ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs : .NET Framework 3.5

DevDinnerOnDemand: Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:25:27 GMT

With the .NET Framework 3.5 (the version native to Visual Studio 2008) coming up on its first anniversary, Microsoft is poised to release the first update to the framework in the form of Service Pack (SP1). This Service Pack is unlike your standard Service Pack, in that it will introduce new features/capabilities to the .NET Framework . Some of these features where originally planned to be in the initial release of the framework and others are features/capabilities added to enhance or further secure the core .NET Framework. The August Developer Dinner is going to focus on some of the new features as well as a few of the new enhancements, to give you an introduction of the improved capabilities of the Microsoft Developer Platform...(read more)

HOL: MSDN VIRTUAL LABS

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:22:07 GMT

Part of the survey result was overwhelming feedback about hands on experiences during our dev events. I know that trying to do these at work is nearly impossible because of all the other work priorities and interruptions, but with the Virtual labs you can do them from anywhere - a coffee shop with wireless is ideal. List of labs Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 Virtual Labs Virtual Labs - Visual Studio 2008 SharePoint Server Virtual Labs Check the rest of the categories on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/default.aspx Enjoy it! Joel Technorati Tags: MSDN Virtual Labs Read More......(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on ASP.NET MVC

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:10:30 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! You can download the deck and links to the code here: You’ll find the code for my ajax samples and links to other samples I showed there. Normally, I write my own demos and make code code available for download. However, this time around, most of my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. I blogged about the kit here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/18/free-training-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1-and-asp-net-mvc.aspx The kit has just about everything I showed in my demos and more! I did make some updates to the training kit code to reflect ASP.NET MVC preview 5 and my own coding preferences. However, I need to check with the team that built...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:22:40 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! You can download the deck and links to the code here: Normally, I make my actual demo code available for download. However, this time around, my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. I blogged about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/18/free-training-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1-and-asp-net-mvc.aspx The kit has everything I showed in my demos and more! I also promised to link to a bunch of good content out there on the various topics. General MSDN -> Data Platform Development “How Do I?” Videos — Data Platform Development ADO.NET Entity Framework MSDN Library -> ADO.NET Entity Framework ADO.NET Team Blog Entity Framework...(read more)

Free training on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.NET MVC

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Looking for free introductory training on the .NET 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC? Head over to Jonathan Carter's blog to get all the details on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit RTM . What will you find? Information and links to download a kit that has presentations, demos, and labs covering what's new in ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET Routing, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ADO.NET Data Services, ADO.NET Entity Framework, WCF, and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. If you've seen any of my 3.5 SP1 or my older "ASP.NET Futures" presentations, then you are already familiar with some of the content in the kit. I used an early release of the kit as the foundation for some of my demos. The kit has come...(read more)

WEBCAST RECORDING: Adding Mapping Capabilities to your Applications with Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:27:53 GMT

First, let me apologize since I promised to make this recording available almost two months ago. I was trying to get the recording uploaded to the same Live Meeting servers as my other webcasts. Needless to say, I had some challenges. I decided to upload it to Silverlight Streaming . I had to split the presentation into two files since this is a 90 minute presentation and Silverlight Streaming has file size limits. In this presentation, I show you the fundamentals of the Virtual Earth Map Control 6.1 using JavaScript. Then, I show how you can use ASP.NET AJAX and the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to make building Virtual Earth solutions easier. Finally, I show you how you can host Virtual Earth in...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Nashville, TN)

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:41:58 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended. Sorry about the overflow into the hallways. There was much less dropoff between registration and attendance than we normally see. Some of the content isn't published yet. Once it is, we'll make sure to update this post with the appropriate links. Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2 Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend - deck , code Data Access with Language Integrated Query Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC - deck , code We also mentioned some downloadable tools that folks were interested in using. Here are the ones I remember: Visual LINQ (to SQL) Query Builder LINQPad If I forgot one, please...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Downers Grove, IL)

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:54:05 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! Here are the links to the decks and code for the sessions. I don't have the content from the LINQ & VSTO sessions yet, but will update this post when I get them. However, I did promise to have a post up this morning. How Visual Studio Team System 2008 will benefit your organization? - deck Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC - deck , resources , code (links to a post explaining how to get the code I based me demos on) Office Development with VSTO and Office Open XML Format If you are interested in other content, I have a list of recorded webcasts in My Recorded Webcasts list. There is a session similar to Joel's LINQ...(read more)

Free training on .NET 3.5 SP1

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:14:43 GMT

I just came across this update to the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit from Jonathan Carter . If you've seen my ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview webcast and are looking for the code, then you will want to download the kit. I used the kit as the starting point for my demos. I do a few things differently here and there, but most of it is because I didn't have time to show everything in 90 minutes. As far as I can tell, everything that was in the extensions preview is in 3.5 SP1 except ASP.NET MVC which will be shipped separately. The training kit offers a great way to get your hands dirty with the new stuff in 3.5 SP1. Go get it ! Oh yea, I have also updated the deck from my webcast to reflect...(read more)

Updated Virtual Earth Map Control demo code

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:28:23 GMT

I’ve update my primary Virtual Earth (VE) map control demos. If you aren’t familiar with my VE demos, they are essentially all the samples from the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK redone in a Visual Studio solution. My directory structure maps almost identically to the steps treeview in the Interactive SDK: Then, I sprinkle in a little ASP.NET AJAX and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) where these technologies can make building VE solutions easier. All you have to do is download the zip and you basically have the Interactive SDK code++. Here’s what’s new in the updated code: All pages use the 6.1 map control. Cleaned up some AJAX code that still used really old previews from ASP.NET AJAX (Specifically Microsoft...(read more)