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CLR Hosting and Fibers
The CLR can be hosted in a wide variety of environments. Out of the box these include Internet Explorer, IIS, and SQL Server 2005, and developers are free to create their own. Unfortunately, one thing they don't support is fibers.
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JNBridge 3.1: Embed SWT/Swing in .NET and Winforms in Java
JNBridge 3.1 is a Java and .NET interoperability bridge tool that allows Java or .NET code to run in each others JVM or CLR in-process, with shared memory. Version 3.1 adds the ability to embed AWT/SWT and Swing widgets inside WinForms apps, or embed .NET WinForms controls into Java UIs. InfoQ spoke to JNBridge to hear more about the technical integration.
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Mono 1.2 release with thoughts from Miguel de Icaza
Last week Mono hit its 1.2 release. Novell uses Mono in server form for both ZenWorks and iFolder in its Suse Linux Enterprise 10 platform. This release was primarily focused on performance and scalability improvements. Enhancements can be found across the board in support for Windows Forms and System.Drawing, .NET 2.0 parity in C#, and debugger support for both X86 and X64.
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Ben Robb on his MOSS 2007 experience
Ben Robb from cScape has written an excellent article about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, MOSS 2007, to develop a full featured public facing website. cScape was able to do this because of the dramatic redesign of MOSS 2007. Using ASP.NET Master Pages, CSS, WebParts, and the Office SharePoint Designer, they created a maintainable Web Site branded to very specific requirements.
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CodeSmith 4.0 released at Dev Connections
CodeSmith 4.0 released this week at Dev Connections in Las Vegas on November 8th. CodeSmith is highly regarded within the .NET developer community for its code generation capabilities and familiar ASP.NET style syntax. With this new release, CodeSmith now integrates directly into Visual Studio providing the developer a consistent work environment.
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Easy Auto-completion with ASP.NET and AJAX
There is no doubt that AJAX is the future of web development. But can it be made easy enough for the average web developer. Brad Abrams demonstrates that is can.
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Visual Basic Migration Strategy Part 2 - Interop User Controls
Back in September, Microsoft's VB team gave developers a way to include .NET forms in VB6 applications. In their latest CTP, they also bring you the ability to include .NET controls on a VB6 form.
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Microsoft Publicly Offers Visual Studio Hotfixes
A common complaint is that Microsoft restricts access to Visual Studio hotfixes. While available for free, they do require a call to customer support. In a pilot program, Microsoft has decided to release their most common hot fixes through Microsoft Connect.
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Spring.NET QnA with Aleks Seovic and Mark Pollack
InfoQ had a chance to sit down with Aleksandar Seovic and Mark Pollack the co-creaters of Spring.NET. Spring.NET is an application framework that brings AOP, a Dependency Injection container and data access framework to .NET. It is not a complete port of Spring to .NET yet it preserves the tenets of Spring.
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moo.fx 2.0 released with Fx.Style while Animator.js avoids inheritance
moo.fx 2.0 has been released featuring new effects to modify any CSS property, the color properties of elements, and to internally scroll long divs. An interesting alternative not using inheritance but providing similar functionality is the Animator.js library. moo.fx and Animator.js are JavaScript effects frameworks designed for speed, robustness, and small size.
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.NET Framework 3.0 RTM Posted
The RTM version of .NET 3.0 is available. This includes the redistributables and SDK for the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
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Visual Studio 2005 SP1 to be Released in December
According to the Microsoft Connect, the long awaited Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 will be released in December.
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Python for .NET
IronPython is an excellent solution for developers who need their .NET support for their Python applications. That is, unless they also need libraries that are only supported by C++ extensions. This is where Python for .NET comes in.
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Billy Hollis on the Future of Software Development
Infoq sits down with Billy Hollis to talk about the state of the .NET world and sofware development. Billy talks about topics from Data Access to 3D interfaces.
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IronPython for ASP.NET
Microsoft has released an extension that allows IronPython to be used with ASP.NET. More importantly, they have created a route for other dynamic languages to tie into the ASP.Net framework.