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Say Hello to 64-Bit J# and Goodbye to J#
Microsoft has plans to release a 64-bit version of the J# Redistributable this year. This is essentially a runtime needed to support J# applications. At the same time, they announced that J# will be discontinued and will not appear in the next version of Visual Studio.
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GotDotNet is Being Shutdown
Microsoft's code sharing site, GotDotNet, is being shutdown. The official deadline is July 2007, but specific areas will be closed long before then. Presumably users are expected to migrate to CodePlex, Microsoft's "open source project hosting web site".
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Microsoft Announces its Commitment to BPEL 1.1 and 2.0
Microsoft already supports BPEL in its ESB product BizTalk Server. Now the company has announced its plans to support BPEL within the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), which is integrated into Windows Vista. BPEL will be supported by a set of WF activities available as BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation.
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Does C# Need VB9's XML Literals?
Microsoft's two flagship languages, C# and VB, are set to diverge even more in the next release. One of the major features C# is not getting is XML Literals, and not everyone is happy about that.
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SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer Preview
A CTP of the SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer is now available. This tool can be thought of as FXCop for SQL Server.
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Dojo Offline demo released with API
Brad Neuberg has released a screencast of a web-based word processor running on Dojo Offline. At the same time, the Javascript API is being released and is ready for evaluation.
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Should You Bulk Convert from MS Office Binary to OpenXML?
Microsoft has released a new tool for bulk converting MS Office files from the older binary format to the Office 2007 format OpenXML. The question is, should you use it?
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LitewareHR Update
Earlier we reported on Microsoft's Software as a Service sample, LitwareHR. Specifically, the problem with is only running on Windows Server 2003. Since then it has been back ported to Windows XP. The instructions are lengthy, but thorough.
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The First VB 8 Compiler Written in VB
Rolf Kvinge has released a mostly functional VB 8 compiler written as part of the Mono project. Unlike Microsoft's VB compiler, which is actually written C++, this compiler was written in VB.
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WCF Security Analysis Available from the German Federal Office for Information Security
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has released their security analysis for Windows Communication Foundation along with a reference implementation.
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Article: Rich Office Client Applications
There is a client platform that's already present on nearly every user's desktop, one which provides an amazing amount of power and flexibility in its user interface options, and provides a familiar user-interactive style that undergoes intensive study with every release. Ted Neward introduces the Microsoft Office platform as a rich client technology with examples of Excel - Java integration.
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Interview with Ajaxian.com's Dion Almaer
In this interview Ajaxian cofounder Dion Almaer talks about the state of Ajax development today. Among the items he discusses are the history of how Ajax came to be, which frameworks he recommends developers consider, and tooling/debuggins support. Almaer also talks about security and general design considerations that need to be respected when creating Ajax enabled applications.
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NStatic: Advanced Code Analysis for .NET
Code analysis tools like FXCop are often cited as ways to improve code quality. While they do check for a large number of potential faults, in theory there is a lot more that can be done. Wesner Moise intends to try out these theories with an advanced code analysis tool called NStatic.
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Interview: Walt Ritscher at VSLive
InfoQ sat down with Walt Ritscher at VSLive Toronto to talk about WPF, Web 2.0, and Microsoft code naming conventions. Walt prophecies where he thinks WPF excels and who will build the killer apps in WPF. Included is a quick history on AJAX, where to use it and why it took 7 years to become relevant. Walt also shares his new favorite Windows technology, Windows PowerShell.
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In Case You Missed It: A .NET OpenID Library
For those of you looking at using OpenID, there is a .NET compatible library available. The Library was written in Boo, a .NET language inspired by Python. It also leverages a library from the Mono project.