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Linq to SQL Wish List

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:46:02 GMT

What do we want to see in the next version of Linq to SQL ?

Pash - cross platform PowerShell

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:16:15 GMT

Pash is a portable PowerShell implementation written using pure .Net 2.0. It compiles on VS 2008 as well as on Mono. Provide a rich shell environment for other OSes, as well as a hostable scripting engine for rich applications. The user experience should be seamless for people who are used to PowerShell on Windows.

Microsoft Volta redefines web development

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:43 GMT

Microsoft's Wes Dyer shows you how to take your plain C# code and make Volta divide it into server and client, and spit out cross-browser compatible Javascript that runs in regular old browsers.

Visual Tree Debugger for WPF

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:44:53 GMT

"Woodstock" is a Visual Studio debugger visualizer, which allows to view the WPF visual tree. It provides detailed information about all properties on every element in the visual tree, and a snapshot image of each element, allowing to more easily debug complex WPF user interfaces. And it works in VS2008 already!

Dispose Pattern and Object Lifetime

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:43:35 GMT

The Base Class Library Team at Microsoft provides a great overview of the dispose pattern and object lifetime in the CLR, with links to other interesting object lifetime articles at the bottom.