.NET Framework

Free e-book on Microsoft LINQ, Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX, and Microsoft Silverlight

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:55:02 GMT

This offer is from Microsoft. Get it at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/vstudio/2008/default.mspx#EBOOK

The free e-book includes content from three recent publications from Microsoft Press:

•	Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735623910) This practical guide covers Language Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax fundamentals, LINQ to ADO.NET, and LINQ to XML. The e-book includes the entire contents of this printed book!
•	Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito (ISBN: 9780735624139) Learn about the February 2007 release of ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0, including an overview and the control toolkit.
•	Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney (ISBN: 9780735625396) Learn how to use Silverlight to simplify the way you implement compelling user experiences for the Web. Discover how to support an object-oriented program model with JavaScript.

New features of Visual Studio 2008

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:22:11 GMT

New features of Visual Studio 2008 are captured at http://geekswithblogs.net/Sreeblog/articles/117728.aspx

Dynamic Data screencast by David Ebbo

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:38:17 GMT

David Ebbo made a screencast which walks through a basic scenario of using ASP.NET Dynamic Data in a simple site using Northwind. You can download this screencast from on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/davidebb/archive/2007/12/12/dynamic-data-screencast-is-now-available.aspx

Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:57:59 GMT

A preview of ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions is released by Microsoft. You can download this from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A9C6BC06-B894-4B11-8300-35BD2F8FC908&displaylang=en

The following are part of this release.

ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET MVC provides model-view-controller (MVC) support to the existing ASP.NET 3.5 runtime, which enables developers to more easily take advantage of this design pattern. Benefits include the ability to achieve and maintain a clear separation of concerns, as well as facilitate test driven development (TDD).

The ASP.NET MVC Toolkit provides HTML rendering helpers and dynamic data support for MVC.

ASP.NET Dynamic Data

ASP.NET Dynamic Data helps developers build a fully customizable, data-driven app quickly. It provides a rich scaffolding framework that allows rapid data driven development without writing code, yet it is easily extendible using the traditional ASP.NET programming model.

ASP.NET AJAX

New additions to ASP.NET AJAX include support for managing browser history (Back button support).

ADO.NET Entity Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework is a new modeling framework that enables developers to define a conceptual model of a database schema that closely aligns to a real world view of the information. Benefits include easier to understand and easier to maintain application code that is shielded from underlying database schema changes.

ADO.NET Data Services

ADO.NET Data Services provide new services that find, manipulate and deliver data over the web using simple URIs. Benefits include an easy and flexible way to access data over the web, while enabling the separation of presentation and data access code.

Silverlight Controls for ASP.NET

You can integrate the rich behavior of Microsoft Silverlight into your Web application by using two new ASP.NET server controls: a MediaPlayer server control that enables easy integration of media sources such as audio (WMA) and video (WMV) into your Web application, and a Silverlight server control that allows an ASP.NET page to reference both XAML objects and their event handlers.

Introduction & Understanding LINQ (Lanaguage Integrated Query)

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:12:54 GMT

While i was going through LINQ, i have tried to capture my understanding and my notes. If you are interested you can check the same at the following URL.

http://geekswithblogs.net/Sreeblog/articles/117518.aspx

Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:06:00 GMT

DevX published a series of three articles that explore the built-in support for standard design patterns in ASP.NET

Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, Part 1: Basic Patterns

Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, Part 2: Custom Controller Patterns

Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers, Part 3: Advanced Patterns

An Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) in JavaScript and .NET

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:29:00 GMT

A good article on JSON in MSDN site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb299886.aspx

Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - July 2006 CTP

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:57:00 GMT

Microsoft released new CTP for .NET Framework 3.0. Download it here and this is for general public :).

Overview

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes. These new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace (formerly code named "Infocard"). Microsoft plans to ship .NET Framework 3.0 as part of the Windows Vista operating system. In addition, Microsoft is making these technologies available on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Looking at ASP.NET “Atlas” June CTP

Sreenivas Mogullapalli — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:51:00 GMT

Yesterday i have tried to look at “atlas control toolkit” with new june ctp version. I was hoping that the reorderlist problem is fixed in latest ctp but it was not fixed. On re-order the page is still doing the post back and ajax is not working. I haven't checked other known issues in the atlas control toolkit. Just thinking, is it problem with Atlas or am i doing some thing wrong?

.Net Framework 3.0 June CTP Available

Sreeni M — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:20:00 GMT

Microsoft has provided June CTP for .NET Framework 3.0. If you are interested in downloading these, here are the links

Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - June 2006 CTP
Windows SDK for .NET Framework 3.0 June CTP
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation RC2 - Provides developers with support for building workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation with the release version of .NET Framework 3.0.
Windows workflow Foundation RC0 labs - Windows Workflow Foundation RC Hands-on Labs, manuals and sample code
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Community Technology Preview – Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0 - Provides developers with support for building .NET Framework applications using Visual Studio.

Time to play with Windows Workflow Foundation :)