Visual Studio 2008 (and the .NET Framework 3.5) is set to release to manufacturing in a few weeks (November timeframe).  I've been working with it for about 6 months myself, and once you get pass the BETA ''issues'' it is a nice upgrade over Visual Studio 2005 in a variety of areas. I specifically like these news features: Multi-targeted ...

You might want to entertain attending even if you've seen me present this one before.  I will be showing new Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 features like LinqDataSource, improved design time experience for ASP.NET AJAX extender controls, AJAX Web Part drag and drop, and anything else I find between now and then:). This session will cover some of ...

I've been delivering a ''What's New for Web Developers in Visual Studio 2008 & the Microsoft ASP.NET Futures'' session over the last few months to various customers and partners.  All of the features / demos I have shown were based on Visual Studio 2008 Beta 1.  When Beta 2 is released, there will be a few features you most ...

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 ...