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Kathy Kam

Reflection on the CLR and .NET

September 2006 - Posts

.NET Format String 102: DateTime Format String
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Orcas September CTP available... Hello "System.TimeZone2"!
I am so excited that the CTP is finally available! As soon as you crack open the bits, you'll find what I have been working months on! Can you guess what it is??? NET Framework improvements such as: New managed add-in model enables developers to add a Read More...
Teach myself WinForms and WPF...
In the next two weeks, I will be spending some time to learn WinForms and WPF to expand my .NET knowledge. :) I was a UI dev in Outlook,, so I understand the basic concepts of GDI and Win32 programming. But I haven't used WinForms much at all. WinForms Read More...
API Naming - API Design
Before becoming a PM, I attended one of those annual Program Manager conference in Microsoft. I attended a talk that particularly stuck in my mind today as I discuss API naming. It was called "Six Skills of Feature Design Leaders ". The speaker is a UI Read More...
Feedback requested~
Today, Rob Relyea posted a "Feedback please" post on MSDN forum , and on his personal blog requesting feedback about WPF for LOB applications. As I have said in my previous post , I have been tasked to study the gap between WinForms and WPF for LOB application. Read More...
Is modifying System.DateTime reasonable for a Time Zone/Offset aware DateTime object?
So, in my previous " Designing Time Zone Conversion " post, a few readers asked whether we can update System.DateTime to understand Time Zones. Before we look into whether we can update DateTime, we should look into how this "improved" DateTime should Read More...
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