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• (How To Videos) Get up to speed on Visual Studio 2008

  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... Posted Oct 20 2007, 08:21 AM by Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX Filed under: Ajax, .NET, Visual Studio, LINQ, ASP.NET 2.0, Future version of Visual Studio, Silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, ASP.NET 3.5, Video, How to

• Developer Conference Follow Up

  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... Posted May 21 2007, 09:20 AM by Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX Filed under: Ajax, LINQ, Future version of Visual Studio, ADO.NET, Silverlight, .NET Framework 3.5, Orcas

• Updated Virtual Earth with Silverlight samples

  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... Posted May 08 2007, 07:58 PM by Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX Filed under: Ajax, Future version of Visual Studio, Web Services, Virtual Earth, Windows Live, WPFE, Silverlight, .NET Framework 3.5

• Announcing SDLC-in-a-Box version 2.0!

  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... Posted Nov 20 2006, 01:21 PM by Public Sector Developer Weblog Filed under: Visual Studio 2005, Future version of Visual Studio, patterns & practices, MSDN

• Client-centric vs. server-centric programming in ASP.NET "Atlas"

  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... Posted May 22 2006, 11:30 PM by Federal Developer Weblog : Atlas Filed under: Ajax, Atlas, ASP.NET 2.0, .NET Framework 2.0, Future version of Visual Studio

• Microsoft Federal Architect Forum 06 content

  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... Posted May 12 2006, 07:12 AM by Federal Developer Weblog : Atlas Filed under: Atlas, Visual Studio 2005, Future version of Visual Studio, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Security, SQL Server 2005, Software Factories, Smart Client, Office Development, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Web Services, NETFX3.0