cider designer in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 . The release includes a Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:02 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit – October Preview

Just got word via David Makogon that there’s a new release of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit available, the October Preview release. So if you’re itching to dig into what’s coming in the next version of Visual Studio and .NET, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:40 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is Here!

If you’re an MSDN Subscriber, you can download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 now via subscriber downloads . If you’re not, don’t fret, you’ll be able to get Beta 2 in just a couple of days. The nice folks at the 10-4 show have been kind enough to record a Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 1:31 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Download the Silverlight 3 Tools and SDK

The Silverlight 3 SDK and Tools are now available . Here’s the scoop: This package is an add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 3. It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer Read More...
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 3:38 PM by gduthie | 2 Comments

Silverlight Firestarter Deck and Links

Thanks to all who attended the Reston Silverlight Firestarter this past Saturday. I hope everyone had as much fun attending as we did organizing and presenting. Frank has posted his slides and links here , as well as the keynote deck , and pictures from Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:04 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Hotfix for asp:menu IE8 Rendering Issue

A while back, I wrote about some workarounds to a problem in how the ASP.NET Menu server control renders in IE. Wally McClure pointed me to a blog entry by Bertrand Le Roy noting the availability of a hotfix for this issue . Note that the hotfix links Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:45 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Silverlight Contrib 2009.1.0 Released!

I’m a little late with this, as the release was announced at the end of last month, but since I’ve seen Page Brooks (who leads the project) twice now just this month, I figured it was about time to give the effort a little more publicity: Silverlight Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:03 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments

MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow Q3 Resources

Thanks to all the folks who came out for Tuesday’s MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow in Reston, VA. Below you’ll find links to the slides, demos, and other resources mentioned during the presentations. If you have any questions, please let me know . Decks: Around Read More...
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 9:02 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Family.Show v3 Released

One of the more fun and compelling sample applications for WPF, which I demoed this morning at the MSDN Roadshow in Reston, VA, has just been updated, as announced by Tim Sneath : It’s been a little while in coming, but I’m delighted to announce that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:09 PM by gduthie | 1 Comments
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.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace Poster

A couple of nights ago, I presented on web development fundamentals at the CMAP .NET Essentials SIG. One of the things we talked about was the fact that the .NET Framework is pretty large, so a challenge for new devs is figuring out where everything they’re Read More...
Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 12:02 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Available

In case you haven’t heard, IE8 RC1 has been released. Many improvements in speed, compatibility and more. And if you’re inclined to help improve compatibility even more for the final release, please consider installing the Report A Webpage Problem IE Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 12:06 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

This has been out for a bit, but I was recently reminded about it, so I figured it was worth a post. If you’re looking for a resource to learn about (or share what you know about) some of the cool new enhancements to .NET 3.5 that came out with SP1, you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:02 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate Available

Here’s Phil Haack’s announcement , in part: At long last I am happy, relieved, excited to announce the release candidate for ASP.NET MVC . Feel free to go download it now (NOTE: The download page is having technical difficulties, so I linked to the MSI Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:26 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Get Your Windows 7 Beta Download Now

The window (pun intended) for you to download the Windows 7 Beta is ending next month. So if you’ve been putting off giving the beta a try, don’t delay much longer. I’ve installed it on several laptops (including my ASUS R2Hv UMPC), and one desktop machine, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:06 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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