.NET

WinFX will soon be called .NET 3.0

Benjamin Zamora — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:10:00 GMT

Sources say that the WinFX will become “.Net 3.0” (source:Somasegar's WebLog)

NET Framework 3.0
When speaking to developers about WinFX one question that repeatedly comes up is, “WinFX sounds great, but what happens to .NET?” .NET Framework has becomes the most successful developer platform in the world. Developers know and love .NET.

The .NET Framework has always been at the core of WinFX, but the WinFX brand didn’t convey this. [More]

IronPython 1.0 Beta 3 on MSDN

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:10:00 GMT

I know, it's been ages since I've blogged, there have been some MAJOR changes in my life that I will post later... long and short of it, I'm now on Salary and the private consulting days are in the past.... for now.

Anyway back to blogging.

Looks like MS is pushing forward on its IronPython 1.0 efforts.

IronPython 1.0 Beta 3

Acrobat alternative

Benjamin Zamora — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:55:00 GMT

Thanks to Kevin Dente's RantLog for the lead on a new PDF viewer:

“Foxit PDF Reader is a free reader for PDF (eBook) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.“

Looking good so far. time to open some complex PDFs... One nice feature:

“And it starts up immediately, so you don't need to wait the annoying "Welcome" screen to disappear.“

We'll see how it goes. (Find it here)

CSV Data Adapter

Benjamin Zamora — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:02:00 GMT

Cathi Gero Blog has a CSV Data Adapter posted on his blog... Looks like fun, I'll have to play a little.

WSE2 SP1 released

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 19:38:00 GMT

Microsoft released an upgrade to the Web Services Enhancements toolkit.

“This updated version of the Web Services Enhancements 2.0 contains fixes to scalability and functionality based on customer feedback. “

Make sure you pick it up here. We're now up to WSE2 SP1

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:14:00 GMT

Make sure you pick up the new bits if your a tablet developer.

Download the New SDK for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Use the latest SDK to build ink-enabled applications for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, which includes improved handwriting recognition, access to digitizer data in real time, and improved inking components.

Tablet Developer tools

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:12:00 GMT

Microsoft recently posted a link to some free (and paid for the Pro edition) Tablet developer tools. If your looking to add Journal like features to your apps, this is a quick and easy way to get there.

Agilix InfiNotes Tech Preview Release
Agilix InfiNotes(TM) is a RAD note-taking framework for the Tablet PC Developer. Shorten development time by dragging Journal-like note-taking capabilities into your existing applications rather than writing this code yourself. InfiNotes installs and integrates into the Visual Studio 2003 environment and is available from the ToolBox Tab. For more information or to download the free software, please see www.infinotes.com. To read more about InfiNotes, see Adding Journal-like Functionality to Your Ink-Enabled Application.

Web services in .NET Framework 2.0

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:08:00 GMT

New MSDN Article worth a read:
Data Binding and Event-Based Asynchronous Programming look like fun.

New Features for Web Service Developers in Beta 1 of the .NET Framework 2.0
Introduction
The .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 1 release represents a significant milestone for the Web services and XML Serialization stack in the .NET Framework. The enhancements in this release are centered on delivering a mature platform that makes it even easier to develop connected systems with Web services. Developers who have built Web services using previous versions of the Framework will be happy to find this version delivers many of the features and enhancements they've asked for. [Read on]

XCopy a DB -- A true mindshift...

Benjamin Zamora — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:02:00 GMT

Read it all...

SSE and Visual Studio ** Xcopy Mindshift **

Adding databases with SSE (SQL Server Express) to Visual Studio

At the announcment for Visual Studio and SSE, they talked about the Xcopy functionality. I should explain a bit about what this means in practical terms for Visual Studio. [Read On]