Brad Abrams
Design Guidelines, Managed code and the .NET Framework
Framework Design Guidelines slides from PDC2008 Talk
Yesterday, Krys and I did a talk on Framework Design Guidelines and how they changed from when we...
Author: BradA Date: 10/29/2008
Enabling Firefox support in Visual Studio 2008
In the comments on a recent post a reader asked me how to enabled Firefox in Visual Studio...
Author: BradA Date: 10/29/2008
AjaxWorld Talk: Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2
It was another fun day AjaxWorld. I had a good time during my talk Silverlight 2. ...
Author: BradA Date: 10/21/2008
AjaxWorld Talk: Building a Great Ajax application from Scratch
I had a great time today at AjaxWorld during my talk on building a great Ajax Application from...
Author: BradA Date: 10/19/2008
Framework Design Guidelines Talk @ PDC2008
I am very excited to be giving a Framework Design Guidelines talk at the PDC this year. ...
Author: BradA Date: 10/18/2008
Silverlight 2 Interview on HerdingCode PodCast
Earlier this week Tim Heuer and I got a chance to be interviewed on the HerdingCode podcast. ...
Author: BradA Date: 10/17/2008
On My Way to AjaxWorld!
I have very excited to be going to AjaxWorld in San Jose, CA next week. I love getting a...
Author: BradA Date: 10/17/2008
Some Great Information Posted on the Silverlight 2 DataGrid
Scott Morrison has a great post on the Silverlight 2 DataGird. There is everything you ever...
Author: BradA Date: 10/16/2008
Framework Design Guidelines 2nd Edition: Order Yours Now!
Amazon just put Framework Design Guidelines 2nd Edition up for pre-order. If you are coming to...
Author: BradA Date: 10/14/2008
.NET Framework: What do you use?
One of the common things we discuss on the .NET Framework product team is around the popularity of...
Author: BradA Date: 10/13/2008
Simple Introduction to Extensible Applications with the Managed Extensions Framework
Recently my team has been working on the Managed Extensions Framework (MEF)... I have gotten a...
Author: BradA Date: 09/29/2008
CSLA.NET Comes to Silverlight
I have heard many customers ask about building business applications on Silverlight... the union of...
Author: BradA Date: 09/28/2008
Evolving a .NET Framework 2.0 Application to .NET Framework 3.5
I reader recently forwarded me an interesting case study that covers a very common scenario: Porting...
Author: BradA Date: 09/11/2008
Managed Extensibility Framework released on CodePlex
I am super jazzed that we released the Managed Extensibility Framework CTP2 on CodePlex. ...
Author: BradA Date: 09/06/2008
Building Business Applications with Silverlight?
I'd love to hear feedback and thoughts you have about building business focused applications with...
Author: BradA Date: 09/05/2008
Looks like I created a new word: Peanut Buttering
Back in the early days of VS2008 planning, I captured some of our thoughts on planning and looks...
Author: BradA Date: 09/03/2008
VS2008 Multitargeting Gets Even Better with SP1
One of my favorite features of VS2008 is the ability to target older versions of the .NET Framework....
Author: BradA Date: 09/02/2008
Book Plug: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5
I recently got a copy of Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5. This...
Author: BradA Date: 08/22/2008
FxCop 1.36 Released
David Kean announces FxCop 1.36 Release Here are a few of the goodness from David's blog: 200+ bug...
Author: BradA Date: 08/20/2008
CLR Updates in .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Kevin Frie, development lead for core parts of the CLR recently posted about what CLR updates that...
Author: BradA Date: 08/19/2008
What Changed in .NET Framework 3.5 SP1?
Patrick Smacchia, of NDepend fame, has done a detailed, low level look at exactly what changed in...
Author: BradA Date: 08/18/2008
Framework Design Guidelines 2nd Edition Available today on Rough Cuts
Krys and I just finished writing the update to the framework design guidelines and you are can...
Author: BradA Date: 08/16/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Allows managed code to be launched from a network share!
This has got to be one of the most consistently asked for "features" of .NET from the...
Author: BradA Date: 08/14/2008
Some Results from Visual Studio and .NET Framework Developer Documentation Survey
Recently our documentation team hosted a survey on how you use VS and .NET Framework...
Author: BradA Date: 08/11/2008
New Web Developer Tips and Tricks Blog
We recently launched a very cool tips and tricks blog series just for web developers. The goal...
Author: BradA Date: 08/08/2008
PodCast: Glenn Block on Prism, Unity, and MEF
HerdingCode has recently posted a PodCast with Glenn Block where he talks about Prism, Unity and, of...
Author: BradA Date: 08/06/2008
100+ PDC Sessions Posted
I just saw that we released another round of PDC sessions... This is the first PDC for years where I...
Author: BradA Date: 08/04/2008
New Tools for Framework Designers Published
Mircea recently published a set of tools we have been using recently in design and Architecture...
Author: BradA Date: 08/03/2008
DropThings: Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal - new and improved
Omar AL Zabir (author of Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5) updated his very cool ASP.NET...
Author: BradA Date: 07/21/2008
A Live Mesh Moment
While I was out in the bush near Krueger national park in South Africa recently I found a great use...
Author: BradA Date: 07/15/2008
Very Simple .NET Thumbnail Creation Code
When I was working the update for my Ajax demo, I needed to create thumb nail from a director of...
Author: BradA Date: 07/10/2008
Great User Experience Example in a Business Application
DNR-TV has a great talk\demo with Billy Hollis on a next generation business applications in WPF and...
Author: BradA Date: 07/07/2008
ASP.NET Ajax Roadmap Published
Bertrand recently published our roadmap for ASP.NET Ajax. Our goal is to describe some of the...
Author: BradA Date: 07/04/2008
WPF Composite Application Guidance is Live
A very common pattern for business focused applications is the "Composite Application...
Author: BradA Date: 07/03/2008
Loving the South African Developer Community
I just got back from South Africa and I am happy to report that the .NET Developer community is very...
Author: BradA Date: 07/01/2008
Updated Talk: Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
For my Mix Essentials talk in South Africa I updated my Mix08 talk Building Great AJAX Applications...
Author: BradA Date: 06/30/2008
ASP.NET Dynamic Data: Customizing the UI
In my last post on Dynamic Data, I showed what Dynamic Data adds to the current ASP.NET data...
Author: BradA Date: 06/27/2008
Data focused Silverlight demo
Yet still more time on traveling, I thought I'd do a little demo of a data oriented scenario with...
Author: BradA Date: 06/26/2008
WatermarkedTextBox for Silverlight 2 Beta 2
One breaking change you may have noticed between Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and Beta 2 is that...
Author: BradA Date: 06/24/2008
Using ASP.NET Authentication in a Web Service with Silverlight
A reader recently asked me to expand on the ASP.NET Authentication + Silverlight concept I started.....
Author: BradA Date: 06/23/2008
ASP.NET DynamicData: An Introductory Demo
I had a bit more time on my travels, so I cooked up this brief introduction to Dynamic Data. I...
Author: BradA Date: 06/20/2008
Updated Silverlight FlickR demo for Beta2
I had a little time while traveling to South Africa so I thought I'd update my Silverlight FlickR...
Author: BradA Date: 06/19/2008
Silverlight talk at AjaxWorld
I am pretty exited to be going to AjaxWorld (Oct 20-22) in San Jose.... I will be at least giving a...
Author: BradA Date: 06/12/2008
.NET Rocks! on ASP.NET Dynamic Data
The great folks over in DNR land just posted Scott Hunter's interview on ASP.NET Dynamic Data! ...
Author: BradA Date: 06/11/2008
Silverlight Roles, Profile and Authentication Example Updated for Silverlight Beta2 Now with Visual State Manager (VSM) goodness!
I am very excited about Silverlight Beta2 shipping recently... I took a few minutes to update...
Author: BradA Date: 06/08/2008
Visual Studio and .NET Framework Developer Documentation Survey
The developer focused documentation on the .NET Framework and VS is some of the best in the...
Author: BradA Date: 06/05/2008
Managed Extensibility Framework Preview Available
A few months ago we announced that we are working on a Managed Externality Framework and there was a...
Author: BradA Date: 06/04/2008
TechEd2008 from your Couch
Seeing on the buzz from TechEd, I am bummed not to be there... I could not justify the trip to the...
Author: BradA Date: 06/04/2008
Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June
I am very excited that Joe Stagner and I will be heading to South Africa the week of June...
Author: BradA Date: 05/29/2008
Welcome to PDC08!
I can't believe it, it is PDC time again! We are back in LA Oct 27th-30th, I hope you can make...
Author: BradA Date: 05/28/2008