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Interesting 3rd Party Controls and Demo Applications for ASP.NET and Silverlight
I'm one of those developers that likes to build things myself mainly because the challenge is fun. However, lately I've been taking time to look at some of the 3rd party controls out there mainly because some of the things I've needed to do are already done (and done well) and I'd save time and money by using them. I'm not against re-inventing the wheel if I think I can do it better, but that's impossible for many things especially when companies are throwing multiple developers at a single control or framework. So, here are a few of the 3rd party controls and/or sample applications that I've come across recently that were interesting.
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Silverlight Mobile Videos Available
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Code Trip Tour Coming to Phoenix on March 24th
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Want to Learn How to Use LINQ? Check out LINQPad!
I was catching up with some of the people I follow on Twitter tonight (as a side note, I used to think Twitter was a waste of time but I'm actually finding it useful now days) and noticed that Scott Cate listed a link to a free tool called LINQPad. Wow...I wish I would've known about this tool a few months back when I was working on different LINQ queries for an application. It really simplifies building queries and also happens to be a great way to learn the LINQ syntax as well. It was created by Joseph Albahari for the C# 3.0 in a Nutshell book.
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Zumobi Application for Windows Mobile Phones
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Scott Guthrie Speaking at the Scottsdale, AZ Center for the Arts on March 11th
If you're looking to get up-to-speed on the latest and greatest technologies being released by Microsoft look no further than the AZGroups.com event (a FREE event...you simply need to register) on March 11th featuring Microsoft's Scott Guthrie. If you've never heard Scott speak before then you've missed out. Not only is he extremely knowledgeable, but he's also a lot of fun to listen to and watch since he does demo after demo and doesn't PowerPoint you to death.