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I was a VB developer for several years (VB5/6) before .NET came on the scene, and I started doing most of my work in C# (though I still can do VB in a pinch, and often need to translate to/from it for articles, etc.).  I've been learning all about LINQ this summer at Tech Ed, PDC, MVP Summit, etc. and it's largely being pushed by Anders and the C# team, which kind of implies that it's mainly a C# oriented technology (although they do say it will "also" work on VB).  Today I saw LINQ o ... [ read more ]
This release includes the new XInput SDK component, plus graphics samples, tools, documentation, and pre-release components of the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio (XACT) and the 2.0 Common Language Runtime in Managed DirectX.
So Wally posted how to get the JavaScript proxy to call a WebService from a page in Atlas.  It's probably obvious to most, but I went ahead and did a little Hello World app in Atlas.  Here are the steps to make a WebService call with Atlas.  Note: You should have Atlas installed. Create a new Atlas Web Project.  Add a new WebService called HelloWorld.asmx and add a WebMethod called HelloMe that takes a String called Name and returns a String. <WebMethod()> _ ... [ read more ]
- Office 2003 SP2. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en - Sysinternals' Autoruns and Process Explorer. http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/autoruns.html and http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html . Related: Mark Russinovich's blog. http://www.sysinternals.com/Blog/ - Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) PPTs (six of them!) from PDC 2005. http://www.windowsworkflow.net/default.aspx?tabindex=3 ... [ read more ]
Scoble mentions how Java kind of bashes the fact that Microsoft is building WPF to make a big move even more into smart client applications.  You kind of get the sense that Scoble's going back and forth on which is better, web applications or smart clients and some people in the comments, give him some crap for it, but the core idea is dead on: Both Web Applications and Smart Clients have their own individual advantages and to say one is better than the other is fine, but irrelivant.&nbs ... [ read more ]


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