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Various C# (CSharp) Code stuff
Do you want... an opportunity for FAME, Fortune, some GREAT information on Tools, Techniques and not too mention just plain fun? (hmmmm, maybe some swag too.. who knows) Then… Make sure you make it to the Tampa Microsoft office by 6:15 PM EDT on 7/22/2009 for the Tampa .Net User Group meeting for the recording of the next episode of “It’s all about the Tools!” Or, if you can’t make that then definitely check out the other episodes and videos on Channel9 - Russ's Tool shed To register for the meeting ......
While attending a Microsoft Developer Event today (the VSTS Fire Starter in Tampa), I was reminded by Joe Healey that it is my civic duty to write a blog entry at least once a year. That being said, I find that next week would be the 1st anniversary of my last Blog post. To those who actually read my blog, I apologize and to those who didn’t I apologize for making you read this one First, thanks to all who presented at the event, it was enjoyable and informative. To anyone who missed, I would recommend ......
Free Food, Giveaways, raffles, and GREAT Free Training.... Sounds like CodeCamp!
The South Florida CodeCamp is tommorrow, so don't miss this one if you can be there. You need to sign up at http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=122048
Don't miss this opportunity to learn, network and just have fun.
Again, it is LAST DAY! So, it is time to make all of those resolutions that we always intend to keep but often don't seem to quite achieve. So, if one of your resolutions is to get more involved with local development groups and learn all about the latest technologies then here are a few things to Checkout: Sarasota .Net Developers -- http://www.sarasotadev.net Sarasota SQL Developers -- http://www.sarasotasql.net Tampa Bay IASA January -- http://www.eventbrite.com/e... You can find many ......
With all of the information out there about the Visual Studio 2008 features, updates and requirements, it is hard to filter through some of it. However, if you are interested in learning more here are a few good places to look and check out. Visual Studio 2008 Launch Site Visual Studio 2008 MSDN Developer Center Visual Studio Team System Events, Webcast & Virtual Labs Free Visual Studio 2008 Training from Microsoft Interesting Visual Studio 2008 C++ Beta Info (Thanks for the info MSDN Flash Newsletter!) ......
It appears that last week, Microsoft release the source code for several of the .Net 3.5 Framework libraries and according to ScottGu more will be coming soon. For a list of what is available make sure you check out Scotts Blog at http://weblogs.asp.net/scot... So, if you want to see how to configure your VS2008, Shawn Burke has a great Blog entry here http://blogs.msdn.com/sburk... ......
While the Microsoft Visual Studio Luanch event registration site has been up for the LA registration, it appears that they have opened registration to the public for most of the other locations. Yes, there are a few that are still not open so keep a watch but if your in one of the other lucky cities to have a chance you should check it out. Be the first to register in your area.... Heres the link: http://www.microsoft.com/he... ......
While this is pretty old hat stuff, it appears that the statement “common sense is not always common practice” continues to hold true. Recently while researching some code, I found several instances where someone neglected to call the Dispose() method on a SqlCommand object. It appears that they believe that calling the Dispose() method on the connection actually called the method on the associated command. Some developers believe that the disposing of the associated connection will dispose ......