Big News about Silverlight coming this Monday and some open source too(weblogs.asp.net)

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Big news about Silverlight coming this Monday (ideas on what it could be) and two open source tools you may not have heard of but could prove very useful (an open source integration server and an open source search server). read more...

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Spoiler (Perhaps) - Silverlight to run on Symbian phones!(blogs.zdnet.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 3 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft is working with Nokia to get Silverlight running on Symbian mobile phones. Would this help influence your decision to use Silverlight for UI over other technologies.....discuss :D read more...

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Silverlight SEO (Search Engine Optimisation / Optimization)(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 1 month ago

This is a blog post of my own making talking about Silverlight and Search Engine optimisation and a test I conducted on the site http://www.silverlightseo.net on the 30th of December. The test page got indexed and now ranks at number 2 for the search term silverlight seo on google. This post describes the results and the approach. read more...

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Nant is not dead.......beta 1 of version 0.86 is out(lists.ximian.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

With support for .Net 3.5 and newer version of mono and experimental support for Silverlight it is good to see that this project still has some life in it. A couple of months ago I had actually thought work on Nant had stopped but from checking the mailing archive I could still see some work going on behind the scenes. I'm glad they are pushing out a release. More notes and the link to the downloads is available via the link. Thoughts......msbuild all the way or do you prefer Nant? John read more...

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Expression Blend 2 December Preview(microsoft.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

The latest version of Blend 2 has been released (December edition). Get it while it is hot (expires July 2008). John read more...

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First Alpha of MbUnit V3 available(blogs.ipona.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

The first release of the new and improved MbUnit is out the door. This blog goes into more detail. John read more...

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Ruby.NET 0.9 released (first community OS version)(rubydotnet.googlegroups.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

Ruby.NET is a compiler that translates Ruby source code into .NET intermediate code. They are close to a release (I think Msft licensed some of their code for IronRuby) and it might be worthwhile investigating if you can't wait for the DLR and IronRuby. read more...

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VS2008 / .NET 3.5 Training Kit(microsoft.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

Microsoft have just released a training kit for VS2008 and .Net 3.5 to get everyone up to speed. It includes powerpoint presentations, hands-on labs etc. read more...

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Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite RTM now available on MSDN(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 2 months ago

According to Frans Bouma VS 2008 has started to appear on MSDN Subscriber downloads. Comment if you can see it on there (I can't yet :D) read more...

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Announcing Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express(microsoft.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 3 months ago

Ever wanted to index your intranet, external sites, documents etc but didn't know how.....well there are various alternatives (.net flavours of lucene), solr, nutch but now Microsoft have just announced they are releasing an Express edition of their search server with no document limits. Sounds good and worth a look. Original blog post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch/archive/2007/11/06/announcing-microsoft-search-server-2008-express.aspx John read more...

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ScottGu MVC Presentation and ScottHa Screencast from ALT.NET(hanselman.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 4 months ago

Scott Hanselman talks about the conference and links to Silverlight videos of his presentation and Scott G's presentation on the new Model View Controller. read more...

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Patterns and Practices For New Hires(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 4 months ago

Not specifically about coding but would generally useful tips: "Whether you're a new hire or taking on a new job, here's some principles, patterns and practices to be more effective. They're lessons learned from the school of hard knocks and they represent some of the proven practices that have worked for others and have stood the test of time. " read more...

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Don't look at the sourcecode of .NET licensed as 'Reference license"(weblogs.asp.net)

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A different view on Microsoft's recent statement that they are offering the sourcecode for the .net framework. Discuss.. read more...

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Interview with Shawn Burke on Microsoft's .NET Source Code Release(hanselminutes.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 4 months ago

"Scott and Carl talk with Shawn Burke on the culmination of his many-year-old plan to get parts of the source of the .NET Framework released. With Visual Studio 2008, a simple process will allow developers to STEP INTO the .NET Framework Source from the IDE. This'll be a great debugging and learning tool." Discuss... read more...

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10 Web Development Related Articles For 2007(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 4 months ago

Here's a list of 10 ASP.NET, AJAX and web development related articles and blog posts that Omar has written this year that might be worth a look. This is a slightly self promotional blog post but it is worth a look to see if any of the articles catch your fancy. read more...

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Using Google Analytics with rich (managed) web applications in Silverl(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by johnman(1280) 4 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 and the HTML DOM bridge can easily interface with Google Analytics to help you analyze, track, and better understand your web site visitors. Already a common activity for Flash and Flex developers, the concept of tracking within a rich web application may be new to traditional client application developers, and probably not something done with common WPF applications, but it's simple to add and very useful to advertisers. read more...

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