Wes muses on whether XAML could become a “standard” document format for even custom types. Certainly, if a document was serialized in XAML using custom types instead of in a custom format, it would save some translation to/from the Avalon object model…
Plus, Stuart’s got all kinds of cool FAQ features, like expanding/contracting items and URLs for each category and for each item. Even cooler, the source document is a WordML document that Stuart authors in Word and then translates into HTML for the MSDN site using an XSLT. It’s a very cool model for FAQs in general and I know that Stuart’s planning to share the FAQ framework on his site.
And, if you’ve got an feedback on the FAQ items or would like to see new ones (or would like to hire him — he’s amazing with all things XML), feel free to send him an email.
"Please review the Microsoft security alert regarding W32/Mydoom@MM and take appropriate action for your environment. This rapidly spreading, mass-mailer virus affects Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Web-based e-mail.”
“Carl interviews developer and author Brian Noyes. Brian has focused his studies and development efforts on Smart Client development, and in this interview brings us from AutoDeployment of Windows Forms applications into ClickOnce, the next-generation deployment and update technology from Microsoft that will ship with the .NET Framework 2.0. We talk about the issues around AutoDeployment, and how Microsoft is addressing those issues with ClickOnce.”
ClickOnce debuts in Whidbey and will be a big part of the deployment story in Longhorn.
Ryan Dawson built a fun system stats utility showing off the Avalon's animation of object rotation, position, translation and opacity. And more importantly, he describes how he did it.
I just learned today that one of the most interesting conversationalist in the Windows development world has started a PDF newsletter. In this issue, he provides a quick guide to writing build scripts in MSBuild, the new build engine in Whidbey and Longhorn. Subscribed.
Michael has put together a very nice implementation of IBindingList that derives from ArrayList and adds generic sorting based on the types of the items in the list. Very handy for adding sorting to your DataGrid when binding to custom types instead of DataSets.
