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.NET 3.5 SP 1 Released
Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 was released today. While called a "service pack", the sheer number of new features makes this release as significant as .NET 3.0. These include the controversial ADO.NET Entity Framework and the much demanded improvements to C#’s real-time syntax checker.
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Robert Bell on Java and Silverlight Interop
Robert Bell, Microsoft Solution Architect, introduces interoperability scenarios for using Silverlight from Java and provides architectural guidance using sample code snippets.
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Exploring IronRuby with a C# Perspective
Many developers who know a particular programming language and want to learn a second one, often find it the hardest language to learn but subsequent languages being easier. Any developer who knows C# and has an interest in learning IronRuby can find a tutorial series on learning IronRuby based on knowledge of C# from CodeThinked.
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Microsoft announces release of “Zermatt” Identity Framework
Microsoft released a beta of “Zermatt”, an identity framework for developers using the .Net framework. The framework helps developers build claims-aware applications to address application security requirements using a simplified application access model.
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Microsoft Releases ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 4
In keeping with its releases of about once a month, Microsoft has released Preview 4 the ASP.NET MVC Framework. This release promises to start giving developers more higher level features aiding in better productivity.
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The EQATEC Code Profiler v. 1.2 for the .NET Compact Framework Has New Features
InfoQ informed the community about the free EQATEC code profiler for the .NET Compact Framework a month ago. In the meantime, the profiler has been well received by the community, and EQATEC released version 1.2 with new features and bug fixes.
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Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2 Beta 2 at TechEd 2008
During his keynote at TechEd for Developers 2008 in Orlando, FL this week, Bill Gates announced the release of Silverlight 2 Beta 2.
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On the Evolution of the .NET Collections
The collections in the .NET Framework have evolved significantly over the years. Taking advantage of Microsoft's new found openness, we show two versions of a familiar data structure, the hash table, in both .NET and Mono.
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Boo: a First Class Language in Visual Studio
Boo is now on its way to becoming a first class citizen within Visual Studio 2008 thanks to the work of Jeffery Olson and the developers of BooLangStudio, a Visual Studio plugin.
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Perst 3.0 Embedded Database Released
McObject has released version 3.0 of its open source embedded database targeted at Java and .NET developers.
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Velocity: Microsoft's Distributed In-Memory Cache
Distributed in-memory caches have been rather popular over the last few years in everything from mainstream Java applications to the fringe languages like Erlang. Continuing its rather frantic efforts to catch up with technologies predominately found in the open source world, Microsoft has introduced its own distributed cache.
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Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework June 2008 CTP Released
Microsoft has just released the Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework June 2008 CTP.
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Do Language Specific Libraries Belong in .NET?
There is a lot of basic functionality the .NET platform does not provide. For example, there is no built-in way to read CSV files, copy directories, or work with zip files. Well actually there is, but only if you dig deep enough.
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Concurrency Presentation Scheduled for the PDC Pre-Conference Sessions
Microsoft's The Parallel Computing Platform team will be presenting on Concurrent, Multi-core Programming for Windows and .NET during the PDC pre-conference Sessions. These sessions are day-long, in-depth presentations on specific topics. Held the Sunday before the main conference, a separate registration is required.
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Call for Microsoft to Release Spec#
Last month Greg Young initiated a grass roots effort asking for Microsoft to release Spec#.