Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

published 17 days, 17 hours ago, submitted by simonech 17 days, 23 hours ago

weblogs.asp.net — ScottGu unveils the plans for Silverlight 3, shipping next year read more...

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Silverlight Toolkit Released on CodePlex!

published 1 month, 6 days ago, submitted by pbrooks 1 month, 6 days ago

codeplex.com — The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input. read more...

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Free Winforms and ASP.NET Chart Controls

published 1 month, 7 days ago, submitted by johnsheehan 1 month, 10 days ago

coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com — Directly from Microsoft read more...

2 comments | category: Products | Views: 595

Two ASP.NET/VS 2008 Performance Tricks That Even Microsoft Didn't Know

published 2 months, 18 days ago, submitted by adamtibi 2 months, 20 days ago

adamtibi.net — Two interesting ASP.NET with Visual Studio 2008 performance tips that were not documented and discovered by chance read more...

2 comments | category: Visual Studio | Views: 682

MSDN Social Bookmarks

danrigsby.com — MSDN Social Bookmarks was released today. This is a candid look at what it's all about and why you should consider using it. read more...

1 comment | category: Community | Views: 349

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

published 3 months, 10 days ago, submitted by Yura 3 months, 21 days ago

effectize.com — If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list. read more...

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How To Design State Sharing In A Peer Network

msdn2.microsoft.com — This article is all about peer-enabling business applications by allowing them to share state in a serverless peer network. Before getting into the details of a sample app, I want to talk about some of the various ways that people typically try to share state in a peer network, as well as the pros and cons of those approaches. Finally, I'll show you a sample application called WeSpend, a tool for tracking your bank book ledger. This application automatically synchronizes data with all other instances of itself on your home network. read more...

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SQL Server 2008 Express is now live!

published 3 months, 22 days ago, submitted by wisemx 3 months, 23 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — I promised an update on SQL Express availability in my last post about the release of SQL Server 2008 so here it is. SQL Server 2008 Express is now available along with the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is a prerequisite and Visual Studio Express SP1. As I mentioned, there are two more editions of SQL Express on the way. There are a number of prerequisites for SQL Server 2008 that you will have to install on your own before installing SQL Express. Here is the list and basic instructions: read more...

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