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Azure May CTP is out

And, it’s got support for VS2010 Beta 1. This is amazingly cool.  I downloaded and installed the Azure May CTP (both the SDK and the Visual Studio Tools (link here ). Being that ‘let’s see if we can break this’ kind of person, I ran the same sample...

Posted 01 June 2009 02:53 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET General, Azure

Not so Hidden Gems in VS 2010

I’m just going to assume that all readers of my blog know that Visual Studio 2010 Beta one has been released . I’ve been running it almost exclusively since I downloaded and installed it. There’s a lot to like. For this first post, I’m going to limit...

Posted 26 May 2009 05:25 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, .NET General, C# General, DevCenterPosts

Live Framework and custom resource types

I’ll start this post with a couple caveats. I’m learning the Live Framework SDK, just everyone else. This (and upcoming) blog posts on the Live Framework are based on my initial learning on Live Framework. All the usual disclaimers apply. My plan is to...

Posted 09 April 2009 10:13 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, .NET General, C# General, Live Framework

First looks at the Live Framework SDK

I took some time to create the MyPhotos sample for the Live Framework SDK (currently in CTP). I’m impressed with the consistency of the programming model.  You can get quite a bit done using just a few objects: A LiveOperatingEnvironment, Mesh, MeshObject...

Posted 21 January 2009 04:32 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, .NET General, Live Framework

Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL

1/16: Updated with corrections from Readers. I’d hoped to completely avoid any discussion surrounding the future (or futures) of Entity Framework and Linq2Sql. And yet, my LINQ talks at CodeMash got hijacked with questions about these two libraries...

Posted 15 January 2009 05:14 PM by wwagner | 7 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, .NET General

Learning new languages with VSM

This month’s VSM has a pair of articles by me and Kathleen Dollard that were great fun to write, and I believe they’ll be useful to a wide audience. My regular C# corner column discusses what every VB Developer should know about C#. Kathleen’s column...

Posted 01 December 2008 11:31 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: C#, articles, .NET General, C# General, DevCenterPosts

Charlie Calvert and I on Deep Fried Bytes

Deep Fried Bytes #19 went live on Friday. Charlie Calvert and I got cornered by Keith and Woody while at PDC for a quick chat about C# futures, our book, and other cool stuff was announced at PDC. We had a brief discussion on C# 4.0, other language innovations...

Posted 16 November 2008 08:10 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Me, C#, .NET General

PDC Day 2

Once again, I’m posting my thoughts on day 2 a bit later than most.  My thoughts around the business ramifications of the keynote announcements went out in Matt Roush’s Great Lakes IT Report this morning.  You can read them archived here. From...

Posted 29 October 2008 06:35 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, .NET General

PDC Day One

Keynote:  Windows Azure Editors note:  I wrote a piece for a regional newsletter on the business ramifications of Azure. That’s posted here . Now that it’s live, I’ll add my comments on Windows Azure from a technical side. In addition to the...

Posted 28 October 2008 11:10 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: .NET General

Excerpts of “More Effective C#” posted on InformIT

Three different items from More Effective C# have been posted publicly on the InformIT site: Item 36:  Understand how Query Expressions Map to Method Calls . Linq is built on two concepts: A query language and a translation from that query language...

Posted 22 October 2008 08:58 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: Effective C#, Me, C#, .NET General, C# General

What .NET Library Features do you use?

Scott Hanselman posted a survey (one little question) on what features do you use in the .NET framework: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SurveyTimeWhatNETFrameworkFeaturesDoYouUse.aspx On the off chance that one of my two readers haven't heard of Scott...

Posted 14 October 2008 10:48 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, .NET General, C# General

Cloud Computing: A new place for my stuff?

One of the big areas of coverage for this year's PDC ( http://www.microsoftpdc.com ) is Microsoft's cloud computing platform. You've already seen some of the concept with LiveMesh ( www.LiveMesh.net ). The long list of talks on cloud computing...

Posted 24 September 2008 10:47 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: upcoming attractions, .NET General

Euler Problem 10

Patrick posted his solution earlier this week. I figure it was time to add mine. Also, Octavio Hernandez pointed out in the comments to problem 8 that he had discussed similar code constructs in his blog a while back. Problem 10 asks for the sum of all...

Posted 31 August 2008 01:05 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, .NET General, C# General, DevCenterPosts, Euler

Code from Lightning Talk: Compiler Tricks

My last Lightning Talk should how you can mix constructor calls and object initializers. It's a useful technique that can keep you from writing too much code you don't need. To see what I mean, start with this simple person class: 1: class Person...

Posted 30 August 2008 05:53 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: C#, .NET General, C# General, DevCenterPosts

This is all Seth Godin's fault

Or, what I think about the Alt.Net Vote of No Confidence on the Entity Framework. Almost a month ago, some folks post the Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence petition. I didn't say anything at that time for a few reasons: I was on vacation, something...

Posted 28 July 2008 06:19 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Me, .NET General