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XmlSerialization of DateTime in .NET Framework 2.0

I have seen numerous blog and newsgroup posts about how XmlSerialization and ASMX WebServices serialize DateTime in v1.0 and v1.1 of the framework. Well, I have some good news, bad news and good bad news for you. Good news: We fixed it. Bad news: If you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:32 PM by mattavis | 2 Comments
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Migrating .NET Remoting to WCF (and even ASMX!)

This is a long post so I’ll summarize my findings up front. Summary: Following the .NET Remoting guidance enables quick and painless upgrade to WCF A single interface can be decorated to support .NET Remoting, WCF and ASMX The service implementation does Read More...
Posted Monday, October 10, 2005 3:20 PM by mattavis | 8 Comments

Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone but I am using .NET Remoting: Part 4 - Wrap it up

Here is the final trick. And those of you who have read the series have waited a while for this final post. (Sorry for the delay.) Programming against an interface gives you the consistent programming model across the various distributed platforms but Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:36 PM by mattavis | 0 Comments
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What's New in .NET Remoting for .NET Framework 2.0

A little self-promotion never hurt anyone... Some new MSDN TV content has recently been made available on the new features of .NET Remoting for .NET Framework 2.0. Enjoy! http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20050120NETMT/manifest.xml Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:26 AM by mattavis | 3 Comments
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Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone but I am using .NET Remoting: Part 3 - Use interfaces and serializable types in your contract

Now that you expose the your remote object through a CLR interface, that interface should limit itself to interfaces and serializable types as parameters and return values. This guideline is really just an additional follow-on to rule one about using Read More...
Posted Monday, February 07, 2005 4:09 PM by mattavis | 0 Comments
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Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone but I am using .NET Remoting: Part 2 - Consider making your implementation internal

In Part 1 it was suggested to use only interfaces to program against your remoted object. Another consideration for enforcing the correct usage of your remote object is to limit access to the implementation except through the interface that you defined Read More...
Posted Friday, February 04, 2005 7:24 PM by mattavis | 1 Comments
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Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone but I am using .NET Remoting: Part 1 - Use CLR Interfaces

One of the easiest ways to avoid locking yourself into .NET Remoting is to avoid exposing its most infamous type in your contract: MarshalByRefObject (MBRO). To marshal object references in .NET Remoting your type needs to inherit from MBRO but that doesn't Read More...
Posted Friday, September 24, 2004 12:10 AM by mattavis | 0 Comments
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Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone but I am using .NET Remoting: A Series

So you've heard about SOA and Indigo and the future of distributed application development on .NET. You've even seen the long-running discussion of our guidance on Richard Turner's blog. You are now asking yourself: But how can I use .NET Remoting today Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:38 PM by mattavis | 2 Comments
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Deprecating the SoapFormatter

Now that I have your attention... We are seriously considering deprecating the SoapFormatter in .NET Framework 2.0. It is the nexus of a whole host of serialization issues and implies a promise of interop that it does not and will not live up to. It also Read More...
Posted Monday, August 23, 2004 9:30 PM by mattavis | 30 Comments
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TechEd Europe

I'll be going to TechEd Europe to give a few talks. If you are interested in any of the following then add them to your schedule: Wed 8:30 CTS201 Web Service, XML Serialization and Networking in .NET Framework 2.0 A preview of some of the cool new features Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:08 PM by mattavis | 1 Comments
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Web Services in Whidbey - New TechEd Talk CTS201 has been added

Interested in Web Services features in Whidbey? So am I! Yasser Shohoud, Software Legend, and I will be giving a talk at TechEd to introduce some our favorite new Web Services features to you at TechEd. The new talk (CTS201) is not even in the Session Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:09 PM by mattavis | 3 Comments
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.NET Remoting at TechEd 2004

Those of you scouring the list of talks at TechEd for in-depth .NET Remoting discussions will be disappointed. .NET Remoting will be touched on in the Connected Systems track (CTS300) by Richard Turner but that will be prescriptive guidance for the usage Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:00 PM by mattavis | 1 Comments
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Introductions...

As a first blog entry, I figure introductions are in order. I am Matt Tavis, PM at Microsoft working on the .NET Framework 2.0 (Whidbey) and Indigo. My Whidbey features areas are .NET Remoting, runtime serialization and xml serialization. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:38 PM by mattavis | 5 Comments
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