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As Jimmy blogged, "

The IronRuby team is pleased to announce a new release of IronRuby: IronRuby 0.6!

Download IronRuby 0.6

You can also get the source code for this release"

As some people noticed on Facebook already, its my birthday today! And I am 47 already...

ASP.NET/Web Programming

• Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should Know
• JavaScript for the ASP.NET Developer

WPF

• Rick Strahl's WPF Localization Guidance Paper Posted on CodePlex

Connected Systems (WCF, WF, Azure Services, etc)

• Windows Azure, A conversation with David Chappell
• Using FindBySubjectDistinguishedName
• Dublin TAP program open for nominations
• WF 3.5 Hands On Labs Updated
• Binary HTTP Binding
• David Chappell - Good Books
• {VIDEO] Identity & Cloud Services

ALT.NET/Software Design

• Updated TDD Productivity Plug-in for Resharper
• Asynchronous methods, C# iterators, and Tasks
• Videos from the Norwegian Developers Conference
• Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume 1 BETA 2 Release

Via Dmitry Lyalin…

In this episode we start by talking about Cutting the cable, DTV conversion, Internet Explorer 8 and Drinking the Kool-Aid. Finally we jump into our interview with Zain Naboulsi talking about Online Virtual Worlds (example: Second Life, Facebook, etc) and their impact on the Microsoft technology community

Click Here To Listen!

Related Resources:

• Zain Naboulsi’s Blog
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
• Adam Kinney’s Blog Post: Microsoft Teams and Products on Twitter
  • http://www.adamkinney.com/blog/408/default.aspx
• Second Life .NET User Group
  • http://sldnug.net/Home.aspx
• User Group Support
  • http://www.usergroupsupportservices.com/
  • http://www.ineta.org
  • http://www.communitymegaphone.com
• Media Center DTV issues:
  • Ed Bott’s Report: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1056
  • The Hack: http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2009/06/14/1695364.aspx
• Solutions on Green Button:
  • http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/367826.aspx
• Explanation of how DTV works from MS on The Green Button:
  • http://thegreenbutton.com/blogs/media_center_and_me/archive/2009/06/05/365919.aspx
• IE8 10 Grand Contest:
  • http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/default.aspx

ASP.NET MVC/Web Programming

• How we do MVC - View Models
• VS2010 Beta 1 Web Application Project Database package and SMO Options
• ASP.NET 4.0 Enhancements to Data Controls

C#

• Community Convergence LI

Connected Systems (Azure, WF, WCF, etc)

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/29/09+
• Passing data into a Windows Workflow Foundation 4 workflow

 

SOA/WCF/REST/WF

• Jesus Rodriguez has his slide deck on WOA from SOAWorld 2009 available
• Also, he has Using WCF 4.0 XAML Services in the real world: Activating WCF Services from a Central Repository
• SOA Security Testing - XML Gateways
• WCF Load Test Tool 3.0 Beta
• Disposing a WCF Proxy
• A Bad Idea, EF Entities over WCF
• Mapping  WF 3 activities to WF4
• .NET Workflow Service v1 and .NET Framework 4

Patterns & Practices/Enterprise Library

• Enterprise Library 5.0: Architectural refactoring complete
• Video on what's coming in EntLib 5.0

ASP.NET and Web Programming

• JSON Hijacking
• Is It Too Late to Change JSON?
• Disabling Script Debugging with VS2010, Silverlight & IE8
• Expression Design Resources
• The Weekly Source Code 43 - ASP.NET MVC and T4 and NerdDinner

Agile/Architecture

• Martin Fowler says what I have been saying for years: Agilists and Architects: Allies not Adversaries
• Should some requirements be called out as "architectural" requirements?

I needed to re-enable service updates on my SA2 TiVo tonight and I’d forgotten how to toggle it after having disabled them when I first hacked my TiVo, and had a tough time finding the information so I figure I’ll post it to my blog so I’ll be able to find it again.

The key command is bootpage - use “bootpage -p /dev/hda” to see the current settings. Then, use “bootpage -P “…” /dev/hda” to change them. Specifically, change “upgradesoftware=false” to “upgradesoftware=true” or vice versa.

Tags: TiVo, hacks, reference

Connected Systems (Azure Services Platform, .NET Services, WCF, WF,  BizTalk)

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Links for 6/22/09+
• "Joint Venture": New Azure Multi-Business Enterprise Application (MEBA)
• The Microsoft Application Platform: A Perspective
• NDC 2009 - Get the Code! - various CSD technologies from Michele
• WF, WCF, Dublin Pre-Conference from DevDays

Via Dmitry Lyalin’s blog…

In this episode we start by talking to Andrew Brust on Microsoft’s move to kill the Oracle Data Provider and how the world is not coming to an end. Then, Peter and I talk again about his trip to JavaOne including HTML 5 vs. RIA applications (like Silverlight). Finally, we jump into Peter's JavaOne interview with Ted Neward on Project Stonehenge and interoperability between Java and .NET.

Click Here To Listen!

Related Resources:

• Apache Stonehenge Project:
  • http://incubator.apache.org/stonehenge/
• Microsoft Interoperability Bridges:
  • http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/
• ADO.NET Oracle Client Announcement:
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2009/06/15/system-data-oracleclient-update.aspx
• Andrew Brust quoted in Redmond Dev News about Oracle Client:
  • http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/06/16/microsoft-kills-oracle-data-provider-for-adonet.aspx
• Ted’s Blog:
  • http://blogs.tedneward.com/
• Andrew’s Blog:
  • http://www.brustblog.com
• Press coverage of Microsoft @ JavaOne:
  • http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Touts-NET-Java-Interoperability-at-JavaOne-685603/
  • http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/306354/microsoft_pitches_interoperability_javaone?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19262

Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4

• Visual Studio 2010 .net debugging resource
• Visual Studio 2010: Web application packaging and publishing
• WPF Data Binding: Lookup Tables

Software Development Tools

• NHibernate: Handling the Special Cases
• TestDriven.Net 2.22: What's New?

Oslo

• MSDN: New "Quadrant" Videos: "With these two videos we start what should be a series of videos on working with "Quadrant" as released in the "Oslo" May 09 CTP. The first is Exploring the "Oslo" Repository and Connecting to Data, showing how to connect to arbitrary databases and explore their content. The second is Using "M" to Create Custom Icons and Display Names, showing how to author "M" modules to configure these basic aspects of "Quadrant".

ASP.NET/VS2010 and NETFW 4

• Updates to FTP publishing in Visual Studio 2010

WF/WCF/REST/Identity Management

• Learning by example with 4 - All about the code samples you can download for WF/WCF 4.0
• Transactions are bad for REST
• Announcing FabrikamShipping, in-depth semi-realistic sample for the Geneva Framework
• Introduction to WF Designer Rehosting - Part 1 and Part 2

 

Thought I’d pass along this free training offer I got from Clare Gormley over at InnerWorkings. Sounds like a good deal in this economy!

Summer is finally here, and it’s the perfect chance to sharpen your current skills (or learn some new ones!), with this special free training offer for the INETA community.

Build your .NET skills - for free!
Through July 31st, InnerWorkings is giving away 7 hours of the latest hands-on .NET learning to any INETA member, no strings attached. This is your chance to sharpen your current skills or learn some new technologies at no cost, using InnerWorkings Developer. The 7 hours of .NET learning include the following technologies:

• ASP.NET MVC
• ADO.NET Data Services
• Silverlight 2
• Threading

Learn by doing
At  InnerWorkings, we believe in hands-on learning – check out our quick product tour for more information. Our learning environment is integrated with Visual Studio and our patented code-judging engine provides instant feedback on your solutions. Take us up on our offer and we're confident you'll see the value of our hands-on approach.

Tell a friend
This InnerWorkings offer is completely free to the entire INETA community, so please forward this email to your local members and to other INETA regional directors so they can share it with their members. Challenge your INETA group to learn with you! Remember, this free offer ends after July 31st so act today!

Cross-posted from Dmitry’s blog…

In this episode we talk with Peter about his visit to JavaOne in San Francisco. Then we discuss the new Bing 411 phone service, changes to the Bing API, the new Windows 7 Training Kit and MVC & Visual Studio 2010. Finally we jump into our interview with Laurence Moroney on Silverlight 3 beta, Smooth Streaming and more!

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=7

Related Resources:

• Bing 411 (Phone Search!)
• Bing API (with unlimited access for customer-facing applications!)
• Blog Post about MVC and VS 2010
• Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers
• Silverlight 3 Beta
• Visual Studio 2008 Express (Free!)
• Smooth Streaming for IIS (and experience a demo here)
• Laurence Moroney’s Blog
• Books by Laurence Moroney (Amazon Link)

Via Dani Diaz…

Learn about Windows Azure and Azure services which enable developers to easily create or extend their applications and services. From consumer-targeted applications and social networking web sites to enterprise class applications and services, these services make it easy for you to give your applications and services the most compelling experiences and features.

• 9:00-10:30 Introduction to Azure
• 10:45-12:15 Azure Storage
• 12:15-1:15 Working Lunch - Putting it together - Building a simple Azure Application
• 1:30-2:00 Azure Services (Service Bus, Workflow Services)
• 2:15-3:45 Azure Services (Access Control Service)
• 4:00-5:30 Introduction to Live Services

Register free at Microsoft Events.

Roger Jennings has his latest excellent links.

WF/Orcas

• Sequential and Flowchart modeling styles
• Introduction to Workflow Tracking in .NET 4.0 Beta 1
• Building Applications for Orcas - With the "Oslo" May 09 CTP, the MSDN Library now contains a number of additional topics covering more of the "big picture" of model-driven developmenr. These include a new Overview (with sub-topics), the Getting Started with "Oslo" Tutorial, and Building Applications with Oslo (with sub-topics).

Other

• JavaScript: Not your father's inheritance model - Part 1 and Part 2
• Code Contracts Primer - Part 3: Providing Support for Unit Tests
• .NET RIA Services roadmap update
• What's New for .Net Framework Security

Playing around quite a bit with jQuery while re-learning JavaScript. It's easy to see why people fall in love with it.

WCF/WF

• Breaking All The Rules with WCF - Scott Hanselman reminds us that true Interop is hard even using WCF
• Metadata Client Behaviors
• Mocking the Console

ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC/jQuery

• Binding in ASP.NET MVC
• Tip #76: Did you know...How to hide a non-visual control in your designer?
• 11 Keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster
• jQuery How To: Custom jQuery Selectors
• My friend, Joe Stagner asks "Lets Build an Application Together"
• ASP.NET MVC TDD using Visual Studio 2010

 

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos designed to help you learn how to build applications that shine on Windows 7.   Available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=12100526-ed26-476b-8e20-69662b8546c1    

Phil Haackhas the great news that the installer is now available on CodePlex