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MEF Preview 9 released

MEF preview 9 has been released on codeplex http://mef.codeplex.com/releases/view/40606 . The only changes are some bug fixes for the .Net version and a couple additions to the SL version. We brought back PackageCatalog but redesigned it under the name...
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MEF preview 5 released

My team released the 5th source code preview of MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework). You can get the latest bits at MEF preview 5 . A summary of the changes can be found on in the release notes but I will copy them here for convenience. If you have...
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First Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) bits released

Today was a big day for my team because we released the bits for the first CTP of the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF). MEF is a framework that allows developers to declare what they need (i.e. Imports) and what they provide (i.e. Exports) and then...
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Job openings on the .NET Framework Core Team

We have been incubating ideas about building a simple extensibility framework for some time. Now, as plans for the next version of the .NET Framework crystallize a bit more, we decided to productize the project. As a result, we have opened a job position...
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2008 Scripting Games

It’s the third annual Scripting Games , the biggest scripting competition of the year! As a matter of fact, it’s most likely the biggest scripting competition ever . (The fact that it may be the only scripting competition is beside the point.) The games...
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Reflector 5 Released

Lutz released Reflector for .NET 5.0 If you do any .NET development and you don't use Reflector for .NET then you are missing out. Scott posted a brief review of the new version. I think I'm most excited about the new analyze feature, it should come in...
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Hanselminutes

I've been subscribed to Scott Hanselman 's blog for a long time. I love all the tools, tips, etc he posts. Up until this point I have not really gotten into podcasts however due to Scott 's awesome blog I figured I would give his podcast, Hanselminutes...
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Call for post topics

As some of you may (or may not) know I'm a developer working at Microsoft on the Outlook team. My primary focus is Outlook Programmability (i.e. Outlook COM Object Model). Now that Office 2007 is complete I would like to post some code samples of...
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Run++

I've finally got around to publishing a new release of Run++ . There are a number of changes since the last time. The biggest items being: 1) UI has changed and is now customizable. 2) Updated to use the full version of .NET 2.0 instead of the beta...
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Paint.net v2.1 Released

If you are tired of the limitations of the standard Microsoft Paint and don't want to pay all the money for Photoshop then you should try out Paint.net . It has quite a number of cool features for a free image editor. [ Version 2.1 just released via Rick...
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