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December 2008

Silverlight 2 DataGrid December 2008 Release

Microsoft has released an updated version of the Silverlight 2 DataGrid.

Entity Framework 1.0 Error Unable to update the EntitySet XXXXXX because it has a DefiningQuery and no DeleteFunction element exists

Unable to update the EntitySet XXXXXX because it has a DefiningQuery and no DeleteFunction element exists in the ModificationFunctionMapping element to support the current operation" is one of the errors you will eventually run into with the ADO.NET Entity Framework 1.0....

Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 Book Review

Matthew has hit the mark again!!! This is a great resource for any level of Silverlight experience.

Microsoft .NET Architecting Applications for the Enterprise Book Review

This book does a great job of putting architecture into a view that .NET developers and architects can relate to.....

Framework Design Guidelines (2nd Edition) Book Review

If you are doing .NET development, you must have this book by your side. It is a great reference and it is very readable. It is great to just flip through and pick out a topic or to read from start to finish.........

October 2008

Will the Microsoft VSTS 2010 Architecture UML tools be used by the Development Community?

As happy as I am to see them going with UML, I am hoping the grapevine is wrong, and that the tools are not exclusively for the VSTS 2010 Architecture versions. I am afraid if that is the case, they won't be getting used very much at all. At least not in the environments I have been in lately. .....

September 2008

PDF Documentation Available for Composite Application Guidance for WPF June 2008

Microsoft has made the documentation for Composite Application Guidance for WPF–June 2008 available in PDF format.

Prism V2 Drop 1 (aka Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight)

The patterns and practices team has made their first drop of the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight (Prism V2).

Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5 Book Review

These guys zero in on ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls, but they take the time to go in-depth on all the technologies that ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls interact with. Including JavaScript, JSON, HTTP Handlers, the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit, REST, and WCF............

MS and patterns and practices News- Prism 2.0, App Arch Guide project, and Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

The patterns and practices crew and MS has announced a few interesting projects they are working on. Prism 2.0, Application Architecture Guide project, and Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF).

Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 Book Review

This book is the book to have if you are going to get into Windows Workflow Foundation. There are no other books on WF out on the market that compare to the broad view and depth of this book.

Programming .NET 3.5 Book Review

This book is very different than most of the book I have purchased on .NET because it covers XAML, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, Ajax, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Workflow Foundation (WF), CardSpace, as well as the industry standard patterns Microsoft has incorporated in these technologies.

August 2008

patterns and practices Improving Web Services Security in a printed hard copy

Would you like to see patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security in a printed hard copy?

Do NOT install SQL Server 2008 RTM if ...

Do NOT install SQL Server 2008 RTM if you do not have the room on your C drive for all of VSTS 2008 and SP1. If the software I depend on to build software can not be built to be installed correctly, there is something wrong. SQL Server was months late, of course that is 99% a marketing issue Microsoft has, but that should not become our problem. They recall food with bacteria, they should recall this mess...........

From Microsoft dll Hell to Microsoft Installation Hell

Regretfully I have been sitting on getting started with project until SQL Server 2008 came out. Part of that project includes SSRS and I need BIDS to create the reports. Over all this has been a pathetic installation process. I will post any resolutions back to this blog entry.........

July 2008

Composite Application Guidance for WPF Release Version Available

The Composite Application Guidance for WPF is designed to help you more easily build enterprise-level Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client applications. This guidance will help you design and build flexible composite WPF client applications.

May 2008

Fixing the Windows SDK is not installed correctly WCF Service Configuration Editor Error

I have seen a lot of posts about the error "Windows SDK is not installed correctly" when trying to open the WCF Service Configuration Editor in Visual Studio 2008. To fix it...

Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released!

Microsoft's patterns and practices team has released Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008.

April 2008

Silverlight 2 End-to-End Data Centric Application

Brad Abrams has put together a really nice post on Silverlight 2. He calls it, End-to-End Data Centric Application with Silverlight 2.

.NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit Available

This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the .NET 3.5 Enhancement features including: ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX History, ASP.NET Silverlight controls, ADO.NET Data Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework.

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Guidance Available

Microsoft is making the details of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process generally available online for the first time.

New WCSF Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Guidance Bundles

patterns and practices has released new WCSF Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Guidance Bundles.

Free E-Learning: .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008

Learn how to build solutions using Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. This collection is free for a limited time.