December 2007 - Posts

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Microsoft Download Center using Silverlight 1.0 by Michael Schwarz

Some weeks ago Microsoft already published a preview version of the Microsoft Download Center. Now, there is a new URL for the preview version (which is now called beta): http://www.microsoft.com/beta/downloads/ . Well, I run the Fiddler tool to calculate...
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Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 Wish List (part 2) by Michael Schwarz

I got a lot of feedback for my last post about Silverlight features that are currently missing . Because it is Christmas time we are allowed to wish everything we want, what we get is another thing. Here are some additional features currently missing...
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.NET AJAX Survey Results by Michael Schwarz

Simone has finished the survey and published the results of the survey about the usage of AJAX among .NET web developers . The results are very interesting. The most used AJAX toolkit is ASP.NET AJAX with about 73.7% followed by the AJAX Control Toolkit...
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Nintendo Wii and Silverlight: Tracking Your Fingers by Michael Schwarz

While writing my Silverlight wish list I found a very nice project. Johnny Ching Lee is using the controller (Wiimote) of the Nintendo Wii to track fingers . The controller does not need the Nintendo Wii console, simple the controller and a bluetooth...
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Ajax View: Remotely Monitoring Web 2.0 Applications by Michael Schwarz

I'm using Ajax View more and more and find it very useful. The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer's visibility into and control over their web applications' behaviors on end-user's desktops. The Ajax View approach is to insert a server...
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Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 Wish List by Michael Schwarz

Well, the year 2007 is nearly at the end and I have my short wish list for Microsoft Silverlight . The following (maybe not complete) unsorted list would be nice to see in 2008 with the next CTP or final version: When building Silverlight 2.0 Web applications...
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MVC Web Application and JSON by Michael Schwarz

I like the MVC (Model View Controller) framework which is available as a public CTP, now. You can download the latest bits with the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP Preview . You will find further links at Scott Guthrie's posts tagged with MVC . While playing...
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Debug .NET Source Code by Michael Schwarz

Scott Guthrie announced some weeks ago that Microsoft will offer the source code of the .NET framework. The source code will be released under the Microsoft Reference License (MS-RL) and includes all comments which is very useful. The last days I had...
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LINQ Quickly (Book Review) by Michael Schwarz

I got a copy of LINQ Quickly from Packt Publishing. Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new feature in Visual Studio 2008* that extends its query capabilities, using C# and Visual Basic. Visual Studio 2008* comes with LINQ provider assemblies that enable...
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Ajax usage among .NET developers by Michael Schwarz

Simone Chiaretta had a look at the results of Ajaxian's survey about the state of the usage in the Web development community. He decided to make a new survey , but this time only focused on .NET developers. Please click here to take the survey and vote...
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