PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tags microsoft & videos

The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have released a new ALM guidance package for Visual Studio 2010.

In the Box is a high quality, multi-media training that is consumed within Visual Studio 2010. Content is navigated and delivered using a next generation computer based training (CBT) experience, the Visual Studio 2010 Feature Extension.

You can now register for the second of three webinars in a three-part series on Software Product Line Management.

There are a ton of tools and books out on security and hacking. I have listed some of the tools, books, videos, and sites I keep in my security tool belt....

Two New Excellent Microsoft Learning Resources for Developers

The Patterns and Practices Application Architecture Team has released a nice set of videos to accompany their Application Architect Guide....

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.

The Microsoft Expression Community Team has done a great job on the new site.

Microsoft has released the Web Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2008.

This ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview release includes an ASP.NET model-view-controller (MVC) framework, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Silverlight controls for ASP.NET, ADO.NET Data Services, an Entity Framework runtime, and new features for ASP.NET AJAX.

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

Mike Swanson has posted some very interesting information on his blog. He has several videos, and a sample application, that demonstrate seam carving. A technique for modifying images I have not seen before.

There is a new video index list on the patterns & practices: Performance Testing Guidance CodePlex site

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

This screencast demonstrates using the Repository Factory Guidance Package to generate a data access layer for web and winform applications. Discusses differences between it and the older Data Access Guidance Package.

There are now Silverlight Nuggets available. They are short videos on Silverlight.

There are some new Visual Studio 2008 Training Videos available on MSDN.

I posted this set of links a few weeks ago. Here is another list. There has been a ton of new info to keep up with.