Here. At OOPSLA late last year, the C# team made a splash by announcing some of the features they'll be adding to the compiler in the next next version of C# (not Everett). This link has that presentation as well as a very nice white paper discussing the new features in detail.

Here. My 3rd installment of the basics of serialization, this time covering how to customize the serialization process.

From Matthew Mastracci: I just released the third alpha version of my open-source .NET profiling application. It supports everything I've thrown at it so far (multi-threaded programs, NAnt, SWF apps) and is getting close to feature-complete. It comes with a basic VS.NET add-in that lets you profile from DevStudio. There is a source package on the downloads page for those who are interested in tinkering. Download it at http://nprof.sourceforge.net

Here. This article presents the new features in WinForms, including new namespace features, new IDE features and how to develop apps that support multiple versions of the .NET Framework itself.

Here. Continuing the discussion of serialization in .NET using formatters for custom types.

Here. This is the first of a 3 part series I wrote as an appendix to my WinForms book because I couldn't find the topic of object serialization covered adequately elsewhere in any of the popular texts. This part covers the basics of text and binary serialization for simple types.

Here. From Craig Andera: I'm sure someone, somewhere has already written this, but I figured it out on my own today, and it's just too cool not to share. Basically, it's a bit of code that lets me store objects in my application or web configuration file, and all I have to do is write the type that holds the values.

Here. Here's how my full quote [1] was cut down for publication. That'll teach me to be thorough. : ) [1] http://www.sellsbrothers.com/spout/#mspatents