Jackie Goldstein

Three MS Technologies to Watch in 2010

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:34:31 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...there are a few [three] other strategic...technologies that I think we need to be paying attention to...Azure platform is not only compelling, but has also evolved to address many “real-world” issues...Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework is clearly destined to become mainstream. Version 2.0 will be..."

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Predictions 2010 ASP.NET MVC vs Webforms

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:55:01 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...choosing between Webforms, MVC, and Silverlight. Each technology has its pros and cons, and each development project must be analyzed for its particular needs and tradeoffs. Still, I would offer the following observations:...While on the subject of MVC vs. Webforms, check out the interesting post by Scott Guthrie..."

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Creating a Profitable Startup Company

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:21:06 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...If you are involved, or considering starting, your own technology business, I strongly recommend you invest half an hour to watch this video by David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals. It is full of..."

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Who are the VB Developers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:49:45 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...growing set of video and text interviews with leading VB developers at the I’m A VB site. You can find my interview at..."

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Sample of Speech Recognition to Program in Visual Studio

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:49:26 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...The video...offers a glimpse of our thinking and early implementation of extending Microsoft Visual Studio to allow programmers to write code in C# or VB.NET using mostly speech recognition. We believe that this unique approach could be a real boon for handicapped programmers, temporary suffers of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), or programmers...This is a work in progress and we would very much like to hear your comments..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Procedure for Word Mail Merge to Email with Attachment

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:14:58 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...For some reason, Microsoft has never supported mail merging of documents to email with an attachment...my own VBA function which I will share...Here is the VBA code I used for the SetAttachment function/Macro. It is provided “As is” – it worked well for me, but you’ll have to confirm and/or modify it for your scenarios..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System

Comparing VB and C# How to Leverage Both Languages

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:21:54 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...here is a different approach – a pair of articles that explain nuances of one language for developers who normally program in the other language. A great first step..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework
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Why Smart Companies Outsource Software Development During a Recession

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:52:16 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "....The smarter companies work to not only survive, but to actually thrive while their competitors are suffering...The following is a list of what I think are the top five reasons you should consider outsourcing..."

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Entity Framework Lessons Learned and Code

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:29:44 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...some of our experience using the Entity Framework in a real client project...includes some code and concepts for a repository interface that we used to make it more managable and extendable...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework Essential Resources

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:31 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "In order to make it easier for developers to familiarize themselves with the Entity Framework, we have put together a list of some of the available resources"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Great Tool for Learning LINQ to Entities

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:34:24 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...this app organizes it large set of sample queries into differnent categories and often offers both the standard LINQ and the method form of the queries. In addition to the queries, you can see the results of their execution against different versions of SQL Server and SQL CE. A great learning tool..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

WideOpen Web - Confessions of a Rich-Client Bigot

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:11:46 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...AJAX toolkits and controls allow developers to easily develop web pages that are both "pretty" and responsive....Silverlight 2.0, however, with the power and simplicity of the .NET framework combined with the richness of WPF all inside the browser - is absolutely compelling ! I've now found myself often thinking about browser-based apps as my default choice"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

How to Build a Model-View-Presenter Mail App

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:15:41 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "We just put up a really cool video showing how to build a Model-View-Presenter (MVP) mail app with CodeRush and Refactor Pro! for Visual Studio. You get to see the step by step transformation and evolution of code for the MVP pattern and you get to see it happen pretty quickly and easily since it is being done with the help of CodeRush and Refactor Pro!"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio
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Check out The Region

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:35:41 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "...The Region is basically the public global center for the 140 Microsoft Regional Directors around the world. It is a single view into the blogs of all of these technical and community leaders, along with a calendar of upcoming events."

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Check out The Region

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:09:54 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "The Region is basically the public global center for the 140 Microsoft Regional Directors around the world. It is a single view into the blogs of all of these technical and community leaders, along with a calendar of upcoming events."

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Subset of WCF supported by .NET Compact Framework 3.5

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:34:05 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "If you are developing mobile apps and want to know what aspects of WCF will be support by NetCF 3.5, you can find he definitive answers over here"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation

Acropolis an answer to CAB

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:32:12 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Acropolis is MS's attempt to (1) Make it much easier to build loosely coupled, composite, smart client applications and (2) Make it part of the .NET framework instead of an add-in from the Patterns and Practices team....The help file includes not only reference sections, but also a nice walk-through of a simple RSS reader in Acropolis. "

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Goodbye Keyboard and Mouse - Hello Surface

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:11:21 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "OK, don't thow out your keyboard and mouse just yet, but Microsoft unveiled last week a prototype of what the future could very well look like - coffee table-sized desktop with direct manipulation of displayed items and images, as well as interaction with items placed on the desktop. "

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Progress Notification for Web Service Calls

Thu, 31 May 2007 23:26:18 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "....this is a perfect scenario for using SOAP extensions, in order to get into the processing pipeline and provide the necessary information."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Mashups For The Masses

Thu, 31 May 2007 23:26:14 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "I have recently been researching and playing with mashups and various sources of online data sources, such as Windows Live. Well, this is obviously something that has caught wider interest in Microsoft as well...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Case in point where SOAP extensions are the perfect solution

Wed, 30 May 2007 22:48:36 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "In one of our current projects, we had a need to provide progress indication for web service calls that could take a long time to execute (by design - alot of data being transferred). It turns out that this is a perfect scenario "

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Microsoft Compilers written in VB

Tue, 29 May 2007 20:34:17 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "The upcoming Javascript compiler for Silverlight as well as the compiler VBx (VB 10) are both being written in VB.NET ! "

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework
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Outlook 2007 in need of a fix to speed up

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:03:37 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "....you know that there are alot of scenarios where Outlook 2007 runs painfully slow. Microsoft has responded quickly to this issue, and has already provided a fix that addresses many of these issues - rather than waiting for SP1. It can be downloaded from here. The response to this fix has great"

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Migrating an application to use CAB and SCSF

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:11:13 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "....an insider's look at this migration and a great roadmap on how to prepare for your first CAB project"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework
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Experimental Programming Languages - and My Thoughts on the Subject

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:48:36 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Mary Jo Foley has a pair of new articles on experimental programming languages up on Redmond Developer News....These discuss some of the MS research /experimental languages....While language innovation is good and productive, I don't think that is where the major productivity gains will be made - the significant productivity gains will be made with tools and technologies, much more so than with progamming language improvements. Do you agree ?"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Virtual PC 2007 Available for Download

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:32:04 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "No major changes in this version - the most significant ones are (1) Support for Vista Images (2) Better performance (if you make sure to upgrade your VM Add-ins 2004 VMs move over fine. It will also take advantage of virtualization hardware, if your PC supports it."

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Another great set of How To Videos for ASP.NET AJAX

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:37:43 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "....the ASP.NET site has outdone itself again, with a series of 23 "How To" videos on ASP.NET AJAX. Download the videos "

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A First Look at Orcas

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:02:05 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Scott Guthrie just keeps on rolling with his great blog posts and presentations. Here is a great first look at some of the new features in Orcas (next version of Visual Studio), including screen shots and a link to a PPT of his. The next CTP, due out within a month"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Developer Academy inIsrael - Great Success !

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:42:58 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Yesterday's major developer event for Microsoft developers, Microsoft Developer Academy, was a great success. Over 2,000 developers attended the event, which offered a choice of 25 different breakout sessions, plus another 6 panel discussions."

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InDepthTalk.net : Events

A different perspective on blogging

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:45:31 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Here is an interesting article on blogging....It is particularly timely it that it expresses an opposite perception to that which triggered the recent Blog Tag success"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Visual Studio Orcas January CTP available for download

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:44:44 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "In addition to all of the new functionality that we can now start playing with....this CTP release is also exciting in that it is very conveniently available as both a self-extracting installation and also as a Virtual PC image -"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

SQL Server CE 3.1 now available for free download

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:55:24 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "The final bits of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition 3.1 have been released and are available for download here. Having worked with and given numerous conference and User Group presentations with the RC and the previous edition (known as SQL Server 2005 Everywhere - see previous blog entry), I am very excited about this product and urge you to check it out. Remember, this powerful, light-weight database engine is now available for your desktop applications as well as mobile devices."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
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Looking to buy a new laptop ? Read this first ...

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:44:50 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Before you go out and buy that new laptop you promised yourself, be sure to first read this article by Kim Major. It is actually a series of 3 blog posts, that run through his considerations and conclusions before replacing his existing Thinkpad."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Suggested Reading
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Visual Studio Hot Fixes now available for easy download

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:05:16 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "If you've ever been frustrated by the process of trying to get access to an available MS hot fix (especially after being frustrated by those bugs/crashes/hangs in VS), join the club. But before you spend too much time lamenting, note that MS has heard our cry and made many/most of the existing critical hotfixes available for simple downloading here:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Israel Visual Basic User Group Celebrates 9th Birthday

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:13:46 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes " ....on November 1, IVBUG, the Israel Visual Basic User Group, celebrated its 9th birthday ! It is hard to believe that it has been 9 years since I founded this group, the first Microsoft User Group in Israel. Many of the faces have changed over the years, but we do still have a few member besides me who were at those first meetings.....Here is a picture of me with galit Shachaf, the MS Israel Visual Studio Product Manager, after our opening words at this meeting courtesy of Gadi Meir."

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ClickOnce Community Resource Kit

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:09:57 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "A nice new source of practical and advanced information on building Click Once deployments has been developed by Brian Noyes for the MS Patterns and Practices team. Here is the description blurb:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

SQL Server Compact Edition is Back!

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:38:32 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "No new software, but a new/old name... The recently renamed SQL Server Everywhere (the successor to SQL Mobile and SQL CE) has been renamed back SQL Server Compact Edition - see the details....I have spent alot of time over the past few months speaking about SQL Server Everywhere and how it fits into the MS SQL Server family. The name change will probably add to the confusion for a while, but I think in the long run it is a good choice. At least the .NET namespace name now makes sense..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

Sessions I'll be Giving at VSLive in Boston

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:05:03 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "VSLive! is coming to Boston this week and I'm scheduled to give 2 presentations: (1) SQL Server 2005 Everywhere (2) .NET Worst Practices - What's Wrong With This Code ?! If you're at the conference, please track me down and say "Hi!""

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Great Interview on the Age-Old questions of To VB or not to VB

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:18:58 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "Check out the ARCast recording of Ron Jacobs discussing VB and lanaguage choices with Bill McCarthy. The whole ARCast series has lots of usefull and entertaining sessions. You should find this one particularly enjoyable and thought-provoking"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Speaking at VSLive! This coming Week

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:27:17 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "I'll be giving two presentations at this coming week's VSLive conference in New York City. One will be on SQL Server Everywhere and the other is on the VB My namespace. If you are at the conference please let me know and/or come by and say hi ! "

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First Bits Cooked - Ready to Serve!

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:12:45 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "first bits of ADO.NET 3.0, you can download the CTP"

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Want to be a Software Architect ?

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:40:59 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "If you answer Yes to the question of "Do you want to be a Software Architect?" or you just want to learn more about this aspect of software development, check out the new website Skyscrapr..."

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TechEd GrokTalks Wrap Up

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:10:33 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "... The short version is that they are unique 10-minute presentations that convey the essence of a variety of topics... At the end of conference, once we have had time to do the required editing, there will be over 40 of these presentations available for viewing - be sure to check them out at ..."

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NET Charity Celebrity Tech·Ed Auction

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:34:05 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "On the heels of our success of raising over $10,000 for the victims of the tsunami disaster, we are trying to do it even better. We have assembled a group of over 20 top .NET consultants and speakers to donate some of their time for the same charity..."

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Compatibility between .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 (Beta)

Mon, 30 May 2005 23:14:57 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "... more and more organizations are taking the time to try to port existing .NET 1.X code to 2.0... I expect that by RTM, the vast majority of the exusiting incompatabilities will have been corrected and/or clearly documented and explained.... In the meantime, check out these newly published articles on MSDN. They include ... "

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My Presentations at TechEd US 2005

Fri, 27 May 2005 16:33:56 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "This year I'll be doing 2 sessions at TechEd US. I'll also be spending some time at the cabanas, product booths, and Ask The Experts. And of course, GrokTalk. If you are in Orlando, please stop by and say Hi ! Here are the details of the 2 sessions... "

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Snippet Editor for Visual Basic 2005 Beta 2

Mon, 02 May 2005 11:53:19 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "These are snippets of code, to perform various different common actions. In addition to the large set of snippets that will ship with VS 2005, there is a also an extensibility model so that you can add your own and/or team/company snippets to the the standard collection."

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VB.NET 2005 Gets Refactoring!

Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:29:20 GMT

Jackie Goldstein writes "The VB team took alot of heat for the fact that C# had much better refactoring tools than VB.NET...Well, the VB team has come up with a great solution to answer this need - they have worked out a deal to include the Refactor! tool with VB 2005. "

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