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Presentation: Building Smart Windows Applications
In this demo driven presentation, Daniel Moth explores the new features of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 to create rich Windows clients. There are many opportunities for creating a rich application that runs client-side capitalizes on server-side investments.
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The source code for portions of .NET 3.5 SP1
Updated source code for fifteen .NET assemblies have been released. These can be downloaded as needed by Visual Studio or all at once using NetMassDownloader.
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Presentation: Ruby Beyond Rails
John Lam talks about his path to dynamic languages, some of the problems of making IronRuby run fast, and how the DLR helps with implementing languages.
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AnkhSVN 2.0 Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio
AnkhSVN started as a Visual Studio add-in, which allowed to work on a Subversion (SVN) version-controlled project from within Visual Studio. Release 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the core engine, which is delivered as a free Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
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Using jQuery with ASP.NET MVC
The Microsoft ASP.NET MVC Framework has been getting talked about more and more lately. The power and flexibility of ASP.NET MVC allows for developers to use libraries other than those include in the box. The popular JavaScript framework, jQuery, is no exception.
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Table-Valued Parameters in SQL Server
Table-valued parameters are a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2008. They provide a built-in way to send multiple rows of data from a client application to SQL Server in a single parameterized SQL statement.
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Newly Minted Bugs for .NET 3.5 SP1
Though less than a month old, the bug reports against .NET 3.5 SP 1 are starting to pile up. As Microsoft seems to have no sensible plan for notifying the public or delivering hot fixes, the best we can offer is a bug list gleamed from Microsoft Connect.
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FxCop 1.36 Released
Microsoft has released a new version of FxCop, the popular static code analyzer and policy enforcement utility. This release fixes numerous bugs and adds support .NET Framework 3.5 language features. This release updates FxCop to have the same engine enhancements provided to VSTS Code Analysis in VS 2008 SP1.
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Interview: Rustan Leino and Mike Barnett on Spec#
Greg Young sat down with Rustan Leino and Mike Barnett of Microsoft Research to discuss Spec#. Spec# is a superset of C# and allows developers to impose contracts on their own code and verify it. This benefits developers by allowing them to find their own errors sooner saving time and resources.
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AtomPub in the .NET World
With the advent of .NET 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft’s decision to support the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) for services offered by Microsoft's Live Platform, AtomPub is gaining momentum in the .NET world. In addition BlogSvc.net, an AtomPub server for WCF and .NET, features an implementation of the AtomPub protocol based on a provider model.
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Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector Headed to Red Gate Software
The very popular .NET developer utility, .NET Reflector, written by Lutz Roeder is being taken over by Red Gate Software. The news was announced on Lutz's blog and the download was immediately available on the Red Gate web site.
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Occasionally Connected Client Support With VS 2008 SP1
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 provides increased support for occasionally connected clients through an enhanced DataSet designer, integrating ADO.NET Sync Services and SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture.
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.NET 3.5 SP1 Runs Managed Applications From Network Shares
Microsoft has released .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 which includes a security change from previous versions allowing to run managed applications from network shares.
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Microsoft Has Released Sync Framework v1.0 RTM
Microsoft has recently released Sync Framework 1.0 RTM. According to Microsoft, Sync Framework is "a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services and devices".
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Moq .NET Mocking Library
Moq is a mocking library for .NET designed and developed to utilize .NET 3.5 features, e.g., Linq expression trees and lambda expressions. Moq's goal is to be simple and straightforward, allowing a natural integration into existing unit tests, instead of forcing developers to rewrite tests or learn extensive Record/Replay mocking frameworks.