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• Loving the South African Developer Community

  I just got back from South Africa and I am happy to report that the .NET Developer community is very strong there.    User's Group Meetings in in Johannesburg and Cape Town User group meeting in Johannesburg  - thanks for setting this up Craig Nicholson ..  I had a great time showing off Silverlight 2.  We had lot of fun talking about Silverlight wit these slides and demo that I did.  I also showed HardRock DeepZoom , the video wall and HSN.TV User group meeting in Cape Town - Thanks to Hilton Giesenow for setting this up.  This time I did a drill down into the ASP.NET MVC framework.  The response was excellent!   Thanks folks for your questions and interest!  Here is the slides... Posted Jul 01 2008, 01:12 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, WPF, Silverlight, .NET Framework, Mix08

• Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

  I am very excited that Joe Stagner and I will be heading to South Africa the week of June 23rd.   While we are there, we will have a chance to interact with the very passionate .NET community in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.  The South Africa Mix Essentials is an excellent chance to have a conversation about the next generation of web and designer technologies.   I hope you can make it! Same great content, two venues:  Johannesburg 24 June 2008 ( Register ) Cape Town 26 June 2008 ( Register )   I'll be giving some very cool web technology talks while I am there including: - Silverlight 2 (beta2!) Developer overview where I will talk about our general al goals for Silverlight in the RIA space and walk... Posted May 29 2008, 10:12 AM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight, Mix08, ASPMVC

• Enhanced Mix08 Videos Posted

  We recently finished the post product work required to get enhanced videos posted.  The videos not only include slides\demos, but also include a separate video stream of the speaker  so you get a deeper experience.   Mix08 Session Overview: Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 [ Watch this video ] Unfortunately, this videos are not available for download, so you have to watch them on line.. Enjoy this and the rest of the sessions at http://sessions.visitmix.com/ Read More... Posted May 16 2008, 12:25 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, .NET Framework, Mix08

• Mix08 Session Overview: Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008

  I am really looking forward to my Mix08 session this year... It is going to be fun to building an Ajax application from scratch on stage with VS2008 and ASP.NET 3.5. Here is a play-by-play if you want to follow along and help keep me in line... This Mix08 folks should have the video up tomorrow... I will link to it when it is up. Everything I will show can be done with the free-and-always free Visual Web Developer Express edition of VS... Go grab it and play along! Download the completed sample or just the starter files to play along at home. Part I: CSS and HTML Designer I started a brand new project and selected .NET Framework 2.0 as the target runtime. This allows me use VS2008, but target servers that have not been upgraded to .NET Framework... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:39 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Mix08

• Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Controls Available, including Source and Unit Tests

  Get Silverlight 2 Beta 1 If you were watching the Keynote from MIX08, you know that Silverlight 2 Beta 1 is now available for download . The package includes three components: 1) The Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Runtime - installs the basic Silverlight runtime components 2) The Silverlight 2 SDK - includes - installs tools for building Silverlight applications including the controls 3) Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 - installs a project system for Silverlight that works on Visual Studio 2008, including Silverlight XAML Intellisense, Expression Blend interop, and a design-time view of the Silverlight app that you're building. Get the Source for the Controls A few months back, we pulled together a team to build out this... Posted Mar 05 2008, 10:45 AM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Mix08, Silveright

• MIX08 in Vegas this week

  I'll be headed down to Las Vegas this week to attend the MIX08 show. This is the third year of MIX and it's by far my favorite Microsoft event, and not just because it's in Vegas. Like the last two years, this show should provide plenty of great surprises. I'll be participating in a Panel at 1:30 on Wedneday titled "Opportunities and Challenges in Mashing Up the Web" if you want to find me to chat about Silverlight, AJAX, or anything else. I'm also looking to do some networking to find some leads on filling an opportunity for a senior engineer on my team, so if you know someone who might be a good fit, definitely let me know. See you in Vegas! Read More... Posted Mar 03 2008, 04:02 PM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Mix08

• Mix 08 Schedule Picks

  I know there are quite a few folks on there way to Vegas right now for Mix08 ...   I thought I'd thumb through the session list and give you my picks for some cool Mix 08 session.    Even you could not make it to Mix this year, we will be streaming EVERY SESSION ~24 hours after the session ends.    So you can join in the fun.   Silverlight Session There are a TON of great Silverlight sessions... Here are just a couple that I pulled out as the core ones.. 1. CT01 and CT02 Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2, Part 1 and 2 (wed 3p and 4:30) Joe Stegman and Mike Harsh walk you end-to-end through building a Silverlight 2 based application.  You like'd ScottGu's... Posted Mar 03 2008, 02:27 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight, Mix08

• Heading RTP in North Carolina...

  In April I will be going to see some family in North Carolina and I thought I'd take the opportunity to speak at the local user group there.   On April 9th, I will be speaking at the Triangle .NET User Group in Raleigh, NC...  Here is what I planned to cover..  Sort of think of it like Mix08 in 1.5 hours ;-) Come hear about the exciting future technologies for web development on .NET.  Brad Abrams, Group Program Manager for the .NET Framework at Microsoft will discuss and demo new web development technology his team is working on.  In particular, you will walk away understand the ASP.NET MVC framework, why it was created and what it is good for.  We will also drill into the new innovations in Silverlight... Posted Feb 25 2008, 10:06 AM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight, Mix08

• Mix08 -- Almost sold out...

  I just head that we are very close to selling out Mix08, so if you want to be there for all the action, now is the time! Check out http://visitmix.com/2008/default.aspx for all the details... But a few cool things we are doing this year... 1. Lots more sessions from 3rd parties... Yes, I know you like hearing from Microsoft, but the web is an open and vibrant place, and we want Mix to be the same... So we have asked several noteworthy folks from across the web to come and talk 2. Designers, Designers, Designers... We have a whole track focused on designers... If you are a UX designer, come please come and share your insights and get inspired from your co-works 3. Silverlight 2 and all the trimmings... I hear from customers very regularly that... Posted Feb 11 2008, 10:38 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight, Mix08

• Mix is Back!

  Mix 08 is back in Vegas... I am very excited about getting together for the 3rd year in a row to drill in with developers, designers and business decision makers to talk about the web and where, together we want to take it. Sign up today to be part of this conversation! We are talking now about what content to provide, I'd love to hear your feedback... What would sort of conversations do you want to engage in? See you there! Read More... Posted Nov 09 2007, 06:49 PM by Brad Abrams : AJAX Filed under: ASP.NET, Ajax, Silverlight, Mix08