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From SlashDot... "It has been going on nine years now, but finally there are formal standards for Web accessibility for technologies other than HTML . They ask that you start with the press release (lots of links), but regulars might be more entertained by the last time WCAG made the front page here. Many folks here will point out that web accessibility is old hat, and by implication this is hardly news, but if you do Web development for any government organization, you should expect that accessibility is a base requirement. The Section 508 standards are to be updated (relatively) soon too." This is great news for government developers! Being finalized, this specification incorporates accessibility guidance for Web 2.0 technologies...
Visual Studio 2008 (and the .NET Framework 3.5) is set to release to manufacturing in a few weeks (November timeframe). I've been working with it for about 6 months myself, and once you get pass the BETA "issues" it is a nice upgrade over Visual Studio 2005 in a variety of areas. I specifically like these news features: Multi-targeted frameworks Within VS2008, the IDE gives you a choice of working with the .NET 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5 framework Which means that I don't have to have Visual Studio 2005 (for backward compatibility) and Visual Studio 2008 installed to get the new features The ability to switch frameworks overtime, so that I can start with .NET 2.0, for example, and as my company/customer approves .NET 3.0/3.5, I can switch my project to...
Thanks to everyone who attended our Public Sector Developer Conference in Downers Grove, IL. I don't have all of the decks yet, but I figured I would post anyway to get you started. I will update this post when I get the other decks. Introduction to LINQ + LINQ to SQL - deck , demo code What's New for Web Developers in Visual Studio "Orcas" & the Microsoft ASP.NET Futures - deck , orcas demo code , futures demo code -Marc Read More...
I've received quite a few requests to update my Virtual Earth + Silverlight and WPF + Virtual Earth + Silverlight samples. Both codebases are old code. Therefore, they no longer work against the current releases of Silverlight (1.0 Beta or 1.1 Alpha) and Virtual Earth (v5). I'm part of the way there towards getting the samples updated. It has taken me a bit longer than I planned. That never happens:). I have a few kinks to still work out, but a few folks are waiting patiently. Therefore I decided to share what I have so far. I've cleaned up the code enough to where I think it is usable for people who want a jumpstart. There are two samples in the current download. The first one uses: Virtual Earth v5 JavaScript control Custom Dashboard (Silverlight...
We are pleased to announce the release of SDLC-in-a-Box version 2.0! With more than 75 partners in over 10 countries already signed up, we are excited about partners being more prepared than ever to deliver Visual Studio Team System deep-dive and implementation training for customers. We encourage you to visit the site, become familiar with the program, and engage your Microsoft account team and Training or Consulting Partner to begin the Application Lifecycle Management assessment within your own organization. If you are a partner, sign up now, download SDLC-in-a-Box, and start training now! One of the most demanded features for this release was the inclusion of complimentary Visual Studio Partner products for functional areas such as Requirements...
ASP.NET “Atlas” offers developers, primarily, two ways to develop AJAX applications. For the sake of this post I’ll call them the “server-centric” and “client-centric” approach. So which one should you chose? The answer, as with all things software, is of course “It depends.” The goal of this blog is to introduce you to both. This post will be followed by a series of blogs/screencasts highlighting the “server-centric” approach. I’ve already demonstrated the “client-centric” approach through my Mashup 101: Virtual Earth and ASP.NET Atlas (Part II) blog/screencast. However, once I am done with the “server-centric” series, I will drill into the “client-centric” approach (which will include another series of blogs/screencasts). Before I explain...
The content for the 2006 Microsoft Federal Architect Forum will be posted on Federaldeveloper.com (link is here: http://tinyurl.com/luawt ) For those who were able to attend, thank you! - Keith Read More...
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