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Microsoft Sync Framework 2.0 Released

While the release of Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 is getting all of the attention this week, version 2.0 of the Microsoft Sync Framework was also released this week and can be downloaded from here .

Just Released – Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for PrismV2 (Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight)

The Microsoft Patterns and Practices group just Released a set of Quick Starts and How-To documents for using Prism in Visual Basic - Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for PrismV2 (Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight) This...

The Official Release Version of ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is Now Available

The official version of ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is now available for download here . I’ve already suggested that you check out the free 184-page book chapter on building an app with MVC by Scott Guthrie.

March 2009 Meeting of Israel Visual Basic User Group

This month we take a look at design and architecture, rather than specific technologies. Konstantin Triger, a Senior Consultant at Sela, will take a look at the deadly sins of performance, particularly from the design perspective.  It is important...

Software Development Flight to Quality

Soon after yesterday’s post with a link to our new case studies, I came across a very informative report that I must share with you.  At the start of every year, the law firm Morrison & Foerster, which tracks the global outsourcing industry,...

MSDN Screencast Library

The MSDN team over in the UK has put together a huge collection (279 at the time of this post) of short screencasts for .NET developers.  Each video is only about 10-15 minutes long, but packs a lot of useful information.  Here is the full List...

Renaissance Case Studies Now Available

A few weeks ago, The Renaissance Computer Systems web site was updated with a set of case studies describing our roles in several recent projects.  Check out Renaissance Case Studies and let me know if you have any comments.

Roger Sessions on System Complexity at VSLive Dallas

While reviewing VSLive Dallas , I also want to mention that I sat in on a very good (keynote) session by Roger Sessions. I have read many of his articles and newsletters over the past years, so I wanted to take the opportunity to hear him speak in person...

Adding Instant Messaging to your Web Site

One of the fun demos that I did in my session on the Windows Live SDK at VSLive Dallas earlier this month, was to do a live demo of adding Windows Live Instant Messaging to a live web site in real-time. I generally think (at least) twice about doing such...

January 2009 Meeting of Israel Visual Basic User Group

January’s meeting will be a joint meeting for IVBUG, IVCUG, and .NET Architects User Groups, so that we can all take advantage of a special guest speaker – Juval Lowy from IDesign. Juval is a world-famous expert on WCF and Connected Systems and will be...
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