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June 2009 - Posts

.NET from A to Z – The Index

As you might be aware, this week ended my A-Z series exploring various facets of Microsoft and .NET technologies.  It was actually a lot of fun to explore a different topic each week, and I’m even happier to say I didn’t miss one Monday, making me Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:45 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Z is for… Zermatt

Zermatt is, well actually was , the code name for Microsoft’s next generation identity and access management API.   Zermatt is now known by its new code name of “Geneva” Framework, but short of z-index , I was coming up empty on something to Read More...
Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 12:01 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 Pricing Announced

Talk about timing! We just finished up our Summer 2009 Northeast Roadshow Series yesterday at Farmington (thanks for all that came out!), and today there’s a huge announcement relevant to my Windows 7 presentation.  Pricing for the retail Windows Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:56 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 Beta Expires July 1st

Well, it’s really August 1st, but if you’re still running Windows 7 Beta, you’ll see your machine spontaneously rebooting every two hours beginning next week.   While that may be a great way to rest your eyes and carpals, you’ll probably find Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:08 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Get Connected

My colleagues in the New York City metro region, Peter Laudati and Dmitry Lyalin , have launched a new podcast called The Connected Show , focused on the latest Microsoft developer technologies with a eye (or is that ear?) on interoperability with non-Microsoft Read More...
Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 10:54 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Y is for… Yield

Before we talk specifically about the yield keyword, let’s review a few constructs you probably use everyday, namely collection classes like lists and arrays.  We’re quite used to traversing these simply with a foreach loop, and what enables us to Read More...
Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 12:01 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers

Looking to dive into coding with Windows 7?  The RC Training Kit is a great resource for developers, with hands-on labs and presentation materials covering many of the Windows 7 features, including: Taskbar Libraries and Federated Search Multi-touch Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 6:57 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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X is for… XML Literal

XML Literal(s) is a feature that Visual Basic developers can call their own! The XML Literal syntax facilitates creating XML documents and elements that support the vast majority of the XML 1.0 specification . Complementing the literals are axis properties Read More...
Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 12:23 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Awesome WPF/Silverlight Guidance

I don’t casually throw around words like ‘awesome', but this is indeed it.  If you’re building applications for WPF and/or Silverlight, you’ve certainly become XAMLized, since XAML (eXtensible Markup Language) is the “common” user-interface description Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 2:38 PM by joneil | 2 Comments
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W is for… WeakReference

With most of the major development technologies from Microsoft beginning with a “W” – Windows Presentation Foundation , Windows Communication Foundation , Windows Workflow Foundation – there was no shortage of choices for today’s post.  But somehow Read More...
Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 12:33 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Hartford Code Camp Schedule – June 13th

The tentative schedule of presentations for the 2nd CTDOTNET CodeCamp has been posted, and it looks like a full day with nearly three dozen sessions in tracks like WCF, Java and jQuery, Agile, Database, WPF and Silverlight, and more. If you haven’t signed Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:52 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 Available October 22nd

In case you hadn’t heard yet, today (or yesterday depending on your timezone), Steve Guggenheimer , Corporate VP of the OEM Division, announced at Computex in Taipei that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available on store shelves on October Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:46 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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VB Samples For Entity Framework

One of the more frequent frustrations I’ve heard is how so much sample code is based on C#, leaving our Visual Basic contingent to fend for themselves.  I’ve seen the tide changing a bit recently, including the recent posting of Entity Framework Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:23 AM by joneil | 2 Comments
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Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day: July 21st

Mark your calendars!  MSDN and TechNet in conjunction with the Western New York .NET Users Group are bringing the Greater Buffalo IT/Dev Day to Daemen College in Amherst on July 21st.  Special thanks to David Hockenberry of WNYDNUG for spearheading Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:02 AM by joneil | 2 Comments
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V is for… Velocity

Velocity is the code name (and a cool code name at that) for a highly-scalable, in-memory cache currently in a Community Technology Preview (CTP) stage.  The objective of Velocity is to increase performance by enabling your applications to grab data Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 12:39 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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