Friday, April 30, 2010

Visual Studio 2010 support with SQL Server

Visual Studio 2010 support with SQL Server

Visual Studio 2010 support with SQL Server

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:35 PM PDT

We've been getting a few questions by our users about Visual Studio 2010's support for SQL Server versions. So I thought it would be good to address them here (when one person asks a question, there are probably others thinking the same question.) Visual Studio 2010 only supports SQL Server 2005+ Visual Studio 2010's design time data tooling only supports SQL Server 2005 (including express editions) or later. What this means is that you will not be able to connect through the Server/Database Explorer to any older versions of SQL Server or use any of the data design tools that require Visual Studio to connect to the database (LINQ designer, datasource wizard, table editing, etc.) This does not mean that your ASP.NET pages will stop working; the...(read more)

Ultimate PC 2010

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:51 AM PDT

I need a new PC. My current PC is based around an Intel E8400 45nm dual core chip. I had really good luck overclocking that guy, but performance is still lacking. The drives are dog slow, and the 4gb of memory (it's still running 32 bit so I see only...( read more )...(read more)

Putting the Con (COM1, LPT1, NUL, etc.) Back in your URLs

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:22 AM PDT

One annoyance that some developers have run into with ASP.NET MVC is that certain reserved filenames are not allowed in URLs. The specifics of this restriction are accounted for in an interesting blog post entitled Zombie Operating Systems and ASP.NET MVC . This actually wasn't a restriction on ASP.NET MVC but was built into the core of ASP.NET itself. Fortunately, ASP.NET 4 fixes this issue with a new setting. In web.config, simply add <httpRuntime relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping="true"/> to the system.web node. Here's a snippet from my web.config. < configuration > < system.web > < httpRuntime relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping ="true" /> <!-- ... your other settings ... --> </ system.web >...(read more)

VS2010, Silverlight, Blend, Phone 7 Upgrade

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:40 AM PDT

I've been holding back on moving to Visual Studio 2010 RTM because I wanted to keep all the bits that I had on my machine working including the Windows Phone 7 preview developer bits handed out at MIX10. But I was finding it more painful to stay there...( read more )...(read more)

Why Wait? Any Purchase of Microsoft Expression 3 Now Qualifies for a Free Version 4 Upgrade

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT

Buy Microsoft Expression Studio 3 now and upgrade to Expression Studio 4 for free later.

MSDN Radio: Chatting with Scott Guthrie

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT

Join us as we talk with Scott Guthrie about Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) and other up-and-coming topics in the technology space. Scott's passion for software and developer tools has made him a leader in providing developers with what they need to build great applications.

TechDays UK – Windows Phone 7 Sessions Available

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:36 AM PDT

The sessions from the Windows Phone 7 day at UK TechDays are available online. The day had 3 components to it; Charlie Kindel giving a Technical Overview of Windows Phone 7 Me giving an Overview of Developing for the Windows Phone 7 CTP with Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

TechDays UK – Silverlight Sessions from Day 2 and Day 3

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:32 AM PDT

The videos for the Silverlight sessions that I did at TechDays UK are now available. There are 3 separate recordings around this - one is a short demo ( no slides for this ) around new features in Visual Studio 2010 for Silverlight/WPF applications –...( read more )...(read more)

Introducing - TailspinSpyworks - WebForms Sample Application

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:17 AM PDT

iBuySpy was a very popular sample application, but a lot has changed in Web Forms development since then. ScottGu suggested that I rewrite the old iBuySpy application – so I did. It's ASP.NET 4 with CSS based layout, data access via Entity Framework, etc. The www.asp.net landing page is here http://www.asp.net/web-forms/samples/tailspin-spyworks/ I'll be adding features over time and doing videos to explain some of the cool stuff. You can download the code from CodePlex at http://tailspinspyworks.codeplex.com/ For you MVC folks, my team mate ( Jon Galloway ) has built a sample MVC Store application which you can find here : http://www.asp.net/mvc/samples/mvc-music-store/   Technorati Tags: Microsoft , ASP.NET , WebForms , Open Source Read...(read more)

Slides & Videos from Recent Events

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:50 AM PDT

I thought I'd bring together a the slide-decks and video recordings of a few recent events that I've done – most (all) of these are about Silverlight. MIX10 Workshop "Bootcamp" on Silverlight 4 I did 2/3rds of this workshop and have a couple of slide...( read more )...(read more)

Tech Ed North America 2010 – WCF RIA Services Talk

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:23 AM PDT

Teched 2010 is almost around the corner. It will be held in New Orleans LA from June 7-10. Details and schedule of talks are now published online. I will be attending the Conference this year and will actually be giving two talks. The first one as you Read More......(read more)

April 30th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio 2010

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series . [In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] ASP.NET Data Web Control Enhancements in ASP.NET 4.0 : Scott Mitchell has a good article that summarizes some of the nice improvements coming to the ASP.NET 4 data controls. Refreshing an ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel with JavaScript : Scott Mitchell has another nice article in his series on using ASP.NET AJAX that demonstrates how to programmatically trigger an UpdatePanel refresh using JavaScript on the client. ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET MVC 2: Basics and Introduction : Scott Hanselman delivers an awesome introductory talk on ASP.NET MVC.  Great for people looking to understand...(read more)

Tip: Replacing Html.Encode Calls With New Html Encoding Syntax

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:09 AM PDT

Like the well disciplined secure developer that you are, when you built your ASP.NET MVC 1.0 application, you remembered to call Html.Encode every time you output a value that came from user input. Didn't you? Well, in ASP.NET MVC 2 running on ASP.NET 4, those calls can be replaced with the new HTML encoding syntax (aka code nugget). I've written a three part series on the topic. Html Encoding Code Blocks With ASP.NET 4 Html Encoding Nuggets With ASP.NET MVC 2 Using AntiXss as the default encoder for ASP.NET But dang, going through all your source files cleaning up these calls is a pretty big pain. Don't worry, I have your back. Just bring up the Find an Replace dialog ( CTRL + SHIFT + H ) and expand the Find options section and check the checkbox...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for April 29, 2010 -- #851

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

In this Issue: Carlos Figueira ( -2- ), Subodh Pushpak , Gergely Orosz , John Papa , Mike Snow ( -2- ), Rishi , Tim Heuer , Stefan Olson , and David Anson . Shoutouts: Josh Holmes blogged about a cool app the City of Miami has up: Miami 311: Built on...( read more )...(read more)

Consuming REST/POX and REST/JSON services in Silverlight 4

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:45 PM PDT

A new feature in Silverlight 4 is the ability to consume REST/POX (XML) services in a strongly-typed way, using the same programming model as the desktop framework. That includes WebGet/WebInvoke attributes, UriTemplates and body styles. By default, only...( read more )...(read more)

Tip #105: Did you know … How to include empty directory when package a web application?

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:06 PM PDT

By design, Visual Studio 2010 will skip the empty directory when packaging web application project using web deploy.  To get empty directory packaged and deployed, we can work around this by adding an empty stub file inside the directory to make...(read more)

Be careful when installing the Blend Windows Phone 7 Add-In

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:49 PM PDT

There was a small issue today with the release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP (April 2010 Refresh) refresh. The issue is that the Expression Blend Add-in Preview for Windows Phone (April Refresh) is not compatible with Blend 4.0.20408.0, which...( read more )...(read more)
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