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November 2010

Free 1000-page ebook by Charles Petzold entitled Programming Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has released a free 1000-page ebook by Charles Petzold entitled "Programming Windows Phone 7". It is actually pretty sweet, especially for free.

Silverlight is Dead, Long live HTML 5??? Really? HTML 5

Personally PDC bored me to death (until Bob did his interview). I didn’t go, that may have kept me awake during the Keynote. I do not need to pay 5K a year to maintain a software license just so MS can help me develop HTML 5. EVERYONE will be doing that.

October 2010

WPF 4 Unleashed Book Review

This book is a pure pleasure to read. It is in full color, the content is laid out in an easy to read style, the author's writing style makes it easy to read, and the content is all valuable.

August 2010

Are you a .NET development shop, or a Microsoft development shop?

I am not sure if the market has clearly stated that there is a difference between being a Microsoft shop and a .NET shop. I watch a lot of places try to decide which way to go without realizing they are actually making the choice.

Microsoft has released the Ribbon for WPF

Microsoft has released the Ribbon for WPF. The download includes the code and samples.

June 2010

SOA with .NET and Windows Azure Book Review

This book is a must have for anyone that wants to know what Microsoft technologies have to offer to accomplish Service Oriented Architecture.

May 2010

Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook Book Review

All in all I recommend this book for anyone who wants an introduction to WCF and ASMX Services, REST and WCF Data Services, WCF RIA Services, the datagrid and dataform.

Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Reporting with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Book Review

I wish I had this book a year ago. It does an excellent job of describing the Reporting Services configuration steps to set up SharePoint Integration mode.....

April 2010

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 Book Review

This is a pretty sweet book. There are a ton of features in Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This book does a great job of covering all of them that are related to Application Lifecycle Management.

Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 is Live

Microsoft has released the latest version of the patterns and practices Enterprise Library which is now compatible with the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

CLR via C# Book Review

There are plenty books that show you what you can do with C#. This book shows how C# does what it does and tells you why. There is no better advanced C# book available on the market.

Visual Studio 2010 RTM Available... NOT!!!!!

Pitiful… no MSDN download available??? We used to be privileged and get it first. Seems those days are long gone. What was the 3 days of maintenance for??? What a clown show….

Pro WPF in C# 2010 Book Review

I highly recommend this book to anyone getting into WPF with .NET 4.0.

Beginning WF Windows Workflow in .NET 4.0 Book Review

All in all, this is a good book for getting into the guts of WF 4.0. It is a nice introduction.

February 2010

Introducing .NET 4.0 With Visual Studio 2010 Book Review

This book is a smorgasbord of .NET 4.0 goodies. This book does an excellent job of pulling all the new features in .NET 4.0 into one place. It covers the topics in enough detail that you leave the topic understanding what it is about and in many cases with references to find out more. ...

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell Book Review

This book is great. It’s no nonsense approach to covering the C# 4.0 language is like a breath of fresh air. It is clean, to the point, and thorough. It makes finding a topic, and learning it, or getting a refresher, a very fast process.....

December 2009

Great New Silverlight 4.0 Resources

There are some great new Silverlight 4.0 resources available. Here are some of the best.

Two new video resources for learning Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight 3 (PRISM)

There are 2 new video resources for getting your head around PRISM (patterns & practices Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight).....

November 2009

Bing Maps Silverlight Control Version 1.0 Released

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of the Bing Maps Silverlight Control. It is a pretty sweet control, easy to use and great performance.

Pro Silverlight 3 in C# Book Review

This book is by far the best resource for Silverlight 3.0. This is a must have book for any developer working with Silverlight 3.0.....

New Webinar Series on Software Product Lines has started

The first in a series of 3 Webinars on Software Product Lines is available to watch on line.