IRhetoric - Karsten Januszewski

If you are a WPF developer, you must read Optimizing WPF Application Performance . It is chockful of tips, tricks and information about the inner workings of WPF. I've read it multiple times and I always learn something new. It is a glimse into the WPF Read More...

There is a very cool sample buried deeply in the SDK called Per Frame Animation that has some very clever and useful code in it. I recently was revisiting the sample and realized that there is a lot going on in the sample that may not at first be apparent. Read More...

Mike Swanson, a hero already for his Illustrator to XAML converter, has posted a Thanksgiving gift: a SWF to XAML converter . I just interviewed him for Channel 9 , in which he shows some demos and spills the beans on how he did it. Read More...

I recently encountered a confusing issue with WCF. An application that worked fine on RC1 suddenly started intermittently failing on the release build of .NET 3.0. What was most perplexing was that no errors were returned, no debug information was provided, Read More...

Release notes for pre-release version of .NET 3.0 could be read with the hopes that some of the issues raised might be fixed before shipping. However, the final release notes are worth reading, as these are known issues that were not fixed. The release Read More...

So, if you haven't heard the news, .NET 3.0 shipped along with the SDK ! The Visual Studio Extensions aren't official yet, but they are looking better with every build. And, in addition, MIX07 has been announced. It wouldn't surprise me if it sold out. Read More...