The presentation I did for the Metro Toronto .NET User Group, “A Look into the Future of Creating Composite Applications“, is up on my site.
Dec 172007
Well, if it isn’t Okdevberfest 2007. Here’s the agenda, and the event will be held in University of Waterloo on 29th September. Be sure to register and be there! I’ll be speaking on Acopolis and will hopefully impress you with some cool features of Acropolis. My topic is on Track 2, and will be held at 10.30 AM to 11.45 AM just before lunch.
Register here now.
The Strong Coders Community will be hosting its monthly Ask An Expert Live chat on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 5:00 PM PDT. Get your tough development questions answered by Microsoft MVPs, ASPInsiders, Regional Directors, and other industry experts.
Experts will be on hand to answer your .NET- and Visual Studio-related questions. No off topic questions.
Please note that this chat is not being hosted by Microsoft and as such questions regarding upcoming products and future product specs may not be answered.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Pacific Time
8:00 – 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time
00:00 – 01:00 GMT
Chat Link: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/chats/default.aspx
ICS: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/vcs/07_0823_msdn_aspnet.ics
I’ll be one of the experts there, so do join in and ask any questions you might have, especially with AJAX, Silverlight, Acropolis, Smart Clients, and C# Language.
Cheerios.
P.S.
Oh wait! I just found out there is going to be a prize too! Read here for more details on the prize.
There isn’t really anything interesting in this week’s new downloads. Here are the few interesting ones that caught my eye.
- Mobile Client Software Factory July 2006 (Refresh)
The Mobile Client Software Factory provides an integrated set of guidance that assists architects and developers in creating mobile line-of-business solutions. - Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 – Enterprise Edition
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 is a cost-effective and well-supported server virtualization technology for the Windows Server System platform. - MapPoint 2006 and Streets and Trips 2007 Construction Update
Download the latest construction data to keep your maps current.
Nothing quite interesting happening there. I’m still finding time to try out Acropolis.
This will be the first time I’ll be doing this, and many more to come with subsequent updates. I’ll be sifting out all the new downloads and listing down those that will be of interest to me, and hopefully yourself too.
- SQL Server 2005 Books Online (May 2007)
Download an updated version of the documentation and tutorials for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. - Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” SDK – June 2007 CTP
This CTP includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to write, build, test, and deploy extensions for Visual Studio code name “Orcas.” - Microsoft Code Name “Acropolis” CTP 1
Microsoft code name “Acropolis” is a set of components and tools intended to make it easier for developers to build and manage modular, business focused, client applications for Microsoft Windows on the .NET Framework. - DirectX SDK (June 2007)
Download the complete DirectX SDK, which contains the all the software required to create DirectX compliant applications in C/C++ and C#. - Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8
The Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Exchange servers and topology. The tool scans Exchange servers and identifies items that do not conform to Microsoft best practices. - Exchange Load Generator (32 bit)
Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers. - Exchange Load Generator (64 bit)
Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers.
Alright. Now the featured download for this week is…
Microsoft Code Name “Acropolis” CTP 1
I’ll be looking into this new Client Application Framework (CAF) during the next few days to give you the low-down on what exactly it is. From the description, it seems to be a set of components and tools to help developers create windows client applications. Here are some resources with more information on “Acropolis”.
Apparently, they just announced this at TechEd 2007.
From a few discussions I’ve read so far about “Acropolis”, it is meant to replace Microsoft Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF), taking the lessons learnt and good stuff with both of them to combine what we know as “Acropolis”.
Well, more about “Acropolis” CAF in a few days time.
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