Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Tip#99: Did you know… You can now install new Media and Developer Tools products with Web PI v2 RTW?

Tip#99: Did you know… You can now install new Media and Developer Tools products with Web PI v2 RTW?

Tip#99: Did you know… You can now install new Media and Developer Tools products with Web PI v2 RTW?

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:03 AM PST

RTW version 2 of Web PI, which shipped in September, now offers additional products through Media and Developer Tools scenarios through the new Options Dialog. You can include products from these scenarios from the Options dialog: and check the corresponding...(read more)

On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:31 PM PST

This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their „customer service". After careful consideration, I've...( read more )...(read more)

Speaking at Tech-Ed Europe Next Week

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 07:15 AM PST

I'm going to Berlin! Next week, I'm giving talks at Tech-Ed Europe on two of my favorite topics: What's New in Microsoft ASP.NET Model-View-Controller ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) 2 introduces new features to make you more productive when building an ASP.NET MVC application. Templated helpers allow automatically associatiating edit and display elements with data types. Areas provide a means of dividing a large Web application into multiple projects. Data annotations allow attaching metadata attributes on a model to control validation. Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX: Taking AJAX to the Next Level Hear how ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 makes building pure client-side AJAX Web applications even easier, and watch us build an entire data-driven ASP.NET AJAX...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2009 -- #723

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 07:33 AM PST

In this Issue: Mark Miller , SmartyP ( 2 ), Goncalo Chaves ( 2 ), and David Anson . Shoutouts: Walt Ritscher announced October 2009 version of Composite WPF(Prism) released and has some highlights from the release Damian Schenkelman posted a similar announcement...( read more )...(read more)

Connecting to the SqlMembership model through Silverlight and WCF

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:06 AM PST

Introduction So what is this about? To those of you who are not familiar with the SqlMembership model, this is basically a Microsoft's default implementation of an authentication and authorization model, in this case storing its information in Sql Server...( read more )...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 Extended Events SSMS Addin

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:42 PM PDT

SQL 2008 Extended Events are a powerful new way of troubleshooting problems with SQL Server. One short coming is that there is no UI support for this new feature. The Extended Events Manager is a SSMS Addin to bridge this gap.

November Conferences

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

I'm doing keynotes at two big conferences later this month: ASP.NET Connections in Las Vegas: November 9th to 12th I'll be doing a keynote talking about ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010 at the ASP.NET Connections conference next week.  I'll also be doing an evening Q&A session together with the ASP.NET team. ASP.NET Connections is a great conference that is jointly hosted with the VS, SharePoint, SQL and Windows Connections conferences (enabling you to choose from tons of great sessions).  The speakers at the event are also really top-notch. You can learn more about the conference and register online here . PDC in Los Angeles: November 17th to 19th I'm also doing a keynote at the Microsoft PDC conference in two weeks.  The PDC is Microsoft...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2009 -- #722

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:46 PM PST

In this Issue: Bob Thomson/Storm Ideas , Danijel Stulic , René Schulte , Jesse Liberty , Windows Client.NET , Sergey Barskity , Jeff Prosise , Vikram Pendse , Frank La Vigne , and Tim Greenfield . Shoutout: Damian Schenkelman posted that Prism 2.1 (Composite...( read more )...(read more)

Getting Started with Silverlight Development

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:40 PM PST

This video explains the concepts and tools needed to get started with Silverlight development from a developer's perspective.

Visit the MSDN Windows Client Software Development Forums

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:40 PM PST

For community advice, tips, and best practices, participate in the Software Development for Windows Client forums.

Update Out Of Browser (OOB) Silverlight apps

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:36 PM PST

Once your Silverlight application installed on the local computer what happens if there is an update ? The local application is not updated automatically but you can check that in your code. The CheckAndDownloadUpdateAsync() method downloads the updated...( read more )...(read more)

As the platform evolves, so do the workarounds [Better SetterValueBindingHelper makes Silverlight Setters better-er!]

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:24 AM PST

Back in May, I mentioned that Silverlight 2 and 3 don't support putting a Binding in the Value of a Setter . I explained why this is useful (ex: MVVM, TreeView expansion, developer/designer separation, etc.) and shared a helper class I wrote to implement...( read more )...(read more)

Debug Out Of Browser (OOB) Silverlight apps

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

An installed (OOB) Silverlight application is supposed to run the same as in browser, but sometimes you might want to debug it. First you could attach VS to the sllauncher.exe process, but there is easier: Run your application in the browser and install...( read more )...(read more)

On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:31 PM PST

This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their „customer service". After careful consideration, I've...( read more )...(read more)
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