Ever heard of it? It's an event for people who spend their days develping programming languages, kinda like PDC of DevDays, or MIX, or TechEd. The main difference is that it's dedicated to a small community of people focused on programming languages. It was held in Microsoft Corporate Redmond in 14 to 16th April and you can get all the talks here:
http://www.langnetsymposium.com/2009/talks.aspx
This post is kinda late but nevertheless, here are some bits to spice up a bit: IronPython, CLR, F#, JVM, CCI, PowerShell, Irony, Eagle, Pex...
Enjoy :)
If you are currently developing for the web and animations and sleek design is your game don't forget to check out Glimmer, a WPF-based application that harnesses the power of JQuery:
"Glimmer is a WPF-based Windows application that allows you to easily create interactive elements on your web pages by harnessing the power of the jQuery library. Without having to hand-craft your JavaScript code, you can use Glimmer’s wizards to generate jQuery scripts for common interactive scenarios. Glimmer also has an advanced mode, providing a design surface for creating jQuery effects based on your existing HTML and CSS."
Check it out here.
For community technology preview 3 (CTP3), Microsoft project code named "Velocity" offers several enhancements and revised APIs. The enhancements include cache notifications feature, performance improvements, security enhancements, and new cluster management options. There have also been updates to the installation program. Please checkout Velocity CTP3 Help/Documentation for more details [Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity” CTP3 on the Microsoft Download Center]
Cache Notifications
When using local cache to store data that changes infrequently, you no longer have to wait for the configured timeout before the client pulls the latest object from the cluster. Using cache notifications, the object in the local cache...
Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 was made available last week. But since I was in vacation the post only came out today :) The Service pack is available via download here and is primarily a roll-up of cumulative updates 1 to 3, quick fix engineering updates and minor fixes made in response to requests reported through the SQL Server community. While there are no new features in this service pack, customers running SQL Server 2008 should download and install SP1 to take advantage of the fixes which increase supportability and stability of SQL Server 2008.
Customers have no...