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Debugging ADO.NET Data Services...with Fiddler2
Debugging ADO.NET Data Services...with Fiddler2
June 7, 2008

Url: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Sites
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Sites
June 6, 2008

I've updated several of our sites that contain Silverlight 2 Beta 2 projects/apps.  Here they are:

The Document Outline in Visual Studio 2008
The Document Outline in Visual Studio 2008
June 6, 2008

Something I never noticed before is the Document Outline window in Visual Studio (2008?).  When editing large XAML files this is particularly useful to help navigate the tree of elements.

Upgrading your Silverlight 2 Projects to Beta 2?
Upgrading your Silverlight 2 Projects to Beta 2?
June 6, 2008

UPDATED: Essentially, no one else did write a bunch of upgrading blogs so I've amended this blog post to include more infomation on how to upgrade your projects.

Using ADO.NET Data Services in Silverlight 2 Beta 2
Using ADO.NET Data Services in Silverlight 2 Beta 2
June 6, 2008

Url: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb931106.aspx

What's Changed in Silverlight 2 Beta 2?
What's Changed in Silverlight 2 Beta 2?
June 6, 2008

Url: http://silverlight.net/getstarted

Silverlight Beta 2 Announced - Silverlight Tour Follows Suit
Silverlight Beta 2 Announced - Silverlight Tour Follows Suit
June 3, 2008

Url: http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusin...

Regionate Can Cause LINQ to SQL to Fail
Regionate Can Cause LINQ to SQL to Fail
May 24, 2008

Url: http://www.rauchy.net/regionerate/

Microsoft Announces Source Code Analysis for C#
Microsoft Announces Source Code Analysis for C#
May 23, 2008

Url: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis/R...

ADO.NET Data Services Bug...
ADO.NET Data Services Bug...
May 22, 2008

There is a bug in the current ADO.NET Data Services that ships with .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta 1.  The problem involves saving related data.  If the child object requires the relationship to the parent object, the update fails.

Quiet Please...Digging Into ADO.NET Data Services
Quiet Please...Digging Into ADO.NET Data Services
May 19, 2008

Now that .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 have been Beta'd, I've been spending a lot of time digging deep into the ADO.NET Data Services in that release. Because of this, i've been very quiet.  Look for this blog to get very loud in June after TechEd (no, I won't be there). 

San Francisco Silverlight Tour Stop (May 28th) Only Has Five Seats Left!
San Francisco Silverlight Tour Stop (May 28th) Only Has Five Seats Left!
May 16, 2008

Url: http://www.silverlight-tour.com

Upgrading Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services to SP1
Upgrading Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services to SP1
May 15, 2008

I've known Julie Lerman (or is it Julia these days ;) for a long time now.  She's an excellent resource for everything data related.  In particular she's been keeping up with the Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services (formerly Astoria) updates in .NET 3.5 and VS SP1 Beta that was just released this week.  If you are upgrading projects (like I am), she has two excellent blog posts about how to upgrade your projects:

Uploading and Silverlight
Uploading and Silverlight
May 15, 2008

Url: http://www.wilcob.com/Wilco/Silverlight/file-up...

JavaFX Announced...
JavaFX Announced...
May 7, 2008

Url: http://www.javafx.com/

Executing Code on the UI Thread in Silverlight 2
Executing Code on the UI Thread in Silverlight 2
May 6, 2008

Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/silverlightcros...

Brad Abrams' ASP.NET Providers Example
Brad Abrams' ASP.NET Providers Example
May 5, 2008

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2008/05/03/...

Improved Version of Deep Zoom Composer Now Available
Improved Version of Deep Zoom Composer Now Available
May 3, 2008

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2008/0...

Adobe to open FLV and SWF formats
Adobe to open FLV and SWF formats
May 1, 2008

Url: http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/

Creating a Pseudo-Dialog with Silverlight's Popup Control
Creating a Pseudo-Dialog with Silverlight's Popup Control
May 1, 2008

Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/popupfun.zip

The Hard Part of Software Development
The Hard Part of Software Development
April 23, 2008

I've spent a lot of time the last few weeks looking at some of the new buzz words in software development. Domain specific languages, dynamic languages, TDD, DDD, *DD, etc.. Most of these ideas have definite benefits to the work of software development but I think they miss the mark on what is really hard in software.

New Silverlight Tour Stops!
New Silverlight Tour Stops!
April 21, 2008

Url: http://www.silverlight-tour.com

Reading Silverlight Embedded XAML
Reading Silverlight Embedded XAML
April 15, 2008

Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/SeeMyXaml.zip

Meetup in Seattle
Meetup in Seattle
April 7, 2008

Url: http://www.geekdinners.com/DinnerInstance.aspx?...