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.NET Framework Versions: Marketing vs. Reality
Since .NET Framework 3.0 Microsoft's versioning strategy confuses the community. Scott Hanselman explains the how and why of the drift between marketing and reality.
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Is it time to abandon loops?
With the addition of LINQ, extension methods, and improved anonymous delegates, many algorithms no longer need explicit loops. In a post titled "If you are using a loop, you're doing it wrong", Chuck Jazdzewski looks at a possible future for C#.
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Book Spotlight: Essential Windows Communication Foundation
Newly published to coincide with the release of the .NET Framework 3.5, Essential Windows Communication Foundation by Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, and Chris Bowen. InfoQ communicated with the authors.
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Presentation: Laurence Moroney on Silverlight
In this presentation Laurence Maroney provides an overview of the Microsoft UX platform focusing on Silverlight.
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NHibernate 2.0 Offers Many New Features
NHibernate 2.0 Alpha has been released this week. The current 2.0 release is the first step to the feature set of Hibernate 3.2.6, many classes have been completely rewritten and lots of features have been added.
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Microsoft is to Release Open-Source Compatible XAML/WPF Specs
Microsoft has released an early draft of the specifications for XAML and WPF under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. This offers patent protection for implementers against claims by Microsoft, allowing open source projects to use the specifications.
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C# and VB .NET Libraries to Google, YouTube, Facebook, and other Web 2.0 APIs
In a recent post on his blog, Scott Hanselman has compiled a list of .NET libraries useful to interface with some of the Web 2.0 APIs that have proliferated all over the web.
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Corneliu Tusnea has Released Hawkeye as Open Source
Corneliu Tusnea, author of the debugging tool Hawkeye, has released the free version as an open source project on CodePlex.
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SpringSource Announces Acquisition by Microsoft
In a surprise announcement, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson announced that SpringSource has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft. InfoQ interviewed Johnson to learn more about this acquisition and what it will mean for the future of both Spring and the .Net Framework.
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Cogmation's robotSuite is Now Available for Windows
Cogmation, the maker of the development tool robotFoundary and the matching simulator robotSim, has released a Windows version of the suite. InfoQ has had a chance to talk with Cogmotion's Director of Research and Development, Shawn Schaerer.
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Microsoft shows Django running on IronPython
Microsoft recently had the opportunity to show off some of the progress the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) team has made when they gave a demo of Django running on IronPython. The accomplishment was shown during PyCon 2008 in Chicago, March 14-16, 2008.
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Article: Asynchronous Workflows in F#
In this third installment, Robert Pickering continues the conversation on F# and this time focuses on Asynchronous Workflows and the resulting performance gains obtained when used.
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Microsoft, Intel to invest $20M in parallel computing
Microsoft and Intel have recently announced a $20 million joint investment into parallel computing over the next 5 years.
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Microsoft Publishes ASP.NET MVC Source Code
Microsoft opens up a CodePlex project to share the source code of future ASP.NET releases. Currently the ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 sources are available for download.
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New Options for .NET-Java Web Services Interoperability
When it comes to web services interoperability between .NET and Java, the choice used to be limited to SOAP over HTTP. Two new options recently became available in this area: WebSphere MQ (WMQ) and ActiveMQ transports can now be used for building interoperable web services between Java and .NET.