Handling Orientation Changes in Xamarin.Forms Apps

By default, Xamarin.Forms handles orientation changes for you automatically, e.g. Xamarin.Forms handles orientation changes automatically In this...

Launching the Native Map App from Xamarin.Forms

My goal was to take the name and address of a place and show it on the native map app regardless of what mobile platform on which my app was...

App and User Settings in Xamarin.Forms Apps

Settings allow you to separate the parameters that configure the behavior of your app separate from the code, which allows you to change that...

REPL for the Rosyln CTP 10/2011

I don’t know what it is, but I’ve long been fascinated with using the C# syntax as a command line execution environment. It could be that PowerShell...

Spurious MachineToApplication Error With VS2010 Deployment

Often when I’m building my MVC 2 application using Visual Studio 2010, I get the following error: It is an error to use a section registered as...

The performance implications of IEnumerable vs. IQueryable

It all started innocently enough. I was implementing a “Older Posts/Newer Posts” feature for my new web site and was writing code like this: The...

Data Binding, Currency and the WPF TreeView

I was building a little WPF app to explore a hierarchical space (OData, if you must know), so of course, I was using the TreeView. And since I’m a...

.NET Source Code Mass Downloader

On 1/16/08, Microsoft announced the ability to download some of the .NET Framework source code for debugging. This download process was only...

Microsoft needs you to build Emacs.Net

Drop Doug a line...

Duck Typing for .NET!

a duck typing library for .NETNET...

Lutz’s Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Samples

some of his .NET code to use the Silverlight 1.1 alpha...

WPF/E == Silverlight

If you haven’t already heard about Microsoft’s new high fidelity, cross-platform application development platform, you just haven’t been paying...

The Potential of WPF/E

Savas turned me onto an amazing WPF/E application. I don’t speak the language of the web site, but the screenshot on Savas’s site is worth a look…...

WPF XBAP App: British Library Books Online

“The British Library is one of the world’s leading libraries and the national library of the United Kingdom. By charter, it holds a copy of every...

API Usability

Don has a piece up about something that I’ve always called “API Usability.” The idea when building libraries is to write client code first against...

XAML Design Tools from Microsoft

If you’re a designer looking for XAML design tools, and you’re a designer type (you know — beret, turtle neck, a wardrobe that extends beyond jeans...

Holy Cow! An Entire WPF/E DevCenter!

I expected eventually to get a WPF/E (Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere) download or two, but these guys went crazy; they just released an...

.NET Framework 3.0 (aka WinFX) Has Shipped!

After a monumental amount of work, the .NET Framework 3.0 has been completed! It ships out of the box in Vista, but for down level clients (Windows...

WPF: Enabling Crimes Against Nature in a Good Way

My friend Jeff asked me to do a terrible thing yesterday: “How do I show a form in the popup window that a menu shows?” I said, “Dude! Don’t do that...

Sept CTP of .NET 3.0

The CTPs are coming so fast and so furious now that I nearly missed the September 2006 .NET Framework 3.0 CTP: Release Notes .NET Framework SDK...

.NET 3.0 RC1 Download

This one should be about done: .NET 3.0 RC1 Release Notes .NET 3.0 RC1 Framework Components .NET 3.0 RC1 SDK .NET 3.0 RC1 VS05 Tools (including...

WPF Security in 14 Points and Some Extra Words

a nice summary to get you started down the road to WPF ClickOnce deployment...

On W*F Integration Samples

As you may or may not recall, Doug Purdy and I had some trouble at the last PDC getting Avalon (WPF) and Indigo (WCF) to work together. To save...

WinFX + .NET 2.0 Renamed .NET 3.0

WinFX (.NET 2.0 + W*F)is .NET 3.0...

WinFX Beta 2

Beta 2 signals the beginning of the final drive towards RTM for WinFX: Readme Runtime Components SDK VS05 Extensions for Avalon and Indigo VS05...

Feb06 CTP of WinFX

The February ’06 WinFX CTP cometh: WinFX RC February CTP Readme WinFX Runtime Components Windows SDK Visual Studio Community Technology Preview -...

Larry O’Brien on WPF

Suddenly, I think Larry O’Brien is smart: “The book, in this case, is Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths’ ‘Programming Windows Presentation Foundation.’...

MSDN Mag: Top Ten UI Breakthroughs In WPF

It goes without saying that MSDN Magazine doesn’t let the authors pick the titles (who can forget Don’s The Active Template Library Makes Building...

Updated WPF book code samples for Nov CTP

Here“Programming Windows Presentation Foundation”CTP...

WinFX November 2005 CTP

You’ve probably seen this by now, but I thought I’d post the WinFX Nov05 CTP-related links together in a spot where I could find them later. In...

WPF: Handling Button.Click or defining a command?

If I’ve got an Avalon Button, e.g. Should I give the button a name so I can handle the event (I would never put the event handler directly in the...

WinFX in the BackRow

“Check it out...

WF Activity Context

Heremore WF activity instances than I expect...

Typed WF Communications Details

HereThe one where I finally figure out how to get wca integrated with my WF VS projects in a sane way...

How is “workflow” different from “visual programming?”

““MS“...

What interests you about Windows Workflow Foundation?

PDCWWFWWF...

John Gossman on Model/View/ViewModel

John Gossman, architect on the Sparkle team, has just made a post about how Sparkle uses data binding to hook up the view of the data to the data...

WinFX Hearts

To further drive home the point that I am not a graphic artist, Adam Nathan has posted his Avalon port of network Hearts. Wow...

Amazing XAML Tool: Adobe Illustrator -> XAML

an amazing Adobe Illustrator to XAML conversion toolthe eye candy pagedamn good...

IanG Builds a Real Magnifying Glass in Avalon

Ian has implemented a working magnifying glass in Avalon...

Avalon + Indigo Beta 1 Release Candidate

Today Microsoft has published the release candidate of Avalon and Indigo Beta 1. The most interesting features of this release over the CTP releases...

More Better Avalon Sparklines

Sean Gerety has updated his Avalon sparklines implementation, producing good news, bad news and more good news: good news: the sparklines...

Animating Avalon Card Control Library

Sweet...

ZAM 3D: A 3D XAML Tool for Avalon

Wow. This looks really cool. [from Mike Swanson]...

Indigo Software Design Review Online

Gene Webb, Microsoft developer evangelist, has posted the recorded LiveMeeting Indigo SDR (Software Design Review) dry-run videos and slides. And as...

Omri pulls a Julia Andrews on Indigo

sing a few bars of “These are a few of my favorite things” to the tune of Indigo...

Avalon is changing my thinking…

HereThis application demonstrates the two things I’m finding that Avalon has changed about my thinkingXAMLUIwhathow...

The *Official* Place for Avalon and Indigo Bugs!

Avalon and Indigo CTPs“the MSDN Product Feedback CenterAPI...

Steve Maine on Indigo Duplex Contracts

Brain.Save()the description of a set of duplex contracts in Indigo...

March Avalon/Indigo CTP Available for Public Download

It took a coupla days more than we wanted ’cuz I was fighting with some internal tools, but the March 2005 Avalon/Indigo CTP is available for public...

Chris Anderson’s AvPad for the March CTP

CTPAvPad...

Smart Client Offline Application Block Demo

a nice video demo of putting the Smart Client Offline Application Block to use...

Updater Application Block v2.0 Released

what’s new in the Updater Application Block 2.0the new Enterprise Library on GDN...

Need More Chris Anderson? Don’t We All?

If you’re not getting enough Chris Anderson in your diet (and who is?!?), check out these two new interviews: ServerSide.NET TechTalk: Chris...

New Community Web Site: XAML.net

XAMLXAML.net...

Day of Indigo Videos from VSLive

Did you miss the Microsoft’s Day of Indigo at VSLive? Have no fear — you can trade your personal details for free access to the entire day of videos...

MS Survey: Partial Trust and Code Access Security

NETCASNETCAStake this surveymy initial set of No-Touch Deployment complaints...

Clemens Weekend with Indigo

Clemens Vasters, international man of mystery, has given up his normal weekend activities of partying and espionage to give us three pieces...

Let MS make sure your .NET 1.x app run on .NET 2.0

Assuming you don’t have the luxury of dipping the machines your .NET 1.x applications run on in Lucite, you are going to have to make sure that your...

2D and 3D Chess for Nov. ’04 Avalon CTP

2D and 3D Avalon ChessCTP...

The Convergence of Documents Media and Application

Ron DeSerranno, founder and CEO of Mobiform, a company that’s been busy building Avalon and XAML tools since the October 2003 PDC, is giving a talk...

Building a Tabbed Browser with Windows Forms 2.0

build a tabbed browser using Internet Explorer...

What’s New in the VS05 Toolbox for Windows Apps

“the new controls slated for Windows Forms 2.0...

Building Extensible Windows Forms Applications

Another hot topic among Windows Forms programmers is extensibility: Add run-time functionality to your application by providing a plug-in...

Windows Forms Threading Techniques

It seems that there are any number of ways to do multi-threading in Windows Forms. Here are some of the interesting techniques: Give Your...

Windows Metafile to Avalon XAML Conversion

Cristian Civera, a Microsoft .NET MVP, has posted a preview of a tool to convert Windows Enhanced Metafiles, an existing vector graphics file...

Joe’s Codeless Avalon XAML Samples Updated

updated his famous XAML-only Avalon samplesCTP...

Fear, Uncertainty and Longhorn

Robert Scoble has some stuff to say about Avalon, Indigo, Longhorn and packaging. Enjoy...

VSLive in Vegas Has “SmartClient Live”

The Las Vegas edition of VSLive (May 8-11, 2005) will include smart client coverage: “SmartClient Live! - Pragmatic and practical advice on smart...

Service Contracts in Indigo

the basics of specifying a service contract in Indigo...

Smart Client Patterns & Practices Survey

“The Smart Client Team at Microsoft patterns & practices needs your feedback to evaluate the need of guidance for devices based Smart Clients...

Indigo Day: Mujtaba Syed’s Notes From The Field

Mujtaba Syed has some pretty extensive notes from his VSLive Day of Indigo: Introducing Indigo: Eric Rudder and Ari Bixhorn Programming Indigo: Don...

VSLive Indigo Day Coverage from TheServerSide

a nice summary of the Indigo Day at VSLiveCIA...

Introducing Indigo: An Early Look

″David Chappell provides an architectural overview of ‘Indigo,’ Microsoft’s unified programming model for building service-oriented applications....

Video: Soma on Visual Studio 2005 + Smart Clients

″Somasegar says a key component of continuing this momentum is creating ‘connected systems’ that work together by using smart clients. ‘Let’s take...

Clemens says “Hello, World” via Indigo

″If you looked at the PDC 2003 Indigo bits, you will notice that the [Indigo] programming model changed quite a bit. I think that in fact, every...

Watch Eric Rudder’s VSLive Indigo Keynote

″Eric Rudder, Senior Vice President of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business, showed off Indigo at this morning’s VSLive! keynote. Indigo,...

Allowing Partially Trusted Callers

If you’re not familiar with the AllowPartiallyTrustedCallersAttribute (pronounced “apt-ka” by those in the know…) or worse, if you just apply it...

Avalon + Scaleable Golf == Hole in N

Mike Marshall over at the 19th hole has been digging into Avalon to experiment with scalable graphics, golf, ClickOnce and 3rd party drawing tools....

DeepWinFX: Avalon Menus

a very simple intro to building menus in Avalon...

Want to be able to step into the Windows Forms source? I do!

Let Shawn know...

Keeping the Windows Forms Designer from Eating You

Shawn Burke, Dev. Manager on the Windows Forms team, thinks that MS has finally figured out the problem with controls disappearing from the Designer...

London Avalon Enthusiasts Dinner

PMyou should let him know...

Aurora XAML Editor Updated for Avalon Nov. CTP

their Aurora XAML editorCTP...

XAML Experience Highly Desired in Concord, MA

Herejobs for XAML folk...

Avalon Property Triggers

adding interactivity to his samples using Avalon property triggers...

Ari Bixhorn on Indigo

his hopes and dreams for Indigo...

I Can’t Promise To Answer All Of Your Prayers, But I Promise To Always Listen

I didn’t know that I’d been nominated, but apparently I was canonized yesterday as the Patron Saint of Smart Client Applications. I promise to be a...

Creating 2-D and 3-D Dynamic Animations in “Avalon

“Karsten shows how to build an animated version of Task Manager using the 2-D animation infrastructure provided by Avalon, then moving into the...

JasonW on ClickOnce Permission Elevations

some thoughts about ClickOnce and user-managed permission evaluationThoughts...

Telling us we’re Bad and Ugly is Good!

Rod Paddock sat down to use Avalon in a real way and then kept notes. Some of those notes said good things about Avalon Some of them said not so...

Let Slip The Dogs of War!

HereFord McKinstry, PM on the Microsoft Indigo team, gives us a hint as to when the next preview release of the Indigo bits will be available: “We...

Get Out The Vote: .NET DJ Reader’s Choice Awards

NET Developer’s Journal Reader’s ChoiceWindows Forms Programming in C#MSDNVote...

Formatting Web Content for Compact Devices

I just noticed these two posts from Steve Makofsky formatting web content for compact devices: Pocket IE dasBlog and .Text on Pocket IEMostly, I’d...

MSDN Webcast: .NET Smart Client

HereIf you’re not sure what the heck a Smart Client is, Tim Huckaby explains it like no other: ″This webcast defines the ‘smart client’ and...

MSDN Webcast: .NET Compact Framework 2.0

HereI just noticed this on the MSDN Webcast list. I’m hoping to attend myself! “The upcoming 2.0 release of .NET offers many new features and...

Getting Started w/ the Public Avalon CTP for Newbies

an excellent explanationthe public pre-release of the Nov. 2004 Avalon CTP...

Vote for Balloon Help in .NET 2.0

exercising my democratic rights...

Request for Proposal: ClickOnce Application Series

Do you have a series of simple yet compelling ClickOnce applications in you that you can build and deliver to show off the benefits of Windows Forms...

Nov. ’04 Avalon CTP Available for Public Download

By popular demand, the Avalon team has provided the November 2004 Avalon Community Technology Preview for the general public. In addition, the team...

A New WinFX Community Enters the Fray

Deepak Kapoordeepwinfx.com...

ClickOnce Love

“his understandable love of ClickOncethreeClickOnceblog entries...

Microsoft Plans Information Bridge Update

Here”Microsoft is working on an update to its Information Bridge Framework (IBF) for this springIBFMSDNIBF...

Avalon Nov. ’04 CTP Sample: SolFx

If you’ve got .NET 2.0 and the Nov. ’04 Avalon CTP, click here to play my scaling, vector-based, WinFX version of Solitaire. Features include lovely...

Seeing Stars in Avalon

using Avalon 3D to visualize stars in the galaxy...

Paint.NET 2.0

And while we’re on the topic of real-world .NET Smart Client applications, you can’t not take a look at the Washington State University course work...

Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop

APress has made Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop, the book that describes the history and design of SharpDevelop, freely available...

“How Do I” Makes Me Smile

I liked the new “How Do I…?” section of the references pages in the WinFX SDK before, but when I ran into the “How do I make an element spin in...

Fix for VS05b1 Avalon compilation perf problems

Rob has posted a description and a couple of work-arounds to a problem some folks are having w/ 100% CPU utilization after an Avalon project is...

BackgroundWorker and Sample for Compact Framework

BackgroundWorker component for the .NET Compact Frameworkported my pi calculation application to use this new implementation...

Mobiform Aurora XAML Editor

“Aurora is a graphical designer developed to create and edit Avalon Windows, elements, and controls. Aurora is built on top of Avalon and renders...

Hosting An Avalon Application in a Browser

converting a stand-alone Avalon application into an application that can be hosted in IE...

SVG to XAML Converter

“The Adobe® Illustrator® SVG Edition of XAMLConverter is now available for free evaluation. The process is as simple is running XAMLConverter,...

Ian Dives Deep Into Animation

I said that animation in Avalon is simple. Ian said that it’s hard. We’re both right (I was talking about the programming model and Ian is talking...

JohnMont Wants Feedback on WinForms/Avalon Interop

John Montgomery wants to know: “[W]hen it comes to Avalon and Windows Forms interop, I’m curious: how many people will use it and what will they use...

Best of the Blogs: VS Tools for Office 2003

the best VSTO blog entries in 2003VSTO...

Avalon Chess

The Avalon experiments keep on happening. This time, check out Avalon Chess...

Edward Tufte + Avalon == Visualization Goodness

I’ve long held the belief that the big deal about Avalon is that it provided a platform for a whole new class of data visualization and manipulation...

Dependency and Attached Properties in Avalon

a very nice write-up of the need and usage of dependency properties via attached properties in Avalonsome additional commentary...

Rod’s Avalon Adventures

Read Rod Paddock’s Adventures in Avalon as he installs and binds to a DataSet: Avalon Adventures Part 0 : The Setup Avalon Adventures Part 1 : Data...

More On Avalon CTP Animations

Because Ian doesn’t have blog comments and because the Avalon Animation team doesn’t yet have a blog, Elizabeth Nelson (PM) and Matt Calkins (SDE)...

Nixon Knew He Was A Crook…

but it wasn’t until Woodward and Bernstein shared it with the world that he did anything about it. Now that we’ve got an Avalon that works with...

Animating Custom Types in Avalon

the core concepts in Avalon animation““...

Avalon 3D Samples Updated for the CTP

Karsten says“http://www.therhogue.com/WinFX/3D...

The 7 Goals of Highly Effective XAML Designers

PMthe 7 goals that drives the XAML design decisions...

Microsoft’s Road Map for Windows Forms and Avalon

John Montgomery, Microsoft Marketing Maven in charge of .NET and WinFX messaging, has posted the road map agreed on by the Windows Forms and Avalon...

More Peer Pressure for Ian…

his TopDraw sampleCTP...

DirectX Mesh (.x) to XAML Converter Update for CTP

Ian gives into peer pressure (I love the Internet : ) and posts an update to his DirectX mesh (.x) files to XAML conversion tool that works with the...

Some Love for the Smart Client Offline App. Block

Richard Childress has posted on his experiences with the Smart Client Offline Application Block as valuable for not only solving his domain-specific...

Useful Avalon Application: Pong

As cool as XamlPad and Bouncing Boing Ball are, I’ve had at least one blog comment from someone looking for a useful Avalon CTP application...

Interactive Programming Addiction

So, I’ve never done anything with Python, so I’ve never really figured out what the big deal was. However, if the interactive Python development...

Channel9: Way Cool Visual C# Express Demo

a ton of VS05 features that I didn’t know about...

Getting to the Avalon Visual Tree

XAMLIn this postXamlPadVS XAML Viewer...

XAML Viewer for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1

As cool as Chris Anderson’s XamlPad sample is, I think Gaston “I’m a VS man” Milano has done him one better with a XAML viewer integrated directly...

Avalon CTP Sample: 3D Animation Studio

3D animation play toyCTP...

Avalon + WinForms Sitting In A Tree…

a simple onea more complicated onehis ClickOnce XamlPad Clone...

Avalon CTP Sample #2: 3D Bouncing Boing Demo

SDE3D Bouncing Ball Boing demo to the Avalon CTP...

Getting to Know Avalon - A Guided Tour of the SDK

a nice little tour of Avalon via the the WinFX SDK...

Using VC#/VB Express w/ the Avalon CTP

PMusing the Avalon CTP project templates from Visual C# Express and Visual Basic Express...

MSDN DevChat on Real World No-Touch Deployment

Robi Khan and Mark Levison from Databeacon will be doing a MSDN DevChat on their recent commercial application using No-Touch Deployment. It’s on...

Avalon CTP Sample and Tool: XamlPad Clone

app for the Avalon CTP called “XamlPad” This just in: Chris has posted a version of his XamlPad Clone on a server via ClickOnce so you can just run...

November 2004 Avalon CTP Released

Just in case you haven’t noticed, MSDN Subscribers should download the Avalon Community Technology Preview, which enables Avalon to run under...

Scott Garvey’s Discussion of Smart Clients

what’s a smart client and what’s not“ For me, things boil down this way: if it’s something I’ve got to spend significant time in, I really want it...

Smart Client DevCenter: Rebooted

Jonathan Wells, Matt Lusher and I have re-launched the MSDN Smart Client Developer Center web site, kicking off the new site with four headlines of...

Bill Wagner Using the Updater App Block

“Bill Wagner takes us through using the more extensible Updater Application Block to automatically install and maintain applications. He also...

First Commercial .NET No Touch Deployment App

Mark Levison of Databeacon talks about the first commercial-grade .NET No-Touch Deployment application to be deployed over the internet (at least,...

Way Cool Windows Forms 2.0 Samples

My Windows Forms partner in crime, Mike Weinhardt, pointed out to me this morning that the Windows Forms team has posted their way cool Windows...

Aaron Skonnard On The Indigo SDR

Aaron Skonnard puts you right into the middle of it...

.NET Show: Don and Doug on Connected Systems

I’m downloading this now, but anytime I get a chance to see Don Box or Doug Purdy speak, I want to do it. To see them both together?!? Oh la la! And...

Rob Relyea on Fixing the XAML Attribute Grammar

Rob’s been talking about fixing various parts of XAML lately, which is exactly the kind of result you want when a bunch of folks work with your...

Settings, Collections and VS05b1 (oh my)

HereThe one where I get to try out the interaction between VS05, Windows Forms 2.0, application and user settings (wahoo!), generics and versioning,...

Ryan, My Favorite Feedbacker

If I’m doing the calculations correctly, Ryan Dawson is not yet old enough to drink, but he still manages to give the best, most direct, most...

Thinking About Developers and Smart Clients

I’ve recently added another castle to my empire by taking on the Content Strategist duties for the MSDN Smart Client Developer Center. When I step...

Learn Indigo in 5 Minutes

Well, to be fair, Don leaves some details out, but he wanted to see if he could explain Indigo in 5 minutes or less. Worth the read...

Avalon: Modern Day Compositing & Rendering Engine

Brian Pepin, Development Lead on the Windows Forms team, has some interesting observations about Avalon and what it means to developers. I...

Mike Harsh On the Life Left in Windows Forms (Lots!)

Mike Harsh, a PM on the Windows Forms team, gives his opinion on several important Windows Forms and Avalon-related questions: Is [Windows Forms...

Joe Stegman on Windows Forms and Avalon Together

PMhow tight the integration between Windows Forms and Avalon will beUI...

Catching up with Longhorn

That was interesting. I spent all week getting ready for the big announcement, we launched it on a Friday and then I took off for a week of fun in...

Scoble Takes the Pulse of the Developer Community

a great job reporting the pulse of the Windows developer communityFriday’s news...

Jim Allchin, Group VP for Windows, on Channel9 Vid

Channel9 has the latest Windows/WinFX/Longhorn/WinFS/Avalon/Indigo skinny right from the horse’s mouth: Jim Allchin the Group VP in charge of Windows...

Jeremy Mazern on What Happened To Longhorn & WinFS

LonghornWinFSAPI...

WinFX To Be Available On Down-Level Windows

Lots of interesting news about the plan to make WinFX available on Windows XP and Windows 2003: Press release: Microsoft Announces 2006 Target...

Tim Sneath On Building a Longhorn Sidebar

Tim Sneath shares his experiences building a Longhorn Sidebar...

Why Joe Likes XAML

HereJoe Marini is working with Longhorn, Avalon and XAML on a Microsoft product team and finds that he really loves XAML. This, in and off itself,...

Longhorn on Mars

Arun Bhatnagar found Longhorn on Mars today: “I am a software developer who is currently working on C#/.net in Canada. Like so many other developers...

Don Tours the Indigo Building (aka 42)

It’s easy to forget the real people behind any given project, especially one the size of Indigo with Don as the pretty figure head. In this video,...

Nice Concise Overview of MSBuild

part 1part 2part 3a nice 3-page overview of MSBuild“...

Ohhhh… Imaginary Flying 3D Donut…

Avalon 3D Donut...

.NET DJ Interviews Don “The King of COM” Box

Here““he also answers much more interesting questions like “I’m perfectly happy using ASMX for Web services - why should I care about Indigo?” and...

“Windows Forms layout coming out of your butt”

Mike Weinhardt lists his favorite new features in Windows Forms 2.0, not only bringing my “butt” into it, but making it sound like a good thing. : )...

Eric Gunnerson Can’t Resist The Pull Of Longhorn

work on the Longhorn Movie Maker team...

Scott’s .NET Zen

I find these strangely compelling, especially this one: Languages Zen Koan:“One day Fred was working with .NET. He overheard a programmer say to his...

3D for the Rest of Us, Part 2: Transforms

SDEanother article on Avalon 3D with fabulous figuresvery...

Monad Architect Presents on the Monad Shell

”Monad Shell — Task-Oriented Automation Framework...

“Avalon is not going to replace the browser.”

talks about rich vs. reach and where Avalon fits into this picture...

DonXML Updates His SVG2XAML Tool For WinHEC LH

DonXML has ported his SVG to XAML conversion tool to the WinHEC build of Longhorn and provides the source as well as the binary on his GotDotNet...

XAML: Smooth & Satisfying

Peter Sternfun XAML t-shirts, coffee mugs and laptop stickers...

Microsoft Longhorn Employee Blogs

Here82 Microsoft employees classify themselves as blogging about Longhorn or Longhorn-related topics...

Longhorn Jobs

HereLooking for the a job in Longhorn? CareerBuilder.com has 5 Longhorn jobs listed: Software Development Lead, Microsoft Program Manager,...

MSDN Designer Posts Fun Longhorn Stuff

Peter Stern, one of MSDN’s most excellent user experience and graphic designers, has started up a web site, with a special section just for fun...

My Favorite Smart Client App: Robocopy

There’s a smart client app that I’ve found myself using more and more and loving it: robocopy. The UI for robocopy sucks, of course. It’s a command...

Don Norman Consulting on Longhorn?

HereAccording to Computerworld, Don Norman, the design engineer famous for such works as “The Design of Everyday Things,” is consulting on Longhorn...

I Love Ian

In Ian Griffith’s latest post, he shows 3 identical (to my eye) upper case Os next to each other and says, “[t]his clearly shows the shortcomings of...

Jon Udell Takes The Long View on Longhorn

After weeks of trying research, floating his thoughts on his blog and taking feedback from the blogging community (including several Microsoft...

A Kinder, Gentler Driver Model for Longhorn

According to legend, half the Windows XP BSODs are 3rd party driver crashes, reducing our “trustworthiness” to the user (trust is more than security...

Avalon 3D Coordinate System

Daniel Lehenbauer, an SDE on the Avalon team, has a nice explanation of the 3D coordinate space in Avalon with some very illustrative pictures. I’ve...

Tim Sneath On The Audiences And Tensions O MSBuild

NETthis short summarythere are a bunch of MSBuild resources on the Longhorn Developer Center’s Tools & Code Samples...

Needed: Virtual PC Image of Longhorn 4074

VPCVPC...

I want Facetop for Longhorn

Facetop has been all over the web for a couple of days and I’d like to point out two things about it: This is exactly the kind of thing we’re...

Feedster Longhorn Buzz Feed

the Feedster Windows Longhorn Buzz FeedSubscribed...

Richard Turner Answers Common Indigo Questions

Richard Turner, a PM on the Indigo team, answers some of the Indigo questions that came up as a result of his recent Channel9 interview, including:...

Ashvil DCosta on How Longhorn Transforms Apps

Ashvil DCostahow Longhorn, particularly WinFS, will change the way we think about and develop applications...

Jason Nadal on the Longhorn Speech API

“The Longhorn speech API offers baked-in functionality for voice commands inside the operating system (OS). This is a giant leap forward in the...

Rob Chandler On Longhorn User Assistance Direction

MVPa look at where he sees User Assistance heading in LonghornUI...

All About MSH:The Microsoft Shell (Codename Monad)

I’m a big cmd.exe user and was a big Korn Shell user before that, so command shells are an important part of my life and thus, I’m skeptical of new...

The XAML Clone Wars Heat Up

XAMLan updated XAML viewerSVGXAMLXAMLNETBen CantlonXAMLNET...

Avalon 3D Hit Testing Demo

The benefit of 3D support in Avalon is not the 3D support itself (we’ve had various ways to do 3D stuff in Windows apps for a while now, including...

Using Permutations in .NET

I know this is almost a year old, but the permutations algorithm was my favorite from STL and I’ve had occassion to miss it since moving to .NET, so...

Longhorn Foghorn: Crazy About Avalon Data Binding

Over the last few weeks, I’ve fallen in love with the power and simplicity of Avalon data binding. In this month’s column, I start a 2 article...

Richard Turner On Building Web Services Today

PMsome advice about how to build web services while we wait for IndigoWSE2ASMX...

It’s Almost Always Option B

Choose an existing technology Foo and imagine a newer, better way of doing the same thing called Bar that’s coming in some number of...

RobertM On Consuming XAML From A Web Server

Robert McLaws makes an interesting observation about the possibility of consuming XAML from a web server: “So, if Microsoft wants to blur the lines...

Chris Anderson on Avalon Visual Extensibility

Chris Anderson just did a fabulous job describing what makes Avalon more extensible than existing popular UI frameworks. What Avalon allows is the...

Longhorn 4074, MSBuild + GetOutputAssembly

If you’re using Longhorn 4074 and MSBuild is telling you this, ‘The target “GetOutputAssembly” does not exist in the project.’, then try these steps...

Avalon Data Binding Talk, PADNUG, Thurs, 6/24/04

“If you’re familiar with data binding in Windows Forms or ASP.NET, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. In this presentation, Chris Sells, Content Strategist...

Anders On Integrating Database Support Into C#

Some quotes from Anders on Channel9: “On of the things that we are trying to think about deeply in C# 3.0 is this big gap that I still see between...

Chris Anderson on XAML “Aha” Moments

XAML“two big “aha” moments to which XAML programmers can look forwardeverythingUI...

Refining the Versioning Story

Wesner Moise reports on a talk that Jeff Richter did on the .NET versioning story in the Longhorn time frame. Some interesting quotes: “a library...

Channel9 Videos: Rich Turner On The Road To Indigo

HereRich Turned, an Indigo PM, has some useful things to say about Indigo in his recent Channel9 videos: What is the biggest misperception of...

Jon Udell’s Questions about Longhorn

I’m really loving Jon’s approach to exploring and questioning the goals and implications of Longhorn: Questions about Longhorn, part 1: WinFS...

Avalon Property Invalidation & Custom Measurement

Kenny Lim talks not only about custom Avalon controls catching property changes so that they can re-render themselves, but also about the custom...

Another Cool Visualization

VisitorVille maps your real-time web site data to a SimCity-like environment that you can use to see where folks are going on your site and how...

Addressing Misperceptions About Indigo

Richard Turner, a PM on the Indigo team, addresses the biggest misperception about Indigo in this Channel9 video. Bottom line: Microsoft is not...

Using XAML As A 3D File Format

SDEa wiki providing helpful hints on using XAML as your new 3D file formata utility to help those playing with 3D...

On The Value and Direction of WinFS

a look at WinFSa counter-point...

MyXaml Is Not A Microsoft XAML Clone

Just to be clear, Marc Clifton’s MyXaml framework for adding a declarative UI mark-up language to today’s .NET framework is not a clone/sub-set of...

Q: Why Can’t I Unload a .NET Assembly? A:…

Jason Zander, a Microsoft Product Unit Manager, not only points out the implementation problems we have with being able to unload .NET assemblies,...

A 3-Part, 3-Day Weekend XAML Quiz

Ian posted a fun little snippet of XAML showing off the new support for image effects on anything that Avalon renders, not just images:...

Got Smart Client Development Questions?

We’ve got answers...

Microsoft Car .NET

I want it...

O’Reilly Takes A First Look At the WinHEC Longhorn

Wei-Meng Lee takes a first look at the WinHEC build of Longhorn...

Wesner on XAML as Documents (Again)

As Wesner notes, the Longhorn SDK lists 3 distinct Avalon applications types: Windows/Forms apps, multi-page apps and documents. The beauty of...

A Gathering of Avalon 3D Materials

Greg Schecter, one of the designers of the new support for 3D in Avalon available in the Longhorn WinHEC build, provides a nice overview and some...

Strengths and Weaknesses

HereDevelopMentor was my own personal speed reading course...

WinHEC Avalon Slides

HereThe Avalon team has posted their WinHEC slides: Greg Schecter: Avalon Graphics Stack Overview [682 KB] Joe Beda: Avalon Graphics - 2D, 3D,...

The Power of Vector Drawing

the power for vector graphicsdemonstrating the power of vector graphics...

Interview: Bob Muglia, MS Longhorn Server Sr. VP

ZDNet asks Bob Muglia, the Sr. VP in charge of Longhorn Server, questionsMS...

WinFS StoreSpy v0.8 for the WinHEC Longhorn

...

.NET Rocks: Reflections on Connections

’I was actually broadcasting on an episode of .NET Rocks live focusing on conferencesURL...

Channel9 Video: What influenced the design of LH?

“’I never would have thunk of them...

Squarified Treemaps in Avalon and Much, Much More

Today Jonathan Hodgson has posted a very cool article ostensibly about implementing Squarified Treemaps in Avalon, but he goes much further than...

Find Yourself with Longhorn P2P

Karsten postssome cool P2P samples he foundthe updated WinHEC Longhorn SDK...

WinHEC Avalon NNTP *Dude*

the sourceWinHEC-compliant Avalon NNTP Readerscreenshot here...

WinFS: Where Do The Attributes Come From?

Sam Druker, Development Team Lead on the WinFS team, has a series of videos on Channel9 talking about a variety of WinFS topics: Where do the...

What Happens When You Surf to WinFX.com?

The right thing happens...

The WinFS Team on the Status of WinFS

HereAfter Business Week reported the death of WinFS, some folks have been justifiably worried that such a cool feature would, in fact, be missing...

I’m loving the WinHEC build of Longhorn

stablePDCIf you’re an MSDN subscriber into Longhorn, I recommend it...

What’s New in Avalon 4074

Nathan Dunlap takes us on a tour of his favorite new things in Avalon in the WinHEC build of Longhorn3D...

A Huge Variety of Declarative UIs

UIThe XUL Grand Coding Challenge 2004 shows off 10XAMLit’s coming...

Conference In A Box: WinHEC Longhorn Materials

”Conference In A Box“...

The Virtual WinHEC

WinHEC 2004 Show Report and Photo Gallery...

Transcript of Jim Allchin’s WinHEC Keynote

“Beyond Better, Stronger, Faster: Innovating around Experiences,”...

Transcript of BillG’s WinHEC Keynote

BillG’s keynote @ WinHEC this year was entitled “Seamless Computing: Hardware Advances for a New Generation of Software,” and is available in...

Longhorn M7.2 Bits Coming to MSDN Subscribers

HereIn case you’ve heard the rumors about a new drop of Longhorn coming to WinHEC attendees, you’ve heard right. The Milestone 7.2 (M7.2) drop of...

*Sweet* Windows Forms 2.0 Features Screen Shots

The Windows Forms team has posted some sweet screenshots and overviews of the major new features in Windows Forms 2.0, including two I hadn’t heard...

Lutz Releases Reflector 4.0 (Finally!)

It has been hell keeping this to myself as Lutz has been sending me beta drops for the last coupla months for the completely reworked Reflector 4.0....

OSS Groups Teaming Up to Combat Longhorn

what the Mozilla and Gnome guys are thinking about to rally their forces to combat LonghornMS...

Miguel de Icaza On Why Longhorn Matters

If you don’t know him, Miguel is the architect of the Mono open source project whose aim is to implement the .NET CLR and the Framework Class...

Tic-Tac-Toe for Longhorn

Deepak’s sample implementation of tic-tac-toe in C# and XAML...

Edward Tufte + Avalon

WardEdward Tufte“Envisioning Information”...

Logging Indigo Messages

a little Indigo logging tool’...

A Windows Forms 2.0 Voice in the Wilderness

ASP.NET 2.0 gets a ton of deserved press, but the combination of the doubling in functionality of Windows Forms in .NET 2.0 and the new and improved...

WinFS is a Domain Ontology with Style

Michael Herman caught onto WinFS’s real nature“Ontology Development 101: A Guide to Creating Your First Ontology...

Security in Longhorn: Focus on Least Privilege

Keith “Mr. Security” BrownIn this piece...

Overview of MSBuild, Part 1 of 3

HereThis week, Christophe Nasarre, one of the best reviewers on my Windows Forms book, has written a 3-article series on the new command line build...

.NET Evangelists on .NET Rocks Today @ 9am PST

I work closely with Vic and Steve on the strategy for Longhorn content and activies, so I’m planning to tune it to today’s .NET Rocks...

Another Step Down the Longhorn Road

build something that is at least approaching how Sol is supposed to look...

I’m on Channel9 Talking About Longhorn + Solitaire

Robert Scoble and I walked around MSDN last week with a camera and here’s the first snippet where I talk about my experiences building Solitaire for...

Fundamentals #2: The New Registry

Karsten continues his dig into the Fundamentals Pillar of Longhorn by describing the 3 main points of the new configuration settings infrastructure...

Jeremey Mazner on the Real Status of WinFS

I’ve been silent myself on the real status of WinFS simply because I didn’t know enough to really say (although I did ask some of my internal...

Karsten on The Fundamentals Pillar

Karsten J rebel’s against the lack of coverage of the Fundamentals pillar of Longhorn, sketching an overview of why the Fundamentals in Longhorn are...

Joe Beda on All Kinds of Avalon

Channel9 has some interesting quicky videos of Joe Beda covering a number of Avalon-related goodies: Managed vs. unmanaged, how much of Avalon was...

Longhorn Concept Video: Manufacturing

Carter’s got another concept video for us, this time for manufacturing. In general, if you haven’t seen the concept videos, they’re a fantastic way...

Jason Olson on Threading in Avalon

Jason Olson, an enterprising 3rd party, posts a look at the benefits of knowing about threading when building an entire UI stack from scratch....

“Avalon Is Not Going To Replace The Browser”

There seems to be a common misconception that since Avalon windows/pages are/can be declared in markup (XAML), it must be a web killer/reach...

Longhorn Blogs Wiki Page

a Longhorn Wikia list of Longhorn Blogs...

Looking For the .NET Source Code Crawling Guy

NETNETplease drop me a line...

MS Developer Tool Roadman: ’05 and Beyond

the new stuff goes on foreverIDEVBSQL“...

Longhorn Sample: RSS Reader (Like, Out Loud)

an RSS reader that uses the Longhorn text-to-speech APIs to actually read you the morning newsIncludes source...

Is This One Better? Now Cover the Other Eye…

HereKevin Lindsey has been exploring Avalon and posting some things he didn’t expect. I love how he posts pictures of what he expected alongside of...

Ryan on Getting Starting Building Longhorn Help

getting started writing help in Longhorn...

Windows Forms Has At Least Another Decade In It

Apparently Robert had a conversation with a customer that was holding up .NET adoption because Longhorn was coming with Avalon. If you’re already...

Why Longhorn So Soon?

HereRobert Hess, that .NET Show guy, talks about why he’s so into Longhorn in the recent .NET Shows lately: “What you -do- need to pay attention to,...

Avalon Perf Tips: Properties, Resources & Triggers

PMperformance tips on Avalon inheritable properties, centrally shared resources and property triggers...

*This* Is Why We Released LH to Developers Early

Marc Clifton, a concerned 3rd party, provides thoughtful criticism of XAML. Chris Anderson, Avalon Architect, takes Marc’s criticism and provides a...

Avalon: From All Code to No Code And In Between

Today, Joe Marini, a Microsoft PM on a project that dare not speak it’s name, posts a blog reader built entirely in XAML, i.e. no .NET code. Last...

Rory Hosts .NET Rock While Chris Adds Color

I interviewed Carl with Rory acting as color manRory is hosting and I’m just there to fill a seatSQLSQL...

Is Microsoft Bollixing Up XAML?

Marc Clifton, author of the MyXaml open source project, publishes a series of articles exploring opportunities for improvement for the Avalon...

HTTP.SYS, IIS, Indigo, and Windows XP SP2 oh my!

his explanation of HTTP.SYS, IIS and XPSP2NETIIS6XPSP2...

Do Not Install VS2005 on Longhorn!

a new preview version of Visual Studio 2005 is availableMSDNDO NOT INSTALL THIS BUILD OF VS2005 ON LONGHORN...

Taking Advantage of Enterprise Features in Indigo

Karsten digs into some of the advanced features of Indigo...

I’ve Seen Monad and I Am Pleased

The most concise description of what I love most about Monad, the next-gen Windows command line, comes from Jeffrey Snover, a Microsoft Architect,...

XAML is VB’s “With” on Steroids

Marc’s postVB’XAML’...

XAML is Not Your Father’s HTML

dock, absolute and relative positioning in AvalonXAML...

Don Answers: Does Indigo Need IIS?

how Indigo services are hosted and how that interacts with IIS...

Adam Kinney on Avalon Property Triggers

a nice, concise sample of property triggers in AvalonXAML...

Tom Barnaby on Preparing for Indigo

tips for preparing today for Indigo tomorrow...

WinFS Scenario #4: Easing Development Process 2

pines for WinFS when they were implementing Mac Office 2004...

Brent’s Chapter 6: Indigo

chapter 6 of Introducing Longhorn for Developers, where Brent dives into the Indigo pillar of Longhorn...

WinFS 101: Introducing the New Windows File System

SQLkicks off his WinFS column with an overview of why we need it and what it isCheck it out...

Chat with the VC++ Team about Longhorn on Monday

Herebe at this chat on Monday, 3/15 from 11a - 12:30p PST...

Thumbs Up for Longhorn Security Lockdown

security + Windows = good...

Indigo Lingo: Digging Into Channel Types

this month using “channels” to build different kinds of message exchange patterns into your applications...

What is WOW64 and How Does It Relate to .NET?

HereJosh Williams, an SDE on the CLR team, kicks off his 64-bit blog with an introduction to WOW64 and what it means for .NET programmers. Here’s...

Interview: Longhorn User Experience Gurus, part 2

Paul Thurrott finishes his 2-part series of interviews of Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek, Longhorn User Experience mavens. The interview covers...

Paul Thurrott’s Longhorn Activity Center

Paul Thurrott is more of a user guy then a developer guy, but you have to be a user before you can be a developer, and his stuff is often...

Avalon vs. Quartz Extreme

If you read Ian’s article on Avalon Graphics Composition before the fireworks, you missed a wonderful discussion of how Avalon compares with Apple’s...

Ryan Dawson on RTC in Longhorn

Ryan digs into the RTC stack in Longhorn to build an IM app to enable synchronized browsing and chattingRTC...

Benjamin Summarizes Service Boundary Guidance

Benjamin’s Mitchell’s blogsummarizes advise from across three MS architects providing guidance on where to draw boundaries between services...

C# Corner on the WinFS Data Model

an overview of the WinFS data model...

Interactive XAML Editor Preview from Mobiform

Mobiform is one of two 3rd party vendors that have been building a XAML parser that runs under the current version of .NET. Today, Mobiform went one...

Ian on Graphical Composition in Avalon

Normally I like to consume something before I recommend it, but his stuff is always so good that I’m going to point out Ian’s new piece on graphical...

Using Windows Forms Markup (WFML)

Love markup but can’t wait for Longhorn/Avalon/XAML? Check out Joe Stegman’s WFML (Windows Forms Markup Language). [via Chris Anderson]...

WinFS Scenario #3: Easing the Development Process

this is one of my favoriteOS...

European Longhorn Tour

The slides from the European tour showing off Longhorn are available on codezone.infoAvalonIndigoWinFSan overview of Whidbeya keynote from David...

Rich Turner on Preparing Today for Indigo Tomorrow

Rich Turner, PM on the Indigo team, answers lots of FAQs related to Indigo and how to prepare for it today, including: How do I prepare my code and...

Rich Turner on Is .NET Remoting Dead?

PMa pretty firm answer to the question of whether .NET remoting is dead: no...

Looking for WinFS Bloggers

My call for Indigo bloggersrecommend as a WinFS blogger...

Longhorn Animations and Timelines

animated zooming using timelines, which he describes in some detail here...

Sample: Longhorn ImageStack

a sample application for viewing a stack of images in Longhornwith code...

How the Longhorn SDK is Built

SDKwhat goes into the LHSDK and how it’s built...

Automating Windows Forms for Testing

an article on how to automate Windows Forms applications for testing via tools like Visual Test...

Longhorn Concept Video: Financial Services

Carter Maslan explores how we imagine that Longhorn’s capabilities could be applied to a financial services application...

Sample: Hello Longhorn on CodeProject

Looks like CodeProject is getting into the Longhorn act with a nice Hello, Longhorn sample by Deepak Kapoor...

The .NET Show: I’m Green With Envy for Indigo

Before watching this episode of The .NET Show, I used to think that Don’s speaking ability made the Indigo team somehow special, but after watching...

Short, but Revealing, Interview of David Treadwell

David doesn’t get many questions to answer about the present and future of .NET, but the ones he gets asked, he answers well. My favorite: “As for...

Jon Udell Sends Home the .NET Report Card

I’m always nervous about going to see the teacher about my kids’ performance this year. They’re both very bring, but the older one is easily bored...

Sample: Avalon DawsonDraw

Ryan Dawson posts a nice sample showing the basics of a drawing program in Avalon, including a floating toolbar and the ability to draw and select...

How fast does Avalon need to be?

guidelines and goals for Avalon performance...

Starting from Scratch: The Visual Basic.NET Coach

I recommend “The Visual Basic .NET Coach,”NET...

Introducing the New Avalon Graphics Model

the new drawing model in Avalon...

The .NET Show’s Got a Blog

Since it’s inception, I’ve been a big fan of the .NET Show and I’ve seen most of the episodes. Now, the host, Robert Hess, has got himself a .NET...

The Selling Point of Indigo

HereRight on, Benjamin: “The selling point of the Indigo Service model is that it is simple and easy to use. The benefits for developers is that...

MSBuild Preview Quickstart Tutorials

PMseveral tutorials on MSBuildNET...

Time for some Longhorn DevCenter Feedback

It’s been about 5 months since the Longhorn Developer Center was launched and I’m curious what you guys think of it. Do you like it? What about it...

Benjamin Summarizes WS Alphabet Soup

a good job summarizingJon Udell’s WS Alphabet Soup article...

O’Reilly Dedicates More Energy to Windows

The one and only time that I ever met Tim O’Reilly, I turned into fan-boy, telling him how I used to be a Unix guy and I would just buy every single...

Chat: Longhorn Roadmap for Existing C/C++ Apps

PSTthe VC++ product team will be hosting a chat on what to do with your existing C, C++ and MFC applications in the Longhorn time frame...

Avalon Bezier Spline Designer Code

HerePMthe source codehis most excellent Avalon Bezier Spline Designer...

Ryan Dawson on Indigo

Ryan Dawson turns his attention to IndigoPDC...

Exploring New WinForm Controls in VS .NET Whidbey

This article enumerates some of the updated controls in Windows Forms Whidbey.MSDNMichael has already tackled the new GridView control...

WinFS Scenario #2: Event Planning

Jeremy Mazner presents his second scenario for WinFS, this time describing his idea app for event management that would be cake to implement using...

Prepare for Longhorn: Architecture Strategy Series

the Architecture Developer Centera series of streaming video presentations about the core architectures that motivated Longhorn...

Registration Open for WinHEC

PDCWinHEC in May is the place to bePC...

What The Heck Is a “Smart Client” Anyway?

Microsoft Architecture Update newsletterwhat the heck Microsoft means when the sling around the term “smart client.”...

Monkeying For Rory at PADNUG

his Portland Area .NET User’s Group meeting talk on Thursday, 2/26 at 6:30pm“‘’DM...

Anon Delegates and Higher Order Procedures in C#

a very nice piece on anonymous delegates and higher order procedures in C# Whidbey...

Avalon DataTransformer Sample

a description of the DataTransformerdownload the B sample...

Ben Charts A Road to Indigo

Benjamin Mitchell lays out a nice, easily digestible Indigo intro...

Longhorn Sample: RSS Aggregator

a sample RSS Aggregator...

Karsten Answers Some Indigo Questions

some answers to questions about IndigoASMXNETRPC...

WinFS Senario #1: Adding Music to Movies

“non-bad WinFS scenarios”he was called out by another Microsoft employeeLet Jeremy know what you think...

Basic Principles of Code Access Security

NET’you shouldn’t wait any longerCAS...

Exploring Visual Trees in Avalon

Visual Trees in Avalon portion of a the current version is available here...

Whidbey Beta Schedule

If you care about Longhorn, start first with Whidbey. According to Scott Guthrie, the first Whidbey beta will be available in June. [via Kent Sharkey]...

Smart Client Language Translation in Longhorn

Jason Nadal builds a useful smart client application in Longhorn for language translation. It’s a simple front-end to a web service, but it’s the...

Avalon Resizable Panels with Splitter Bars

HereNathan Dunlap and Jonathan Russ work together as designer and coder to build splitting bars in Avalon: “Boy was I happy when he got back to me...

A Man Named “Stuart Longhorn”

Ironically, his page is filled with bugs… [via Stuart Celarier, the real Longhorn Stuart]...

Ian on Zooming XAML

Ian Griffiths posts the beginnings of a XAML editor (it supports squares and elipses and saving, but not loading XAML, so no source yet). Especially...

Bezier Spline Designer using Avalon

Here...

Rory’s Tile Sample Uses Sidebar as It’s Meant To

While Rory’s virtual pet sidebar tile sample isn’t especially useful for a corporate desktop (although maybe a “virtual employee” version could be...

Kenny Linn on Intro Animation in XAML

Not only does Kenny show a cool little XAML animation sample, he does it in my favorite writing style. I’ve always loved writers that start with...

Adam Kinney on Dynamic Animation in Avalon

a sample of changing an Avalon object’s animation properties dynamically...

Longhorn Foghorn: A Journey of a Thousand Miles

“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”Unknown (to me : ) In this installment of the Longhorn Foghorn, I start my Longhorn...

Custom Avalon Spell-Checked TextBox Control

a custom Avalon control that adds spell-checking to the built in TextBox control...

Scoble Interviews on MS’s Longhorn Search Plans

Here...

IanG on Rubber Band Selection Outlines in Avalon

Ian and I are writing an Avalon book for O’Reilly and Associates together, but he’s way out in front of me, writing cool stuff like how to get...

Mitch Walker on Avalon Skinning

HereMS...

Longhorn Concept Video: Health Care

HereDRM...

The Longhorn Team is Listening

As I’ve mentioned, the reason we’re put the Longhorn preview bits out so early is so that we can get feedback at a time when things can still...

Design Considerations on XAML Syntax

Rob RelyeaPMXAMLreallyI you Go tell him...

Dino on Longhorn “Un-programming”

Dino’s gotten some interesting feedback from his XAML-based articles. Apparently he’s hearing from “real programmers” that don’t want to “recycle...

Sample: WinFS for CRM

Last time, Ryan Dawson posted a fun Avalon sample showing system information using graphics and animation. Today he’s back exploring the use of...

Longhorn Migration & Interop: WinForms & Longhorn

“Developer Guide to Migration and Interoperability in ‘Longhorn’”a chapter on recommendations for preparing to make the best of your Windows Forms...

Preparing Today for Fewer LH Privileges Tomorrow

Karsten Jkdjflksjdf (or however you spell his last name : ) pointed out two excellent security articles today. The first is “Developing Software in...

“We’re full speed ahead on the R&D for speech”

HereOliver Drobnik extracted a question out of a Q&A session with BillG asking about speech recognition in Longhorn. After BillG makes a very funny...

MarkupCompilation: XAML, BAML, .g.cs Details

Rob Relyea, a Lead PM on the Avalon team, posts some history of XAML as well as a description of how it’s compiled into BAML and then into code. He...

Dino on Longhorn Tiles

The shell-meister himself, Dino Esposito, digs into the one of the most prominent of the new shell features in Longhorn — the Sidebar — by showing...

U.K. bank sees browserless future

HereClickOnce capabilities for Windows Forms apps...

Longhorn Meetup

“a “Longhorn Meetup”...

The .NET Show: Longhorn Overview

NETa Longhorn overview““...

XAML as Documents

Wes muses on whether XAML could become a “standard” document format for even custom types. Certainly, if a document was serialized in XAML using...

Announcing the Longhorn Developer FAQ

If you’ve noticed Stuart Celarier stalking the WinFX newsgroups lately, it’s because he’s been gathering the best stuff for use in his new Longhorn...

Brian Noyes on .NET Rocks about ClickOnce

Here“Carl interviews developer and author Brian Noyes. Brian has focused his studies and development efforts on Smart Client development, and in...

System Stats Using Avalon Animation Lingo

a fun system stats utility...

Win32 -> .NET Framework API Map

Tim Tabora mapping from Win32 API functions to the closest equivalent in the .NET Framework class library...

MSBuild in 30 Minutes or Less

HerePDF...

Paul Thurrott Talks to the Longhorn Aero Team

Here“MSN“‘XPXP“This interview is the first in a series highlighting the personalities behind the technology. It’s often all too easy to...

MSBuild on MSDN TV

HerePM...

Introducing Microsoft WinFX by Brent Rector

Brent Rector’s PDC book on Longhorn/WinFX is now available for purchase. We’re posting the chapters on the Longhorn DevCenter, but atoms are nice,...

Setting DataGrid Styles for Custom Types

I was data binding an ArrayList of objects of a custom type, e.g. class Person { public string Name; public DateTime BirthDate; public int Teeth; },...

Creating Drop Shadow Text in Avalon

Here...

A Gathering of Longhorn Code Samples

Folks have been posting Longhorn code samples on their blogs, which is great. Also, I’ve been collecting bigger code samples on the Longhorn...

Rory Blyth on the .NET Rocks! Internet Radio Show

Here...

WinFX in Detail: Inside XAML

HereXAML...

Longhorn Articles in Italian

Devleap.coma new Longhorn section...

Glowing Image Effects in Avalon

Here...

Avalon Image Effects Sample

a most excellent sample...

“Windows is cool again”

In talking about recent developments at Microsoft, Mary Jo sums up my own feelings nicely: “Windows is cool again, thanks to all the excitement...

Give Your Feedback on the WinFX Docs

HerePMNETthe WinFX documentation...

WinFS on MSDN TV: Schemas and Extensibility

HerePMPDC...

Intro’ing Longhorn for Developers Ch4: Storage

HereIn this chapter, Brent Rector provides his overview of WinFS, including the programming model and how to access items from the WinFS API and via...

Inside Avalon: Timing Is Everything

HereChris Anderson...

Creating Indigo Applications with the PDC Bits

HereNETSDKReal World XML Web Services: For VB and VB .NET Developers...

Don Box on Indigo

NETTheServerSide.NETan interview with Don Box on Indigo...

Passing the Torch on Wonder of Windows Forms

Herea couple of Windows FormsDesigner integration piecesMSDN...

Joe Hewitt on What Longhorn Needs for Developers

HereJoe has a particularly dim view of where we’ve come with GUIs in the last 10 years. In fact, it’s much more dim than my own view. On the other...

My Windows Forms Book On Amazon’s Top 10

#10 on the list of best-selling Microsoft-related books...

WinFX 247 Web Site Beta

dotnet247.comwinfx247.comNET...

MSDN TV: Introducing ClickOnce

NET“Hear Jamie Cool from the Windows Forms team introduce the technologyprototype form as the AppUpdater Component...

Developers Shrug Off Longhorn Delay Rumors

Here : )...

Vector Graphics & Declarative Animation w/ Avalon

“XML”use graphic primitives and animation declaratively in Avalon...

Breaking the Mental Logjam

HereAs I’ve mentioned, one of the biggest problems I see with Longhorn is deciding exactly what to do with all of the new capabilities. So, when...

Don Box on .NET Rocks!

Here...

On Genghis, WinForms and Moving Towards Avalon

Heremy pending interview of Don Box...

WinFS: Stamping out the Roach Motel

For those of you unfamiliar with Don’s reference, a “roach motel” lets roaches in, but never lets them out. That’s exactly what most apps do today,...

A Programmer’s Introduction to Visual Studio .NET

Here““IDENET“...

3rd Party XAML Viewer #2!

We’re not even to beta yet, but we already have not one, but two 3rd party XAML viewers targeting existing versions of the .NET Framework. Wow....

3rd Party XAML Viewer #2!

onetwoXAMLNET...

10 Better Questions for Don Box

In a recent interview of Don Box by Mary Jo Foley, I expressed my disappointment over the dullest of both the questions and the answers....

Salon.com on Longhorn and Blogging

how important blogs are...

MSDN Article Submission for Budding Authors

MSDN Article Submission GuidelinesMSDNMSDN Magazine has a separate process’send it directly to me...

Chris Sells on Longhorn for the TC .NET User Group

I’m in Minnesota over the holidays, so I thought I’d drop in on the Twin Cities .NET User Group for a short discussion of Longhorn. Please keep in...

Mary Jo Interviews Don Box

HereMary Jo Foley interviews Don Box on the origins of Indigo, the status of SOAP, the definition of SOA and Miguel de Icaza. Unfortunately, Mary Jo...

Announcing The Longhorn Developer Platform Survey

Here...

Microsoft “Longhorn” Help Highlights

Here...

Chris Anderson & Don Box sing Longhorn Xmas Carols

HereXAML...

Visual Studio Magazine: Get a Grip on Longhorn

Here...

WinFS Overview on MSDN TV

HereApparently it’s Longhorn day for MS videos: “Quentin Clark provides an overview of WinFS, including what benefits it produces, what it is, and...

New .NET Show: Longhorn @ the PDC

Here. “In this episode of the .NET Show we focus on how ‘Longhorn’ was presented, and received, at the PDC. In our first segment we talk with key...

Avalon Resource Variety Sample

HereAnd than Nathan posts another sample showing off the various kinds of resources to be defined in Avalon and how to define them on top of one...

Avalon Video Clipping Sample

Here...

Avalon Blog: Design Eye for the Dev Guy

Nathan Dunlap, a designer on the Avalon team, has taken up blogging...

Xamlon samples look interesting

If you haven’t seen it, Xamlon is a .NET 1.1 implementation of Longhorn’s XAML. And while I was under the impression that it was just XAML, i.e. a...

WinFX: An All-Managed API by Ian Griffiths

HereRSS...

WinForms Prog. in VB.NET: Design-Time Integration

HereFTPNET...

Photo Organization App Build Entirely with .NET

HereNETGenghisCTO“...

Longhorn-Specific PDC Presentations, Slides & Code

PDCthe Longhorn-specific talks...

Graphic Designer + Coder + Longhorn = Goodness

Adam Kinney seems to be that rare combination of graphic designer and coder that I want to be to survive in the brave new world of Longhorn. I’m...

Avalon’s Dependency Properties

Drew Marsh describes the internals of the XAML dotted attribute syntax that I described a few days ago as well as contrasting it with the existing...

Avalon Dissected: A 3-Part Series by Drew Marsh

HereDrew’s documenting what he discovers as he digs into Avalon...

More Love for XAML Syntax: Dotted Element Names

Don Box simplified my XAML code using resources and styles. He also illustrates another XAML-ism that I’m coming to love: dotted element names. When...

Indigo and Star Trek

Here...

New Longhorn Site for Academics

Here“...

Another Great Set of WinForms Controls

Here...

Interesting Ex-Microsoftie Blogs on Longhorn

Here“AI...

XAML’s Extended Attribute Syntax

HereXAML’...

Avalon Performance Tips and Tricks on Build 4051

HerePMPDC...

ComputerWorld: Orbiz Developer’s View of Longhorn

Here...

Best of the Microsoft PDC 2003

HerePDCWSA““““...

Xamlon Beta: XAML for the .NET Framework 1.1

HereXAMLUIXAMLNET...

I don’t know UIs, but I know what I like…

HereASAP...

SYS-CON RADIO @ the PDC

HerePDC...

Chris Anderson: Must Read Avalon Blog

Here...

Chris Anderson on the History of the Avalon Team

HerePDC...

A Sneak Preview of Visual C# Whidbey

HereVC...

Mike Deem: Must-Read WinFS Blog

Here...

Longhorn SDK Annotations

HereSDKMSDN““RSSRSSRSSSDKRSSMSSDK“MS“...

Unofficial, Unsupported Longhorn Tweaks Page

HerePDCUSEATYOUROWNRISK...

Document-Centric Applications in WinForms, 3 of 3

HereSDIMDI...

C++ templates vs. CLR generics

HereCLRPMCLR...

Infragistics UltraGrid for Avalon: Technology Demo

HereUI...

The WinFX Newsgroups are *Hot*

HereMS...

WinFS = Windows Foo System

HerePMXMLNETPDC...

Paul Thurrott Previews PDC Longhorn Thoroughly

HerePDCOS...

Brad Abrams of MS Solicits Feedback on WinFS

HerePMIM...

Windows XP Service Pack 2: A Developer’s View

HereSP2...

The XML Application Mark-up Language Reference

HereXAMLSDKXAMLXAML...

The Root of All Avalon Apps

Here...

Complete Namespace Listings for WinFX

HerePDC03SDK...

The Motivation for WinFS

Here...

VS.NET Whidbey Shortcut Expansion

HereNET“““XML...

Visual Editor for MSBuild

HereXML...

New SharpReader uses Genghis

Here...

Don Box Shows K&R Hello, World in XAML

Here“XAMLXAMLUI...

WinFX Application Written in Standard ML

HereSML...

MSDN TV: What is WinFX?

HereAPI“NET...

Cool Longhorn Diagrams from the PDC

HerePDC...

DonXML Dives into XAML

Here“XML”XAMLSVG...

A List of What Makes WinFS Cool

Here...

Develop Managed VSIP Extensions to VS.NET

HereVSIP...

PDC Break-Out Session Videos

HerePDCDVD...

.NET Rocks! hosted by MSDN

HereNETMSDNNET...

Preview: Microsoft’s Windows Longhorn

HerePDC...

XAML’s not your father’s UI mark-up

Here“XAMLCLR...

All about Longhorn

HereALLAPINETWIN32...

My First PDC as a Microsoftie

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ChrisAn posts a brief history of XAML

Here...

Hang Out in The Longhorn Newsgroups

Here...

Document-Centric Applications in WinForms, 2 of 3

Here“SDI...

PDC Session Slides & Code

HerePDC...

Paul Thurrott’s Windows SuperSite @ the PDC

HerePDC...

The Business of Software

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Eric Sink Tells the Story of His First BoS Column

HereISV...

Updated CLR Profiler

Here“CLR...

Transcript of Bill Gates at the PDC03

Here‘...

Chris Sells Living La Vida Longhorn

Here“‘...

DevelopMentor Launches Longhorn Mailing List

Here...

Where Is Windows Going?

HerePC...

The Longhorn SDK Online

HerePDCLHSDKMSDN...

Longhorn Promises Major Advances

Here“...

Inside Longhorn: The Details

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Chris Anderson & Don Box Do A Lap Around Longhorn

Here“MSDNTV...

Microsoft Ushers in ‘Longhorn’ Era

Here...

Longhorn Drivers

Here...

The MSDN Longhorn Developer Center Web Site

HerePDCPDCLHDC“MSDNPDCSDK...

Off Topic .NET Development Tools

HereNET...

Case Study: Porting SourceOffsite from Java to C#

Here“MSJVMNET...

The .NET Show: Managed DirectX

HereNET...

Why Showing Longhorn at the PDC Isn’t Too Early

HereMSASAPMS...

Chris Anderson Sets Up Longhorn-ish Wiki

Here“NET...

Scott Guthrie’s ASP.NET Whidbey Demo

Here...

Use VS.NET to install .NET w/ your app

Here“NET...

More on Generics in the CLR

Here...

Use Rory Blyth as your own personal PDC reporter

HerePDCXXL...

PDC Pre-Con Tutorial: Windows Forms

HerePDCPDC...

LonghornBlogs.com

Here“...

.NET Resource Kit CD

HereNETVB...

Visual Studio .NET 2003 Upgrade Offer ’til 9/30

HereNETNETUS...

All Consuming Windows Forms Programming in C#

Here...

See MSBuild.exe at the PDC

Here“‘‘...

The Future “Longhorn” Developer Center

Here...

Be Interviewed by Sys-Con Radio @ the PDC

HereNETPDC...

Longhorn Rocks!

Here...

Where do you want to go today, fritter?

HerePDC03...

PDC2003 Blogging Site

HerePDC...

Implementing Drag and Drop in … WinForms!

Here...

PDC/post-PDC Longhorn Online Plans?

HerePDCMSDN...

Handy .NET Generics Terms to Impress the Chicks

Here...

PDC03 Conference Tracks and Breakout Sessions

HerePDC““...

Permutations in .NET

Here“NET...

Buffering .NET Console Output

HereNET...

Introducing Generics in the CLR

HereCLR...

Brent Rector on .NET Rocks!

HereATL...

Visual Studio .NET Code Generator Shim

Here...

Format Specifiers Appendix from C# in a Nutshell

HereMSDNORA...

Don Box Sings

Here’MSPDC...

More Free, Cool WinForms Controls

Here...

Magic: The User Interface Library for .NET

HereNETUIUI...

The Original .NET Redneck

Here...

My First .NET Show

HereNET...

SlashDot Review of Essential .NET

Here“NETCLR...

Active Scripting for .NET

HereNETNET...

.NET Delegates Are More Powerful Than You Think

Here...

HTML Writer for .NET

HereWYSIWYGHTMLNET...

.NET Games Development Forum

HereDX9NET...

Quake II.NET in Managed C++

Here...

Registration-less COM to .NET Wrapper Tool Beta

HereCOMNETCOM...

VS.NET Project & Solution Converter

Here...

Hosting Windows Forms Designers

Here...

Releasing Nested Objects in Rotor

Here“...

nprof - Open-source .NET profiler

HereNETSWF...

Windows Forms Programming in C# on Amazon

Here...

PowerToys for Visual Studio .NET 2003

Here...

BinaryComboBox .NET released!

Here...

Yet another C# feature creeps into Java

HereSDK...

Agile .NET Development mailing list

HereNET...

Ref-Counting + Rotor Status

HereNET...

Launching NTD Apps. w/ Command Line Args.

HereNTDURL...

SmartConsult .NET

HereNETNETNETNET...

Code Library for .Net 3.0

Here...

Feature packed “Date Picker” control for .NET!

HereNETNETNETNETNETNET...

C#Builder and Borland Data Providers for .NET

HereDB2UDBNET...

Customer Debug Probes and CLR SPY

HereNET...

.Net develops advantages over Java

Here...

Reflector.NET Author Starts a Blog

Here...

Updated XsdClassesGen for VS.NET 2003

HereXSD...

Updated CollectionGen for VS.NET 2002 & 2003

Here...

Hippo.NET Build Tool Released

HereNETUI...

Programming WinForms with MC++

HereSTA“NET...

C# Builder sneak preview

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Borland details .NET development tools

HereNET...

New OpenGL binding for .NET

NETGLGLUGLUT...

WinForms Design-Time Integration, Part 2

Here“NET...

Essential .NET Nominated for Reader’s Choice Award

HereNETNET...

C# Programmers Out-Earn VB.NET Programmers by 26%

Here76K...

Visual Studio .NET 2003 now available

MSDN...

Source Code to RegexDesigner .NET

HereNET“...

.NET Framework SDK Version 1.1

HereSDK...

.NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable

Here...

.NET v1.1 Changes from v1.0

HereNET...

ORM.NET v1.4 - auto-generate an ADO.NET data layer

HereNETSQLSQL...

ISO Certification of C# and the CLI

HereECMA...

Great .net resources article

MSDN...

C# Futures

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Design-Time WinForms Component Integration, part 1

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NEW C# LANGUAGE FEATURES

HereOOPSLA...

Serialization Basics, Part 3 of 3

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nprof - Open-source .NET profiler

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What’s New in WinForms 1.1

HereIDENET...

Serialization Basics, Part 2 of 3

HereNET...

Serialization Basics, Part 1 of 3

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The Last Configuration Handler I’ll Ever Need

Here...

.Net Patent Bid Prompts Concern

Here...

Understanding ThreadAbortException

Here...

eXtensible C#© Is Here!

HereXC...

.NET Reverse Engineering Techniques

HereNET...

dotEASY

Here“““““...

No touch deployment

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More Safe Serialization for .NET

HereNETNET‘...

Distributed .NET Newsletter

HereNET“...

Data Tier Modeler for .Net - O/R mapping tool

HereUML...

Oracle Data Provider for .NET

HereNETNETOLEDBNETODBCNETNETNET...

TaskVision: Web Deployed WinForms Sample

HereNET...

eXtensible C# Provides Compile-Time Attributes

Here...

.Net Microsoft patent

Here...

Windows Forms Smart Client Sample

HereHTTPXPXMLSQLNETCOMCOM...

Running Multiple Versions of .NET Side-by-Side

HereNET...

.Net Framework XML Namespaces and Classes

HereXMLNET...

.NET Bugs Registry

Here...

Sam .NET Blog has changed locations and technology

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Editor for Web.Config files in ASP.NET

HereXML...

ASP.NET: Tips and Tricks

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Free VS.NET Trial DVD

HereNET...

CodeSmith Integrated into VS.NET

Here...

Another C# Refactoring Tool

HereNET...

Talking C#/CLR with Microsoft

HereCLR...

COM & WinForms…Happy together?

HereCOMMFC...

C# and Java: Comparing Programming Languages

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25 silly reasons why .NET is better than java

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.NET Rocks Interview: .NET Success Stories

Here“NETNET...

ASP.NET: Blackbelt Web Form Programming

HereUI...

Dynamic Aspect-Weaving with .NET

Here““NET...

Aspect-Oriented Programming with C# and .NET

Here“NET“...

25 pathetic attempts to make .NET look bad

HereNETNETVPNETNET...

What’s New in VS.NET 2003

HereMS“...

.NET ResourceExplorer

Here...

Jeff Key’s .NET Samples

HereNET...

Conferences Re-Tooled for .NET?

HerePCNET‘...

“When I first heard about .NET, I held my nose”

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Xopus.NET

Here“NETWYSIWYGIE...

.NET Wrappers for NVIDIA’s Cg API

HereNVIDIA’...

ADO.NET PowerToys

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DirectX 9.0 Release with .NET Support

HereDX9MDXAPINET...

AspectC#: An AOSD implementation for C#.

HereNET...

Jabber for Mono .NET

Here“NETSDKSDKNETCEPC...

.NET Data-Bound TreeView Control

Here“...

Alintex Script Host brings scripting to .NET

HereNETVBNETFCLNETXMLFREE...

Windows Forms Layout

Here“...

Microsoft Releases MapPoint .NET Version 3.0

HereNET...

.NET Image Re-Coloring

Here“...

Current Project Command Prompt for VS.NET

Here...

VS.NET 2003 Pre/Post-Build Steps in C# Projects

Here“NETMSDN...

High Perf. Image Processing in .NET Clients

Here“SIMDNET...

Info.NET, similar to Dashboard on MSN 8

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.NET Passport Manager Source Licensing Program

HereNETNETNET...

Mono Runs ASP.NET

Here...

Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET

Here“NETWSDK...

Web Services Enhancements for .NET

Here“NETWSENETNETXMLDIMEGXAWSDKWSE...

Browse Rotor source code online

Here“CLR...

.NET Rocks Interviews Chris Sells

Here“COMNET...

The .NET Show: The Compact Framework

HereNETCF...

.NET Refactoring Tool Enters Beta

Here“IDE‘‘IDE...

Building Secure ASP.NET Applications

HereMSDNNETNET...

‘Essential .NET’ is shipping in the UK

HerePC...

Download the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Final Beta

Here“NETMSDN®NETNETPCCENETNETNETMSDN...

WinForms Data Validation

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WinForms Auto-Scaling

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Increasing Permissions for WinForms Smart Clients

Here“NET...

Runtime code generation in JVM and CLR

Here“JVMCLRJIT...

C# and Java: The Smart Distinctions

Here...

New C# features: whitepaper now available

Here...

The Everett Visual C++.NET features

Here...

New C# Language Features (someday)

Here“OOPSLAWANET...

Pragmatic ADO.NET in stock!

Here...

Visual C++ and C# Updates In Everette

Here““““...

Essential .NET, by Don Box, in stock!

HereAWNET...

Beta 2 of the Microsoft .NET Speech SDK

HereNETSDK...

Rotor 1.0 Released

Here“XPOSNET...

Project Mono Does SQL / Windows / ASP.NET

HereSQLMSSQLTDS...

New Editor for ORA’s .NET DevCenter

Here...

Pet Shop 2.0: Java vs. .NET

HereNET“NET...

X-Code .NET: writing code with code for .NET

Here“NET“. X-Code .NET is like classic X-Code, except that it’s based on JScript .NET instead of classic JScript.” I’m very happy to see Shawn, a...

Visual Studio .NET Info Center

Here““VB”NET...

.NET Pet Shop 2

Here”NETNETJ2EE™...

Essential .NET Security

HereNETHTML...

Free, Non-Commercial Edition of Eiffel for .NET

Here“NETNET...

The .NET Show: The Developer Roadmap

Here“NETNET...

ISO close to approving C#, CLI as standards

HereCLIISO...

Microsoft’s singing in C#

Here...

SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator

Here“SQLNETSQLNETSQLNETVBNET...

.NET Rocks Interviews Mark Anders

Here“IISMSDN...

.NET Saves Boy Down Well

Here...

.NET Evangelist

Here...

Apache Support For ASP.NET Web Services

Here“...

Caught in .NET

Here“NET...

.NET Rocks Interviews Juval Löwy

HereNETNETNET...

$50 million from HP, Microsoft for .Net

Here“...

Why .NET will conquer the world

HereNET...

.NET Framework 1.1 Beta Available

NETSDK IDSDKBETA...

.NET Framework 1.1 Beta Overview

HereNET‘...

Keep your Beans out of .Net

HereEJB...

.NET Compact Framework Tools and Samples

HereNET...

QuickCode for .NET

Here would expand to an entire property implementation. It works for C# and VB.NET and appears to be very flexible...

KDE To Support .NET

Here“KDENETKDENETNETKDENETOS...

foreach is Your Friend: Part 2

Here...

Multithreaded .NET Web Service Clients

HereNET...

Rich Client Database Interactions with ADO.NET

HereNET...

Standard Conformance Features in Visual C++.NET

Here“NET...

A Second Look at Windows Forms Multithreading

Here“UI...

Bamboo.Prevalence: a .NET object prevalence engine

Here“NETFAQRAMFAQ“...

Updated VS.NET Fun Facts

HereVC7“...

New .NET Remoting Open Source Project

Here“NETSOAPNETNETTCP...

ASP.NET View State Decoder

Here“URLXML...

“Spend a Day with .NET” Judges Judging

HereNET...

Day w/ .NET: Join us on IRC undernet channel #c#

Here““...

Today’s the Day to Spend with .NET!

Here...

free .NET development environment

HereNETNET...

“Spend A Day With .NET” Tomorrow!

HereNETNET...

“Spend A Day With .NET” on August 30th

Here“NET”MSDN...

foreach is Your Friend, part 1

Here“...

Second .NET Framework Service Pack

Here“NETSP2NETSP1...

Only Two More Weeks ’til Spend A Day With .NET!

Here“NET”MSDN...

Borland Announces .NET with Delphi 7

Here“UML...

Wahoo! reinstated for .NET SP1!

SP1NETWahoo! siteMSI...

WD-Mag Newsletter: Chris Sells on .NET

HereNET...

.Net name ties Microsoft in knots

Here“’“‘ You’d have thought they would have learned their lesson from COM, OLE and ActiveX before this. I guess the slack caused by the Internet...

Delphi for .NET compiler preview

HereNET...

.NET Framework Service Pack 2

Here“NETSP2...

WinForms Over the Web

the local Portland Area .NET User’s GroupDevelopMentor’s Essential WinForms course...

.NET Compact Framework Discussion List is Online

HereNETCFNETNET...

Mike Lehman’s BugTracker.net Released

Here“XML...

.NET FxCop Updated to Version 1.072

HereUI...

Mastering Visual Studio .NET sample chapters

Here“NETNETNET...

Visual C++ 7 speed vs Visual C# speed

Here“...

ASP.NET state management with style (& attributes)

Here...

VS.NET Update

Here“...

.NET HandleCollector source and sample

Here“GCGC...

The Rotor Architecture Revisited

Here“CLICLI...

George Shepherd’s Windows Forms FAQ

Here“FAQFAQMFCATL...

Wonders of Windows Forms: You Can Take It with You

Here“NET...

ASP.NET - It’s not just for IIS anymore….

Here...

J2EE versus .NET Part I

HereJ2EEJ2EEJ2EE...

.NET Compact Framework Reference Site

Here“NETCFJWNETCF...

Microsoft improving .Net Framework

Here“MICROSOFTINTHEXML...

Microsoft Maps Out Next .Net Framework

Here“...

Dynamic Forms for .NET

Here“XML...

URL Rewriting with ASP.NET

Here“ASP...

Library for reading CLI files

Here“CLICLI...

Updated .NET CollectionGen

Here“XSLT‘XML...

Safe, Simple Multithreading in Windows Forms

Here“NET...

SML.NET: Functional programming on the .NET CLR

Here“MLNETNET...

Autonomy.NET

Here“NETCVSXML...

CoolBars.NET v. 1.1 released

Here“MDI...

Creating a Design Surface in .NET

Here“NET...

Shared Source CLI Update

Here“CLICLI...

Under the Lid of Open Source .NET CLI Impls

Here“NETNET’CLI...

Melbourne .NET User Group Hosts WDN RSS Feed

Here“MDNUGRSS...

VS.NET Google Search Macro

Here...

Flat Controls for WinForms

Here“UI...

WANTED! Starting Work on a Windows Forms Project?

Here“...

A Windows Forms Application Desktop Toolbar

Here“...

The .NET Cost: Who Pays? (3 of 3)

Here“NET...

The ASP.NET Web Matrix Project

Here“WYSIWYGMB...

Adding Ref-Counting to Rotor

“Microsoft has granted Sells Brothers, Inc. a research grant to add ref-counting to Rotor and to study the performance effects. There’s been a lot...

A compiler-writer’s guide to C#

“Plan: Give overview of language from point of view of compiler writer Code generation for CLR is trival, so we’ll focus on type checking...

Pragmatic ADO.NET, Chapter 6: Typed DataSets

“In Chapter 5, I extolled the virtues of setting up your DataSets like in-memory databases. Unfortunately I asked you to write quite a bit of code...

Mono 0.12 is out!

“More classes! More working code! Better compiler! Faster runtime! Less bugs!”...

BoxDB for .NET - Beta Testers Needed

“We are currently conducting an open beta-test. “Built Software recently released the first beta of BoxDB for .NET, a library designed to simplify...

Updated .NET Instant Messager Client Library

Harry Pierson has made a number of updates to this core code to support his full-blown .NET IM client application. Check it out...

F#

is the CLR language “[c]ombining the speed, safety and productivity of ML and Caml with the libraries, tools and cross-language working of .NET”...

Microsoft .NET Pet Shop vs. Sun Java Pet Store

″…the .NET Pet Shop performs over 10 times faster than Oracle’s Java Pet Store based on Oracle’s latest (questionable) published data.”...

noMadMap: Compact .NET + MapPoint .NET

One man’s journey to hook up two beta technologies and the hilarity that ensues...

MonoLOGO: An implementation of LOGO for .NET

“MonoLOGO provides access to all .NET constructs from within LOGO. Its goal to be 99% compliant with Berkeley LOGO (there are a few internal UCBLogo...

Demeanor for .NET, Enterprise Edition

“Demeanor for .NET Enterprise Edition provides the most sophisticated obfuscation and optimization available for your .NET applications. Demeanor...

Adding Custom VB.NET Project Item Template Wizards to VS.NET

by Michael Weinhardt This article describes how to implement a VB.NET version of Chris Sells’s Project Item Template sample...

Windows Forms message board

GotDotNet has a message board just for WinForms programmers...

.NET Component Inspector

“Have you ever wished you could explore the behavior of a component or some code without having to write any code? To watch events occur on any...

Wonders of WinForm: State Sanity & Smart Clients

“I’d like to welcome you to the inaugural article of my new MSDN Online column. From the title of this column, you can probably tell two things...

Adding Ref-Counting to Rotor

“Studying the Performance and Memory Usage Effects of Adding Reference Counting to Rotor.”CLR...

.Net Data Provider for PostgreSQL Announced

“Npgsql .Net Data Provider for PostgreSQL. It is written entirely in C#. This data provider supports the version 2.0 of PostgreSQL protocol. “It is...

JasonW on Rotor (very cool!)

the Shared Source CLICLRCLRJIT...

XML Comments Let You Build Docs from C# Source

“CXMLXMLThis articleXMLXML”...

Data Binding in Windows Forms Applications

databinding in WinForms...

Fujitsu NetCOBOL™ for .NET Ready To Ship

Don’t miss COBOL for .NET! “NetCOBOL ™ opens doors to leverage existing COBOL code while taking advantage of the innovative Microsoft .NET platform.”...

SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator

“SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator (code named OlyMars) is both a flexible and powerful code generator based on database modeling. “It allows...

.NET ANY where, ANY time and on ANY device

From Razvan Caciula: “The objective for the iNET development team is to re-create the complete .NET deployment framework entirely in Java.” “For...

C# samples to customize the WebBrowser control

C# samplesTed Faison“...

Generics for C# and CLR

CLRan extended version of C#...

Adding Custom Project Item Templates to VS.NET

This article describes how to add a custom project item wizard to the Add New Item dialog in Visual Studio .NET. Instead of building a custom...

VS.NET Fun Facts

After about a month of banging my head on it, Visual Studio.NET has become my favorite IDE of all time. To save you the bruising,...

Generics for C# and .NET CLR

a small site dedicated to the .NET generics research...