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We're Web Developers.... But there is still a place for rich client apps. recently we published a "Syndicated Client Starter Kit" over on www.WindowsClient.net (my team owns that site too. ) In the showcase for that starter kit there is an AWESOME MSDN Reader application. ITS FREE - Install it ! http://windowsclient.net/wpf/starter-kits/sce.aspx Read More...

Some of you have noticed :) there are a number of new bloggers on weblogs.asp.net. Some are adding great posts of technical value. Others are posting less useful information like letting us know that the overslept today. Thanks to all of you have have emailed me to share your frustrations (ScottGu included.) I've been doing feature planning for some time to add much greater "Social Networking" functionality to www.asp.net including blog and post rating and a variety of related RSS features. Unfortunately, developer resources are limited, etc, etc, etc. In the mean time, if you are a brand new blogger and have noticed that your blog posts are not appearing in the main aggregation, it's because you made a non technical post and included it in...

Growing an on-line community is hard. At www.asp.net we spend LOTS of time thinking about how to continue to grow the ASP.NET community and continue to add value. One of the necessary factors in growing an on-line community is to add members and recently we've added about 150 bloggers. There have been some mixed reactions to this growth. Many folks are glad to see the ASP.NET blog ecosystem finally adding new bloggers. Still, a few folks long for the older, quieter feeds :) The first thing that I encourage you to consider is that "new blogger glut" will soon subside. The enthusiasm of all the new bloggers is great and many folks are posting away like crazy. It takes time to become an effective blogger, figuring out what kinds of things people...

  I've added 150 new bloggers to the ASP.NET community since yesterday morning and many folks have asked me how to set up Windows LiverWriter to work with their new blog. First, go to the "Get Live" site and click on the "Get it Free' button. When you see this dialog - click RUN. Then, click run AGAIN ! Then Accept this :) Choose the "Live" features that you want to install INCLUDING Writer ! Installation start automatically after you click "Add to Installation" Choose "I already have a weblog set up" and click NEXT Select "Another weblog service" and click NEXT. Enter your weblog URL (the one I mailed to you) and your www.asp.net username and password. Then click NEXT Set the weblog...

Wanna blog with me , ScottGu , and the rest of the ASP.NET Community ? Click here to read the terms of use. If you agree to the Terms and Aree not to change or add any advertising on the site then .......... Click Here and send me your info ! JOIN THE ASP.NET COMMUNITY !!! Read More...

Wanna blog with me , ScottGu , and the rest of the ASP.NET Community ? Click here to read the terms of use. If you agree to the Terms and Aree not to change or add any advertising on the site then .......... Click Here and send me your info ! JOIN THE ASP.NET COMMUNITY !!! Read More...

I started with .Text and it served me well. When .Text was folded into CommunityServer , it was time for a change.  I considered community server. You have to know it's a great product (and I'm using it elsewhere) but it was too much for my meager single blogging needs. (Note: The Telligent guys are working on a more "personal" product called Graffiti - Click Here to Sign Up to be Notified about the Private Beta ) While I use DasBlog on a couple of other projects (and I LOVE it), I wanted a database backend. I chose Subtext . And it has also served me well. But alas, my needs have outgrown SubText and I've been pestering SubText's principal ( Phil Haack ) too much. Especially since Phil now works at Microsoft. Subtext has an active...

   In their blog, the JScript team at Microsoft is addressing incompatibilities between Microsoft JScript implementation and the ECMA Standard.    From their blog...... "...the first step is knowing where the divergences are. We in the JScript team are looking into where various browser based implementations diverge, where our engine is incorrect in its interpretation of the specification, what if any de facto compatibility conventions have been reached, and the value of codifying such conventions into the standard. We’ve published the first draft of JScript Deviations from ES3 as a starting point." Kudos to the JScript team. The haters are quick to slam the IE (and by association the JScript team) for IE...

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