Come see a demo-rich overview of the new features Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” has to offer for Smart Client Windows Applications. This talk will introduce new client services that allow your applications to authenticate users providing role-based UI, and be occasionally connected with offline data storage. It will also demonstrate how you can ...

Thanks for attending!  If you missed it, you should be able view the recording here.  The deck and code are here.  If you are looking for today's code, then make sure you download WebDevVS2008_democode_beta2 and FuturesJuly2007_democode.  You will, of course have to wait for Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 & the ASP.NET ...

I have spoken to quite a few customers about LINQ & LINQ to SQL over the last few months.  Oddly enough, very few people have asked me about how one might encapsulate validation and business logic using LINQ to SQL.  Scott Guthrie just posted another in his LINQ to SQL series blogs here.  Part of his post covers some of the new ...

One of the things I get asked quite often is ''How does LINQ to SQL affect performance compared to writing my own Data Access Layer?''  LINQ to SQL perf is a work in progress of course since it is still in beta.  However, if you are curious, check out Rico Mariani's first three of a series of post on LINQ to SQL performance: DLinq (Linq ...

June 27th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Modern applications operate on data in several different forms: Relational tables, XML documents, and in-memory objects. Each of these domains can have profound differences in semantics, data types, and capabilities, and much of the complexity in today’s applications is the result of these ...

I've been spending a bit of time getting spun up on what's new in the .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008.  With all the buzz around Silverlight & ASP.NET AJAX, you may not have heard about the new tools, APIs, and services for Smart Clients.  Here is a list of some of what's coming: WPF ''Cider'' designer, designer support ...

Thanks to everyone who attended our Public Sector Developer Conference in Downers Grove, IL.  I don't have all of the decks yet, but I figured I would post anyway to get you started.  I will update this post when I get the other decks. Introduction to LINQ + LINQ to SQL - deck, demo code What's New for Web Developers in Visual Studio ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  I would love to get feedback regarding whether I tried to cram too much into the webcast.  If you feel I did, what could you have done without?  Please feel free to leave a comment, or provide feedback here.  The deck is available here and the code is here.  The code was written using ...

I'll have to admit that this is a bit of an ambitious webcast.  In 1.5 hours, I plan on covering LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML (including VB9 Xml Literals), LINQ to SQL (Inserts, Updates, Deletes, Stored Procedures, and Concurrency), Using LINQ with ASP.NET, and using all three (objects, xml, and sql) in a single query which joins the ...

When April 24th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032334430&Culture=en-US Note: Audio will be via the Internet.  Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract Modern applications operate on data in several different forms: Relational tables, ...