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Volume 14, Number 22 | October 25, 2010

 
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Free eBook: Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Still using Visual Studio 2008? Oops, you said 2005? Maybe 2003? We're pleased to announce another free offering from Microsoft Press (336 pages).


31 Days of Windows Phone 7

Jeff Blankenburg is posting every day in October on Windows Phone 7 development. Check the topics he has covered so far.


Watch PDC10, Live from the Redmond Campus, October 28 and 29

Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is sold out, but you can still participate via the live broadcast, starting at 9:00 A.M. Pacific time. Also: Attend a Microsoft PDC near you.


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MVVM Light Toolkit for Silverlight and WPF
The MVVM Light Toolkit is a set of components helping people to get started with the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in Silverlight and WPF. It is a light and pragmatic framework that contains only the essential components needed.


Enterprise Library Integration Pack for Silverlight - What Do You Want to See in It?
What are the top five features from Enterprise Library 5.0 which you, as a Silverlight line-of-business (LOB) app developer, could have benefited from if only they were available on the Silverlight platform today? Tell us your opinion before November 1, 2010.


What the Heck Is Joomla!?
Joomla! is an award-winning content management system (CMS) that enables you to build websites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made Joomla! the most popular website software available.


Introduction to the Windows Threadpool
The Windows Kernel team regularly receives feedback that the Win32 Threadpool API is complex and that there is a need for better examples. To improve this situation, they offer here three wrapper C++ classes which provide the following: queuing work items, associating callbacks with events, and timer functionality. You can directly use these wrapper classes or look at the source to understand how to use the Threadpool APIs.


Monetize Your Windows Phone 7 Apps
Maximize your advertising revenue on your Windows Phone 7 application. To get started, download the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7 and register your WP7 app using Microsoft Advertising's Solution for Windows Phone 7.


What Kind of Cloud Are You?
Microsoft cloud services have you covered. We've created a quiz that'll introduce you to some resources specifically suited to address your concerns.


AppHub Windows Phone 7 Developer Portal - One Stop Shop
Visit AppHub as your Windows Phone 7 developer portal. Not only is there a library of technical content and resources, but in a single location you can download the final Windows Phone 7 toolkit, register for Marketplace, and upload your app into Marketplace when you're ready. (Note: Marketplace is currently open for early access app submission. If you have an app ready to be uploaded, be sure you're already registered for Marketplace for your invitation to early submission access.)


Overview of Options for Migrating Data and Schema to SQL Azure
A good option for migrating an on-premises SQL Server to SQL Azure is to use the Script Generating Wizard in SQL Server Management Studio and a custom bcp utility command-line script generated from Transact-SQL. This white paper will show you how to accomplish this. For migrating Microsoft Access, MySQL, and other databases that are not SQL Server use the SQL Server Migration Assistant.


What's New in Internet Explorer 9?
The improvements to Internet Explorer are as much about what you don't see as what you do. Internet Explorer 9 has a streamlined design, fewer dialog boxes to click through, more intuitive navigation, and many new features that speed up your web browsing experience. Download IE9 today.


 


 


 
Sandboxed JavaScript Natives: Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
Since their inception, popular frameworks such as ExtJS, MooTools, and Prototype have customized JavaScript by augmenting the prototypes of natives. Despite its advantages, the extension of global natives introduces several complications.


Silverlight Firestarter December 2, 2010
This follow-up to October's PDC is the developer event for Silverlight. It's a global event open to all developers through online participation. We have seating for 400 attendees in Building 33 in the main Microsoft campus in Redmond. Register to attend in person or online.


Why Not Turn Your Mobile App Ideas into Money Makers?
Prior to your submitting an app to Marketplace (and telling all your friends and family to download it!), you will need to register as a developer and create an account. As Marketplace is currently open for early access app submissions and by invitation only to registered developers, you'll not want to wait to register. If you're ready to upload an app, be sure to understand the application requirements and policies for apps and games submission.


SharePoint Enterprise Search Developer Training
Explore a series of hands-on labs, presentations, and videos that demonstrate how to enable high-end enterprise search with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for Search and Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.


Developer Introduction to Windows Server AppFabric: Hosting Services
This Ramp Up track provides you with the initial knowledge needed to build services and workflows and to understand how to configure and manage them using Windows Server AppFabric. No prior workflow or web services experience is necessary.


Get Started with SQL Server 2008 R2
Discover the many new features and benefits of developing with SQL Server 2008 R2 as discussed by Paul Rubens on his latest MSDN article posted on devx.com. SQL Server 2008 R2 adds even higher mission critical scale, more efficient server management and expanded reporting and analytics for self service Business Intelligence to the SQL Server platform. Click here to read the full article on why you should consider SQL Server 2008 R2.


Attend PASS Summit 2010
PASS Summit 2010 is the largest and most renowned Microsoft SQL Server and BI conference in the world, delivering the most technical sessions, the highest-rated sessions and speakers, and the greatest access to the Microsoft SQL Server development, SQL CAT, business intelligence, and Customer service and support teams of any SQL Server event.


Bytes by MSDN: A Chat with Todd Anglin About Silveright and Windows Phone 7
In this Bytes by MSDN video, Zain Naboulsi chats with Todd Anglin, Chief Evangelist from Telerik, about Silveright and Windows Phone 7. Tune in to find out why Todd thinks Windows Phone 7 is huge for developers and how he's bringing his Silverlight expertise to mobile.


 


 


 


 
 
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