From jt: A first look at the Delphi for .NET compiler features and Delphi's new language syntax

"This article provides information about the bugs that are fixed in Microsoft .NET Framework Service Pack 2 (SP2)."

I did a talk at the local Portland Area .NET User’s Group on zero-setup deployment of WinForms applications over the web, including versioning, caching, optimization, debugging and security. This talk is also an excerpt from DevelopMentor’s Essential WinForms course, which I highly recommend (although I'm hardly unbiased : ).

From Jim Wilson: The .NET CF Resource site has been substantially updated and we now have the discussion group online. If you have a questions about the .NET Compact Framework, information that you would like to share or you just want to see what other people are doing with the .NET Compact Framework, this is the list for you.

From Michael Lehman: "Mike Lehman’s BugTracker.net" is an open-source Windows Forms, XML, ADO.net bug tracking application written in C#.

What’s new in FxCop 1.072: "1) UI updated (i.e. exclude tracking info, bold `new' violations, application settings +more) 2) nearly every rule has been touched, most improved 3) addition of 40+ new rules 4) cmd-line version of tool greatly stabilized and improved 5) new, complete set of documentation" [Maciek Sarnowicz via Off Topic]

"Mastering Visual Studio .NET, by Jon Flanders and Chris Sells "Most developers can perform the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like creating a project, typing some code, compiling and debugging. Although Mastering Visual Studio .NET covers these topics, it does so very quickly. This book enables intermediate and advanced programmers the kind of depth that's really needed, such as advanced window functionality, macros, advanced debugging, and add-ins, etc. With this book, developers will learn the VS.NET development environment from top to bottom."

"I did a rough experiment the other day with strange results. I created two console apps one is C# and the other if Visual C++ 7. The apps do calculations for Generation of the Mandelbrot Set and time how long it takes. The strange thing is that the Visual C# App is much faster than the C++ App. (1.5 secs per set for the C# App and 1.9 secs per set for the C++ App). This seems totally bizarre to me as I would have thought it would be the opposite. It puts me in the strange situation of thinking about rewritting my C++ fractal generator in C# to get more speed !!" [Windows Technology Off Topic Mailing List]