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This book is a pure pleasure to read. The presentation of content is awesome. They breakdown code in a new refreshing way that I have not seen before. Maybe it is done in all the Action Books from Manning, but this is the first I have read. They use code annotations to show what the code is doing at all the key points, highlighting important concepts. The beginner will benefit greatly from this, as will the experienced developer getting into the new C# language features.

Windows 2008 Available in MSDN Subscriber Downloads

Microsoft has compiled a very nice product comparison data sheet for Visual Studio 2008.

Modularity is the separation of an application in independent and collaborative modules. You use modules to encapsulate a set of concerns of your application and independently develop and deploy them to your applications. These modules are developed and maintained by multiple teams.

The Ajax Data Controls v1.0 have been released on CodePlex.

This session covers the main aspects of reusable library design: API design, architecture, and general framework engineering processes. Well-designed APIs are critical to the success of reusable libraries, but there are other aspects of framework development that are equally important, yet not widely covered in literature. Organizations creating reusable libraries often struggle with the process of managing dependencies, compatibility, and other design processes so critical to the success of modern frameworks. Come to this session and learn about how Microsoft creates its frameworks. The session is based on experiences from the development of the .NET Framework and Silverlight, and will cover processes Microsoft uses in the development of managed frameworks.

Over 4 hours of FREE Silverlight Essential Training

We have updated our .NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations page on the Real World Software Process Engineering site. We have posted a version of what is there in this blog. We will however only make updates to the page on the SPE website.

This is great news!!! I have used this book as a coding standard on all my projects since the release of the first edition. On several projects I have made the companies buy the first edition for every developer on my team.

This book claims to be about code, code, and then more code. I completely agree with the author's claim, it is code from front to back.

Andrew hits the mark again. This is the 3rd version of this book I own. Everyone of them does an excellent job of covering all the new features in the latest release.

This book is an excellent resource for learning ASP.NET 3.5. It also serves as a great reference. Matthew does a great job relating everything to real world scenarios. He also provides very usable code samples. If you are developing in ASP.NET 3.5, this is a must have book.

The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of resources designed to help you quickly and consistently build WCF and ASMX Web services that adhere to well-known architecture and design patterns. These resources consist of models with code generation in the form of tools integrated with Visual Studio 2008 and patterns and architecture topics in the form of written guidance.

Microsoft has posted a free LINQ E-Book and ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight 1.0 Sample Chapters.

David has posted a new MVP Bundle Screencast on the WCSF v2.0 Model View Presenter Design Pattern.

Microsoft released the Tafiti Search Visualization source code to CodePlex, which means any developer can download, modify, and resell the code.

Microsoft has posted a new Camtasia video that demonstrates a number of important new features in the Entity Data Model Tools December CTP. It is worth checking out.

The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is a preview of new functionality being added to ASP.NET 3.5 and ADO.NET. The release includes an ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Silverlight controls for ASP.NET, ADO.NET Data Services, Entity Framework runtime, and new features for ASP.NET AJAX.

A new white paper has been released on windowsclient.net, "The New Iteration: How XAML transforms the collaboration between Designers and Developers in Windows Presentation Foundation."

If you haven't had the chance to check out the linq Samples that come with Visual Studio 2008, I'd suggest you do. It is a great way to get familiar with the linq syntax. Microsoft has included a that allows you to see the code and the results of the code. It also organizes the examples based on attributes in the code.

The Microsoft Volta technology preview is a developer toolset that enables you to build multi-tier web applications by applying familiar techniques and patterns.

Collection of whitepapers authored by David Chappell on .NET Framework 3.5. This includes an introduction to Windows Communication Foundation, an introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation and an overall introduction to .NET Framework 3.5. There's also a paper describing the diverse array of communications protocols and transports supported by WCF.

Microsoft has released ESB Guidance for BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of resources designed to help you quickly and consistently build WCF and ASMX Web services that adhere to well-known architecture and design patterns.

Microsoft Line Of Code Counter Version 2.3 is Available