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Introduction to Visual Studio Team System
Ken Jones provides a framework for utilizing Visual Studio Team System, (VSTS), to support a development team and build better applications.
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Prototype and Script.aculo.us: spending weekends at home again
Script.aculo.us creator Thomas Fuchs gives an overview of the concepts and functionality of both Prototype and the script.aculo.us libraries.
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Democratizing the Cloud
The web is rocking the world of developers. Hence, at Microsoft, they are trying to stretch the .NET framework to cover the Cloud such that applications can be developed and run anywhere.
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Component Based Architectures
Mark Miller introduces Component Based Architecture theory using real examples and whiteboard. Learn how a small team can become a competitive advantage using a component based architecture.
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CLR Garbage Collector
Justin Smith presents the internals of the .NET Garbage Collector. Learn about heap allocations, the GC Algorithms, Multiprocessor considerations, and the IDisposable pattern.
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Building Real World Apps with Atlas
Wally McClure introduces ASP.NET AJAX, a development technology from Microsoft which integrates cross-browser client script libraries with the ASP.NET 2.0 development framework.
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NET Windows Forms Tips and Tricks
Ken Getz demonstrates advanced Winforms techniques such as owner-drawn controls, exposing protected info & new control behaviour using inheritance, thread synchronization with Winforms, and much more.
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Event Patterns
Ian Cartwright presents some of his work (developed with Martin Fowler) on event patterns: Event Sourcing, Event Collaboration, Parallel Model, and Retroactive Event.
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Windows Presentation Foundation: The Future of Windows
Ian Griffiths shows the key features of WPF such as XAML, composition, layout, animation, and data binding, while also showing why WPF differs so radically from Win32.
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Ajax Development with ASP.NET
Nikhil Lothari demonstrates features in ASP.NET Ajax to enrich Web apps including how to apply Ajax patterns & best practices for for incorporating and encapsulating script functionality.
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Architecting for SOA
Beat Schwegler shows how service-orientation affects architecture, introduces the notion of a service model between the business and technology models, and suggests a smooth migration via refactoring.
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Deploying & Maintaining Smart Client Apps using ClickOnce
Cathy Gero goes explains ClickOnce which allows the deployment of Windows-based rich client apps by placing the app files on a Web or file server and providing the user with a link.