Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can download the deck and links to the code here: Normally, I make my actual demo code available for download.  However, this time around, my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit.  I blogged about it ...

In addition to releasing the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 last week, which included a number of improvements to WPF, the WPF Codeplex site went public.  This site is the home for the WPF Toolkit and WPF Futures. From the site: "The WPF Toolkit is a collection of WPF features and components that are being made available outside of the normal ...

I've been pretty quite on the blogging front lately.  Every once in a while, I get the opportunity to work on something a little meatier than writing demo code.  Almost all of my time over the last month or so has been spent working on a couple such opportunities.  During this time, I worked on a more creative/reusable approach to ...

If you have not heard the announcement elsewhere, Enterprise Library 4.0 from patterns & practices is now available.  Martin Bennedik just updated his WPF integration for the Validation Application Block (VAB) to work with Enterprise Library 4.0.  He has also added some very convenient features.  This is a MUST HAVE if you are ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  Here are the links to the decks and code for the sessions.  I don't have the content from the LINQ & VSTO sessions yet, but will update this post when I get them.  However, I did promise to have a post up this morning. How Visual Studio Team System 2008 will benefit your organization? - ...

There are a bunch of videos at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showforum.aspx?forumid=14&tagid=329 digging in to what's new for WPF in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. -Marc Technorati Tags: .net framework,wpf

I just came across this update to the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit from Jonathan Carter.  If you've seen my ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview webcast and are looking for the code, then you will want to download the kit.  I used the kit as the starting point for my demos.  I do a few things differently here and there, but most of ...

As I mentioned here, I have been digging into what's out there for WPF LOB applications.  It's been a long time since I've kept up with the work the patterns & practices group has produced.  One of the things I've seen a webcast/blog post or two about is the Validation Application Block.  They have put together a nice approach ...

I'm a big believer that WPF is a great UI technology for LOB applications.  Yes, there are some shortcomings in the designer experience if you compare the WPF designer to the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio 2008.  Yes, WPF is missing some controls that people expect like a DataGrid and DatePicker, but there are solutions.  ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can download the deck here and the demo code here.  As always, if you missed it, you should be able to view a recording within 24 hours by following the original registration link.  I have also add the recording link to my list of recorded webcasts here. -Marc Technorati Tags: windows ...