So, I have my Windows 7 RC up and running and I am now itching to get hold of a beta of Visual Studio 2010. I held off downloading the Virtual PC CTP ion order to wait for an installable version, but that seems to have been a long time coming. The wait may be …
Category Archive: .Net
Mar
18
“Windows Web Gallery” Announced
Microsoft have just spoken about the new Windows Web Gallery at Mix09 Basically the Windows Web Gallery is a single web site that makes community apps available based on both ASP.Net and PHP. The site is still in its early days, but already features well known apps such as DotNetNuke and WordPress. There is also a …
Mar
18
Silverlight 3 Beta Download Available
As Next Best Geek reported earlier, it looks like the Silverlight 3 Beta SDK and Tools for VS 2008 have been made available for download. There was also a link to a new Blend Preview, but the link appears to be broken. Maybe this is being saved for after certain annoucnements at Mix09. Anyway, get youself over to these …
May
07
ASP.NET 3.5 Dynamic Data Tutorial Series – Part 1 – What is Dynamic Data and creating a basic dynamic data web site.
Last week I attended the MSDN Roadshow 2008 (you can read my write up of the event along with some useful links here), and one of the topics presented on the day were the upcoming ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions. Mike Ormond did an excellent presentation on the upcoming release including a hands on demo using some …
May
07
MSDN Roadshow 2008 Review and Useful Links
Ok, so a few weeks ago I posted about my plans to attend the MSDN Roadshow 2008 in Manchester and I said that I would post about the event once I had attended. So as promised here is that very post along with some useful links; Firstly, the venue for this years event was excellent. …
Mar
14
Microsoft .Net Framework Releases Summary
I keep up to date with releases to the .Net Framework and other related technologies such as Silverlight, but it can sometime be hard to remember what was released when and in what version. Ian Blackburn has posted a .Net Release Summary on his blog with a simple table attempting to clarify the content of …
Mar
12
Microsoft Expression Web 2 Beta – What’s New?
UPDATE: This post was originally written for the Beta version of Expression Web 2. However, the content still applies to the full version that has now been released. By now you have probably heard that the beta of version 2 of Microsoft’s web design tool Expression Web has just been released. I am a big …
Mar
11
MSDN Roadshow 2008
Just registered for the 2008 MSDN Roadshow in Manchester on 1st May At last years event, I particularly enjoyed a demo around WPF/E, which ofcourse has now been released as Silverlight. Well, this years event looks to be even better. Below is the event summary from the Microsoft web site; Microsoft is pleased to present …