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And that’s a rap. The 2010’s Most valuable Professional Summit is now over. It took place in Bellevue & Redmond, Washington, and for those who couldn’t be there for all the good stuff in the agenda, well, eyes wide open for blogs, tweets and streams.
In the meantime, get yourself on the run for that distinguished MVP title and get your ticket to next year’s summit as well as your trophy-kit. The girls will love it… I guess :o)
Next, on April 12th, Microsoft will be pairing with DevConnections for the Visual Studio Launch at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino...
Microsoft recently released an updated version of their Facebook SDK for .NET developers. This is the result of a joint partnership between Clarity Consulting and the Concept Development Team at Microsoft.
According to Microsoft "the goal is to enable .NET developers to quickly and easily leverage the various features of the Facebook Platform." The software giant has provided samples and tools for helping develop Facebook applications in the various .NET platforms including: ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF and WinForms. Microsoft has also release the source code for the API, components, controls, and samples."
The main goals driving the release of version 3.0 are:
• Provide...
The EF team announced today the release (and availability of course) of Entity Framework CTP 2. The updated includes many requested improvements and features, and supports installation with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Some of the improvements and added features added since the last CTP include:
Enhancements to Code Only, including:
Fine Grained Control over model
Specify Navigation Property Inverses
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Microsoft released MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3. MSXML SP3 Core Services are a complete replacement of MSXML 4.0, MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2. MSXML 4.0 SP3 provides a number of security and reliability bug fixes:
Max Element Depth
MSXML4.0 SP3 supports using MaxElementDepth to limit the element depth of an XML document to be loaded into a DOM object. A zero (0) value means no limits on the element depth of an XML document. A non-zero value specifies the maximum depth. The default value for MSXML4.0 SP3 is 5000.
This property helps to avoid denial of...
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.
Microsoft released today the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 GDR (General Distribution Release). This release addresses some issues and should only be installed if you have some kind of issue. Otherwise, it is not recommended to do so. You better wait.
In case you don't know what a GDR is, here's a quick explanation:
A GDR addresses an issue that has a broad customer impact, that has security implications, or that has both. It is determined and issued by Microsoft as appropriate and when appropriate. GDRs are kept to a minimum and cannot be requested by a customer. Microsoft internally determines whether a...
Composite Application Guidance for WPF 2008 RC1 is now available for download. It has complete source code of the Composite Application Library and some quickstarts for you to get aquainted with this framework.
"The Composite Application Guidance for WPF is designed to help you more easily build enterprise-level Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client applications. This guidance will help you design and build flexible composite WPF client applications – applications that use loosely coupled, independently evolvable pieces that work together within the overall application.
This release is the first release of composite application guidance for WPF; based on your feedback, this guidance will...