InDepth Talk

Fix for WCF Error Maximum Nametable Character Count Quota Exceeded

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:45:44 GMT

Guy Barrette writes "The error message is very helpful because you can figure out from it that something is now larger then a default value, that something being the SOAP message sent by the metadata exchange binding. Oh that’s easy to fix, just put bigger values in the config file right? Wrong..."

Bloggers : Guy Barrette
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation

Windows 7 Developer Guide Released

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:07:28 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "This is 43 pages of "what is special about Windows 7" written for developers...It's all in here, with plenty of screenshots. From here you will know where you want to drill more deeply, and you will know the names of features, which is usually key to figuring out how to use them...The Downloads tab will get you the document..."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Direct Connection with .NET Services Already in Use

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:13 GMT

Chris Auld writes "...one of the funky things about the .NET Services (was Biztalk serivces) part of Windows Azure is the Connectivity Service. This makes it easier for WCF to communicate bidirectionally through NATs. It works by initially working through the cloud hosted relay and then attempting to establish a direct connection...The approach that Clemens et al have taken here is the idea of NAT Port Prediction...High level details are here:"

Bloggers : Chris Auld
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Silverlight vs Flash Competition is Heating Up

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:11 GMT

Scott Howlett writes "...In the end, I'm impressed with what both Microsoft and Adobe are doing. With this degree of competition, the enterprise (the people who pay to have these apps created) will win because the platform (Flash or Silverlight) is getting better faster through competition...First, came word, that Major League Baseball had dropped Silverlight in favor of Flash. I see this as a big blow..."

Bloggers : Scott Howlett
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Code for Adding Target to ASP.NET Menu Control

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:18:36 GMT

David Yack writes "Out of the box the ASP.NET menu control doesn’t support setting a Target on a menu item. You can easily add support for this by adding a target node to the site map xml and then adding a event handler to set that on the menu item at data binding time. So for example..."

Bloggers : David Yack
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET

TechEd EMEA Wrapup

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:14:36 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "Tech Ed... website of videos gets updated. This is a general-access-no-login-required highlights site...Speaker Idol impresses me every year because it shows all of us (speakers, track chairs, etc) people who are really good but have not spoken at Tech Ed before. How good?...one of the very few people who is outscoring me is last year's Speaker Idol winner..."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Entity Framework LINQ to SQL and Oracle

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:03:45 GMT

Edgar Sanchez writes "Amid the debate about which is better and have more future...between LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework, one thing they have in common is the fact that Oracle is in “no comment” mode about both of them...IMHO, Visual Studio 2008 is so productive that people may first consider moving from Oracle to SQL Server before moving from VS 2008 to JDeveloper...Luckily, .NET Framework has a big ecosystem"

Bloggers : Edgar Sanchez
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
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No Forced Entry With Keys Made From Photos

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:58:08 GMT

Derek Ferguson writes "Holy...this is scary stuff. Researchers have successfully cut keys from digital photos..."

Bloggers : Derek Ferguson
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Security

How to Apply Separated Presentation Patterns in GUI Applications

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:38:34 GMT

Jonas Folleso writes "To show how the Supervising Controller and the Model-View-ViewModel pattern can be combined I’m going to create facetious Flickr Photo Uploading application....the Supervising Controller pattern can be combined with a Model-View-ViewModel pattern to implement drag-and-drop functionality. The specific example uses WPF, but the same concepts apply for Silverlight 2 applications as well."

Bloggers : Jonas Folleso
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Installation Lessons for Charting in ASP.NET 3.5

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:52:30 GMT

Vinod Unny writes "Microsoft recently released a new set of chart controls for Windows and Web forms for .NET 3.5 SP1. However, to install and use them in Visual Studio you need to download and install a minimum of two different downloads and an optional third. The first one is the main update for .NET 3.5SP1..."

Bloggers : Vinod Unny
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Audio Code Posted

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:52:13 GMT

Carl Franklin writes "I showed off a managed-code wrapper around the low-level audio features of the Windows API...old technology but it works everywhere. You can basically read audio data as it is recorded, one buffer at a time, and you can also stuff data into an output buffer..."

Bloggers : Carl Franklin
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Duck Typing Code Sample Using Anonymous Type Scope in C# 4.0

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:52:09 GMT

Bill Wagner writes "Does this now open up the possibility of using an anonymous type (say, the results of a LINQ query) outside the scope of the method it was created?...Very simply, yes. This construct is a great use of dynamic types in C#. Dynamic provides a form of escape hatch"

Bloggers : Bill Wagner
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Transaction Log VLFs Too Many or Too Few

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:51:17 GMT

Kimberly L Tripp writes "While having WAY too many VLFs because of auto-growth is still the most common form of problem within transaction logs, another problem has been creeping up more and more... too few VLFs...First, here's how the log is divided into VLFs. Each "chunk" that is added, is divided into VLFs at the time the log growth..."

Bloggers : Kimberly L Tripp
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
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Lesson Learned Connecting Silverlight 2 Apps to WCF Service

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:17:40 GMT

David Yack writes "A common error you might run across the first time you try to connect a Silverlight 2 application to a WCF service is HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type. This is caused by the fact that Silverlight 2 can only consume WCF"

Bloggers : David Yack
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation

Managed and Native Code Interoperability Best Practices

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:54:41 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "GREAT talk at PDC called Managed and Native Code Interoperability: Best Practices...This is a dense talk that assumes a fair amount of background knowledge, but well worth the hour to watch..."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

PDC Lives On

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:54:39 GMT

Gill Cleeren writes "Fellow Regional Director Sondre Bjellas took his camera the PDC in Los Angeles and created a great looking video report..."

Bloggers : Gill Cleeren
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

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...."

Bloggers : Jackie Goldstein
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

The Truth About Routed Commands Routing

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:53:29 GMT

Brian Noyes writes "...Always put your command bindings on the root element...and your command binding will always be consulted...Trying to rationalize that in your development process to put command bindings anywhere except on the root element is the path to command routing hell."

Bloggers : Brian Noyes
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Duck Typing in C# 4.0 is a Powerful New Way to Create Algorithms

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:53:24 GMT

Bill Wagner writes "One of the the more interesting areas is dynamic, and the ways you can use dynamic to support duck typing. In C# 4.0, you can create methods that take parameters that are dynamic. That means those parameters are statically typed to be dynamic. For example, this method is a simple bit of code that writes information about an object to the console..."

Bloggers : Bill Wagner
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Updating Hosts In and Out of the Office

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:31:07 GMT

Steven Smith writes "..what I’d really like is for Windows to automatically notice when its network status changes...and determine from that which hosts file to use. If someone has a script that does something like this, let me know. In the meantime, this approach has worked for the last couple of years with minimal friction/annoyance..."

Bloggers : Steven Smith
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

What Caught My Eye at PDC

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:22:22 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "...really enjoyed seeing how simple it can be to take advantage of multicores using templated functions. Lines and lines of boilerplate goo disappear into a library instead of your code, which means people might actually do this...mission statement for "Dev10", the next version of Visual Studio, as far as the C++ team is concerned: Make VC10 the most productive IDE for native development."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Great Time to be a Computer Science Student

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:21:32 GMT

Vinod Unny writes "DreamSpark allows students in India to download or get a DVD of most of the Microsoft programming and designing stack for FREE! All a student needs to do is register at the site, get their student status verified and they can get access...The list includes:"

Bloggers : Vinod Unny
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Using a TSQL Common Table Expression to Find Dupe Records

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:21:30 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Here is a cool TSQL tip...You can use a Common Table Expression in SQL Server 2005 or 2008 to look up the “parents” using an aggregate HAVING clause. Then you join to the CTE to the Product table on the Product_Name field as well as the Product_ID field, but using the > indicator, so we only return the “children”..."

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

Changing the Command Prompt Properties When Debugging a Console App

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:53:54 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "...when debugging a console application I couldn't get the Properties of the command prompt to come up when stopped at a breakpoint...and of course the command prompt disappears as soon as the program finishes running. I could change the properties in the command prompt you get for "start without debugging" but they had no effect on the debug one. The font was too tiny to use...Here's what I did..."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Sample Code LINQ To REST Data

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:40:43 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "I have a simple Astoria service here. Let’s take a look at how to talk to it via LINQ to REST. First you have to set a reference to System.Data.Services.Client and then pull in the namespace like so...Next you have to create an anonymous type to hold your data. Since we are modeling the Customer entity in my Astoria service..."

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

Tech Startups Leverage Free Software and Mentoring With BizSpark

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:23:06 GMT

Kate Gregory writes "...if you fit the description and want the free software...Go to the BizSpark site's Find a Network Partner page....If you weren't planning to work with an investor, scroll through looking for a firm that offers consulting and mentoring...If you can't find a firm in your geography that looks as if it could help you, try a nearby geography..."

Bloggers : Kate Gregory
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Calling all Bloggers and Podcasters

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:03:33 GMT

Derek Hatchard writes "Calling all bloggers and podcasters in (or near) Atlantic Canada...Casual get-together for bloggers and podcasters...Anyone who produces content for a blog or podcast (audio or video)..."

Bloggers : Derek Hatchard
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Starting a Company? You've Got Help

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:00:54 GMT

Bill Wagner writes "if you’re thinking about creating a startup in our area, go to the Micorosoft BizSpark page and sign up. We’re registered as a Network Partner, so you can work with us to go through that process. Understand it’s not simply about free software. If we work with you as a network partner, we must be committed to working together to ensure your success..."

Bloggers : Bill Wagner
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Microsoft's Bold New Design Initiative

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:18:21 GMT

Sondre Bjellas writes "...(Microsoft products) are so feature and functionality rich that I can do just about anything I want, and most of them are extensible by third party ISVs. Apple products has success with giving the minimal set of functionality that 90% of users require, but there’s always the 10% that is not comfortable with less...There is a lot of great innovations at Microsoft that is driving this new design initiative"

Bloggers : Sondre Bjellas
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Vista Cleanup May Corrupt OS and Prevent Boot

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:09:47 GMT

Steven Smith writes "Ran into this gem yesterday. My intelide.sys file was corrupted and prevented Windows Vista from booting on my laptop...appears to be the result of running Vista Cleanup to free up space. A few days previously, Vista warned me that I was low on disk space..."

Bloggers : Steven Smith
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Table Value Parameters Makes Life Easier for C# Developers

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:09:40 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "I want to show a new feature about using Table Valued Parameters (TVP) in a stored procedure and then calling it from an ASP .NET page or any other .NET client using ADO.NET...Have you ever passed in a CSV string to a DAL or stored procedure or even an XML data type, then parsed it and executed some SQL? TVP will eliminate that. Here is an example:"

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Full PDC Wrapup: The Next Big Thing

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:15 GMT

Bill Wagner writes "Personally, I believe Azure will be a major player. Microsoft has the infrastructure to run a cloud computing platform. It’s got the basic API correct. And, I can see a path from code I have now to code running on Azure. There are risks of course..."

Bloggers : Bill Wagner
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Addins and Customization of Visual Studio IDE

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:10 GMT

Sondre Bjellas writes "I rarely customize anything. I rely on few (if any) third party tools within the IDE and just a handful of tools that runs outside of the Visual Studio IDE. My main focus is Team System and extensions or that..I decided to start customizing and the first thing was to download and import the DistantShores Visual theme..."

Bloggers : Sondre Bjellas
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Code Sample: Dynamically Typed Objects with C# 4.0

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:00 GMT

Mark Michaelis writes "In order to investigate how dynamic objects worked I decided to create a working sample that dynamically went against an XML element...As this code shows, with a dynamic type over XML, you can use XML element names as the property names to retrieve data from the XML element...In the process of writing this dynamic XML implementation, I found a few idiosyncrasies in the current dynamic type support found in the PDC 2008 CTP:"

Bloggers : Mark Michaelis
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Oslo Promises a Sructured, Coherent and Tool Based Approach to Modeling

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:04:48 GMT

Ciprian Jichici writes ".... Think about writing a WCF service, in your own words! If that sounds SciFi, think again ...Oslo doesn't promise (yet) natural language modeling. But it sure opens a wide window towards to world of Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)...I'm not saying "Oslo" is going to simplify software development. But it sure will, at least, support a huge boost in productivity..."

Bloggers : Ciprian Jichici
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Windows 7 Triggered Services Feature

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:51:25 GMT

Derek Hatchard writes "...triggered services or the option to have Windows services start in response to an event such as an application starting. And conversely, services can be stopped in response to events...A simple example just off the top of my head: the SQL Server service on my dev machine..."

Bloggers : Derek Hatchard
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Inside Windows 7 Mesh and Live Framework

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:41 GMT

Gill Cleeren writes "While Windows 7 has a greatly improved UI, it contains many more improvements over Windows Vista. Let's start by taking a look at what is changing in the new version..."

Bloggers : Gill Cleeren
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server
ITProMomentum.indepthtalk.net : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure

Windows 7 Installation Experience

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:40 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "It has only been one day but Windows 7 appears very stable, has good power management, and is fast. It also is pretty slick looking with the Avalon UI stuff turned on..."

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server
ITProMomentum.indepthtalk.net : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure

CRM Services Part of Azure

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:39 GMT

David Yack writes "...There are two building block services that I think you will find very interesting Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services. While not available yet in the CTP of Azure that was released, these elaborate on strategy Microsoft is evolving to recognize the broader ability of both these products beyond things like simple CRM..."

Bloggers : David Yack
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Dynamics
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Windows Live Mesh for Mobile

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:34 GMT

Vinod Unny writes "Finally, the team has released Live Mesh for mobiles as well. Currently it support Windows Mobile 6.x. However you will not be able to access this from the usual places..."

Bloggers : Vinod Unny
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Mobile

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"

Bloggers : Jackie Goldstein
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Exchange 2007 - Outlook 2007 - RPC Over Http Issues

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:30 GMT

Chris Kinsman writes "At first I thought it was an issue with how I had published it in ISA Server but eventually gave up on that as I was essentially server publishing port 443 direct to the Exchange server...The directory request was traveling from Outlook, to the Exchange Servers RPC over HTTP connector and then having to leave the box to hit the AD box..."

Bloggers : Chris Kinsman
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Exchange

Silverlight Application Searches TechEd 2008 DVDs

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:06:06 GMT

Bill Evjen writes "... a little Silverlight application on his page that allows you to search the sessions. Basically, you will need to just Explorer the DVD and get to the folder of the session that you want..."

Bloggers : Bill Evjen
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Windows Home Server a Backup Dream

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:25 GMT

Chris Kinsman writes "Everything in my house is backed up to Windows Home Server. This thing is brilliant. The backup is better than what is offering with Microsoft Data Protection Manager for corporations! It will automatically back up every connected PC in your house to your home server. The backups are de-duplicated so you can backup a large number of machines..."

Bloggers : Chris Kinsman
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Will Windows Azure Succeed?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:48:06 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "...It may take years for the shift to be complete, but it will happen. It just makes sense to have your applications hosted in the cloud...NET Services (formerly BizTalk Services) in the cloud will get adopted by developers as it matures and as apps get moved to the cloud. SQL Services will get adopted in version 2 when you can do more relational features...Bottom line is that Azure will succeed, but it will take time..."

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Business Intelligence

Azure Deployment Portal - Use IE

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:39:07 GMT

Steven Smith writes "Ran into a small bug in the Azure deployment portal today using Firefox. The "swap" button to swap out a staging with a production environment was non-responsive."

Bloggers : Steven Smith
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Exchange
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Business Intelligence

Thoughts on PDC 2008 Content and Announcements

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:36:59 GMT

Rockford Lhotka writes "PDC 2008 was a lot of fun - a big show, with lots of announcements, lots of sessions and some thought-provoking content. I thought I'd through out a few observations. Not really conclusions, as those take time and reflection, so just some observations."

Bloggers : Rockford Lhotka
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

XAML is Going Into a Language Evolution

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:12:10 GMT

Christian Nagel writes "...In the early days of XAML and WPF, simple applications have been shown that just need XAML code but no code-behind. Now it is possible to write an application that makes use of WPF, WF, and WCF purely using XAML..."

Bloggers : Christian Nagel
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Thoughts From the PDC

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:09:13 GMT

Stephen Forte writes "Here are some conclusions that I have drawn from four days at the PDC. Microsoft did not say any of this, but I have drawn these conclusions based on their messages and behaviors at PDC. Here they are and by no means is this an exhaustive list, it is just based on my personal experience this week:"

Bloggers : Stephen Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Geneva is Microsoft's Claims Based Access Platform - CBA

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:13:37 GMT

Michele Leroux Bustamante writes "...Geneva Framework is a framework for building claim-based applications and services, simplifying how they work with claims at runtime to authorize access; is a framework for building custom security token services; and supplies functionality for issuing managed information cards (for CardSpace and other identity selectors) and functionality for building CardSpace-enabled ASP.NET applications. Geneva Server is the next generation ADFS..."

Bloggers : Michele Leroux Bustamante
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Security
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

Astoria Offline Puts a REST Based Data-Service on Top of Data

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:50:14 GMT

Steve Forte writes "Astoria Offline’s offering is very elegant. You can create an end to end solution very easily and the “piece of cake” scenario where you click on all the wizards provides a good solution out of the box where you only have to write a little bit of code to extend the application to fit your needs...What I really like about Astoria is its conflict resolution."

Bloggers : Steve Forte
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Surface Second Light Shows Great Potential for Human Interaction

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:49:22 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...then one of the most awesome pieces of tech I have seen in a long time was the next generation Surface hardware called "Second Light". Basically it takes a Surface computer, but the cameras now start scanning through the projection screen and look for objects to interact with outside the unit. This means you can interact physically with the device..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Success Story and Lessons Learned Inside the NBC Olympics Player

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:02:40 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "This session was done very well...Some top-level highlights were: 1. 34 top level events sorted by icons 2. At the peak, 17 live separate events were happening 3.2000 hours of live content and 2200 Highlight content that was created The result was staggering: 1.3 Billion Pageviews..."

Bloggers : Venkatarangan Tnc
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Parallel Extensions to The .NET Framework Are Part of .NET 4.0

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:58:12 GMT

Christian Nagel writes "The thread pool has been enhanced with great new features...ask API can be used similar to the Thread class and offers some advanced features. For the tasks to queue up, the pool now not only includes a global queue but also a local queue for every thread in the pool...With the new API, other than starting tasks some more features:"

Bloggers : Christian Nagel
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

C# Moves to a More Declarative Style of Programming

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:39:33 GMT

Bill Evjen writes "It is 10 years later since they started C#...is really about radical new thinking in the language - LINQ...Some of the trends that have shaped their thinking on C# 4.0...."

Bloggers : Bill Evjen
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

C# 4.0 and Beyond

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:28:28 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...we are starting to look to draw on benefits from functional programming, dynamic languages and statically typed languages at the same time depending on the problem we are trying to solve...Personally I can certainly see a lot of benefit in this...the bit which really interested me came towards the end...the C# compiler in managed code..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Type System Changes With CLR 4.0

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:27:51 GMT

Christian Nagel writes "An issue that we have today regarding COM interop is the deployment of Primary Interop Assemblies (PIO). An application that uses Excel 2007, the primary interop assembly required by the application requires 1.2 MB. In reality you need to install the Office 2007 PIA Redist that requires 6.3 MB. And this is just for Office 2007. The next version requires another PIA..."

Bloggers : Christian Nagel
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

You Have to Love The PDC - Let Me Count the Ways!

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:27:38 GMT

Tim Huckaby writes "...this year’s PDC has really got me excited...Here is a random smattering of thoughts on this last 3 days...amazingly cool stuff in Win7 for developers...Microsoft has laid the gauntlet on the bold promise of Windows 7...The Surface is everywhere at the PDC...what is really cool is that the Surface team has “opened the kimono” at the PDC. They are officially shipping..."

Bloggers : Tim Huckaby
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Azure, Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010 Rollup Review

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:11:26 GMT

Steven Smith writes "One of the key differentiators of Microsoft's Azure platform to developers like me is that it will use all of the development tools Microsoft developers are familiar with. Azure applications will behave as either standard ASP.NET applications or simple executable services, both of which are built and tested using Visual Studio 2008. In addition, the deployment story for these services is very clean"

Bloggers : Steven Smith
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Microsoft Research Window into the Future of Computing

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:06:40 GMT

Gill Cleeren writes "Some of the most known technologies coming from MSR are DirectX, Windows Media Audio and Video, SQLServer, Robotics Studio... MSR also does hardware research, of which the tablet PC is a good example. The first conception of a tablet PC occured in the research center in the UK...we got a glimpse of the future of computing..."

Bloggers : Gill Cleeren
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Silverlight 2 Mobile Project is Alive and Closer to Release

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:54:31 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "After showing preview of Silverlight for Mobile two years back, Microsoft has been absolutely silent. Since there was no news for a long time I presumed they have killed this project...Notes on the session: The Mobile version of Silverlight will be Silverlight 2.0 with .NET Managed code support and not the SL v1 with JavaScript..."

Bloggers : Venkatarangan Tnc
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Windows 7 Has Significant Multi-Touch Potential

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:42:13 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "... been told there have been some reasonably significant improvements on the perf front which help remove a lot of the I/O killing operations we used to see and also be smarted on the locking front to avoid app hangs and the like. However the one thing that I think is really cool...potential for multi-touch to enable some really nice human interaction models with applications..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Silverlight Toolkit New Feature AutoCompleteBox Examples

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:30:03 GMT

Jonas Folleso writes "The AutoCompleteBox control supports both data bound suggestions as well as custom code to get suggestions asynchronously, for instance by calling a web service. I will cover both scenarios and show how the auto completion code fits in to the Model-View-ViewModel architecture of the Dive Log application...looks and feels like a textbox, and has a Text-property..."

Bloggers : Jonas Folleso
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework