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ADO.NET Data Services, JSON, and PowerShell
Recently, I’ve been experimenting more with ADO.NET Data Services as a simple way of enabling...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/08/2009
More on IE 7 Compatibility Mode
I’ve mentioned a couple of workarounds for a specific issue with the ASP.NET Menu control in...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 04/07/2009
Hotfix for asp:menu IE8 Rendering Issue
A while back, I wrote about some workarounds to a problem in how the ASP.NET Menu server control...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/31/2009
Presentation Tier Cheat-Sheet
Need to figure out which technology to choose for your presentation tier? Here’s a useful...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/30/2009
Silverlight Contrib 2009.1.0 Released!
I’m a little late with this, as the release was announced at the end of last month, but since I’ve...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/24/2009
Events This Week – March 23rd, 2009
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/23/2009
LOL DE
Fun with photo manipulation from Frank La Vigne at MIX09: (this one’s for you, Darcy!)
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/20/2009
MIX09 Day 1
Wow. Quite a day. I’m not going to try to summarize all the information that came out, as there have...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/19/2009
Greetings from Vegas
Are you ready for some great tech news this week? Well, stay tuned here and to the Live MIX site for...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/18/2009
Events This Week – March 16th, 2009
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/16/2009
Rebel DE Yell
I may regret this at some point, but for those who missed my growl-fest at the MVP Summit last week,...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/11/2009
MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow Schedule Update
Unfortunately have some bad news to share. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to cancel our...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 03/06/2009
10-4 Episode 10: Making Web Deployment Easier
OK, so some of this stuff would have been (and still would be) very helpful during my recent updates...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/27/2009
MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow Q3 Resources
Thanks to all the folks who came out for Tuesday’s MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow in Reston, VA. Below...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/27/2009
Craftsmanship, Quality, Dogma, and Pragmatism
Steve Smith has some interesting things to say about one of the passionate debates of the day among...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/25/2009
Family.Show v3 Released
One of the more fun and compelling sample applications for WPF, which I demoed this morning at the...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/24/2009
Sidebar Gadget Templates
One of the UX technologies I mentioned during my talk for the MSDN Roadshow today was the Sidebar...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/24/2009
Last Chance to Register for the MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow in Reston, VA
Tuesday, February 24th is the kickoff of the next MSDN Roadshow tour, in Reston, VA. We’ve still got...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/23/2009
What was THAT All About?
Folks who follow me on Twitter (or those who follow a number of other folks) might have noticed...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/23/2009
Events This Week – February 23rd, 2009
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/23/2009
New Windows 7 Blog Series
Denny Boynton, a fellow Microsoft Evangelist, has started a new blog series on Windows 7 that looks...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/20/2009
.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace Poster
A couple of nights ago, I presented on web development fundamentals at the CMAP .NET Essentials SIG....
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/20/2009
MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow Kicks Off Next Week
We’ll be in Reston, VA next week to talk about all things Windows Client. Here’s the session list:...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/20/2009
Useful CSS tools
Here’s a collection of useful tools for generating CSS layouts, tabs, rounded corners, etc.:...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/18/2009
Community Megaphone and UGSS
Two great apps that work great together: “Hey, you got your event in my UGSS!” “No, you got your...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/17/2009
Events This Week – February 17th, 2009
A day late this week, but here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/17/2009
Managing SSL Transitions
While getting ready to roll out some new functionality for Community Megaphone, I decided to go...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/16/2009
Designing Good Web Forms
Came across this really thorough and interesting article on form design and development via Jeff...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/13/2009
Maturity
This is a nice example of maturity. It’s not always easy to recognize when something you want really...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/12/2009
SOLID Development in Pictures
While I can’t claim to be a huge adherent of any particular set of development principles (I admire...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/12/2009
The 0 Dark 30 Experiment – A Month In
I mentioned in a previous post that I’d been getting up earlier lately, as an experiment to see what...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/10/2009
Drag and Drop in Silverlight 2
Shawn Wildermuth has posted a nice simple example of drag and drop in Silverlight 2. If you’ve been...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/09/2009
MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow - Correction
My thanks to Steve Presley, who noticed that I posted the wrong date for the upcoming MSDN...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/09/2009
Transparent PNGs in IE6 (and 5.5)
Wanted to pass along a couple of useful links found via Steve Andrews on twitter, each deals with...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/09/2009
Events This Week – February 9th, 2009
Good Monday Morning to you! Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/09/2009
Screencast: Live Mesh Video Player
Brian Gorbett has posted a nice screencast demonstrating how to build a Silverlight video player...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/06/2009
MSDN Roadshow – Windows Client Technologies
The MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow rides again…our next series of roadshow events kicks off later this...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/06/2009
MVVM for WPF
If you’re interested in improving the architecture and testability of your WPF applications, you may...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/05/2009
When Presentations Attack!
Scott Hanselman has shared a great story about the things that can happen before (and during) a...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/04/2009
Got BoF?
Via INETA, a reminder that the call for Birds of a Feather sessions for Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 is...
Author: DEvHammer Date: 02/04/2009