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August 2003 - Posts

I hate newsgroups

Does anyone find any value in newsgroups anymore? As an example, Microsoft.com has just released a set of Web services to access some of the data on ms.com. The Microsoft.com Web Service is an XML Web service that enables third parties, as well as Microsoft
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Finally getting around to updating/changing the VS Dev Center

No new content (sorry), but I at least made a landing spot for it. There is now an "Extending Visual Studio" section on the Visual Studio Developer Center -- the future home for content on Add-ins, Macros and VSIP. Bit of content there now, but you may
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Blogs and How-tos now live

OK, I've now posted a starter list of ASP.NET Weblogs to the Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/community/blogs/default.aspx . Those who aren't on the list that feel they should be -- you know the drill (and the e-mail address). Similarly,
Posted by ksharkey | 2 Comments

How-To's anyone?

Before I forget, I'm adding a new section to the ASP.NET Developer Center. No, wait -- two new sections. A How-To section. This will include quickie answers to common development tasks with ASP.NET. Currently, it just has items from the ASP.NET Knowledge
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Slow day -- only one new article

Another new article on the ASP.NET Developer Center. Perhaps no one here needs it, but I love it anyway. Scott Mitchell looks at how a VB6 developer can easily move to ASP.NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/aspnet-movingvbtoaspnet.asp
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New duties, new questions

Due to my ongoing incompetance and medication changes , I have been given the keys to the Visual Studio Developer Center . As such, it's time to ask you, my favoritest folks in the whole wide world, what IDE centric articles (as opposed to something language
Posted by ksharkey | 12 Comments

Three more on the ASP.NET Dev Center

Three more articles for your reading pleasure have appeared on the ASP.NET Developer Center : Creating a Pageable, Sortable DataGrid - Scott Mitchell looks at adding these two common functions to the 'lowly' DataGrid (ducking and running from Marcie)

That's two...

Funny how little things affect me so -- must be the advancing years making me sentimental. I just stuck my second product plaque on my “Ship-it” award today -- Visual Studio .NET 2003. While my contribution to that Service pack important release is certainly
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Scott rules MSDN!

I rarely look at the MSDN home page these days (I tend to focus on the ASP.NET and Visual Studio .NET Developer Centers), but I made an exception today. Two of Scott Mitchell's articles are the headlines this week. Congratulations to Scott, and thank

ASP.NET Dev Center content for 5 Aug, 2003

How's that for a dull title? Either way. Two fresh, exciting articles for your ASP.NET dining pleasure. For those who can't get enough of caching, or of Steven A Smith, we have his “ASP.NET Caching: Techniques and Best Practices” article. This is now
 
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