Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Week, 12 videos on Channel 9

Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Week, 12 videos on Channel 9


The week of November 10th is Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 week on Channel 9! They will have 12 videos going live this week featuring interviews with various members of the Visual Studio and the .NET Framework product teams, including several screencast demonstrations of the latest bits.

Stay tuned to http://channel9.msdn.com/VisualStudio/ for all of the action. Here's the lineup:

Monday, November 10th:
- Visual Studio 2010 Overview with Jason Zander

Languages Day (Tuesday, November 11th):
- C# 4.0 Implementation and Design Questions
- VB 10
- C++ 10: 10 is the new 6

The IDE (Wednesday, November 12th):
- Being Code-Focused with Visual Studio 2010
- Test-Driven Development and Visual Studio 2010

Concurrency and Parallelism (Thursday, November 13th):
- Parallel Extensions in the .NET Framework 4.0
- Parallel Patterns Library (Native Parallelism)
- Parallel Debugging Tools in Visual Studio 2010

Web Tools (Friday, October 3rd):??? (probably a typo)
- Sharepoint Development with Visual Studio 2010
- Web Development and Deployment with Visual Studio 2010

What is Live Mesh?

Microsoft launched Live Mesh. So what is this Live Mesh thing?

Robert Scoble wrote about it here: Ray Ozzie delivers with Live Mesh

Channel 9 has two videos
Abolade Gbadegesin: Live Mesh Architecture
Ray Ozzie: Introducing Live Mesh

Start playing with it here: http://www.mesh.com


Have fun watching/reading/playing

Volta: What is Microsoft Volta Video

Channel 9 has two videos about Volta.
From the site:

"Erik Meijer and a small team of very sharp developers (including Brian Beckman) have cooked up an intriguing toolset for building multi-tier distributed applications: Volta.

When the Volta CTP release announcement hit the wire last week, the press declared Volta as a Java killer, etc. In reality, Volta is primarily, and most importantly, a tier splitting system where the details of the tiers aren't of primary importance.

So, the most obvious case is Silverlight 2.0 as the client tier and a web server as the server tier... This is a great scenario since Volta can split IL to IL without having to resort to IL translation to, say, JavaScript (which has gotten too much attention). Further, execution contexts such as XNA, WinForms, DHTML, SVG, VML, even SQL are realistic client targets (tiers) for Volta. Then there's the notion of a local "distributed" system (think of applications running on a single client as the tiers) where Volta also makes sense as a means of easily composing the system.

Too much has been made of the IL to Javascript translation capabilities, so much so that people are apparently not seeing the forest for the trees. Well, have no fear. Over the coming days you are going to learn more about Volta than you can imagine and the people who'll you learn from also happen to be the people who thought up and implemented Volta.

The most important thing here, technically, is that Volta provides an intuitive and elegant toolset for composing concurrent distributed muti-tiered applications.

Think of Volta as a technology that facilitates communication between distributed execution contexts (a tier is just an execution context in this model). Using Volta in an client-web server scenario is only one approach. Volta could be used in many more interesting contexts (XNA, WinForms, WPF, even Singularity – use your imagination…).

In this episode (or part 1, if you will) we meet the team and learn the basics. Since it's a room full of devs there is whiteboarding and lots of techincal talk, just the way we like it here on C9.

You will be seeing much more of this great team over the coming days and Volta will make more sense with each epsiode, culminating in an Expert to Expert Going Deep where we a great deal of how Volta's tier splitting capabilities are implemented and get a clear picture of what a tier actually can be.

It's all about tier splitting and a tier is simply an execution context. Volta is much more than a web technology..."


Part1
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Video: Microsoft SQL2008 Nov CTP - Spatial (Part 1/3)

Head over to Channel 9 and watch the first part of a three part series about the spatial data type in SQL server 2008. Besides video formats there are also mp3 and wma versions in case you just want to listen to it

Watch it here: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=363495#363495

Introduction to SQL Server Driver for PHP (SQLPHP)

Channel 9 has popsted their latest video, from the site:

SQL Team Says:"The SQL Server Driver for PHP (October 2007) Community Technology Preview (CTP) is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications deployed on the Windows platform. The Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. It provides a procedural interface for accessing data in all Editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 (including Express Edition), and makes use of PHP features, including PHP streams to read and write large objects.

"Wow. This is cool. Need to find out more about this. What exactly is this thing? Why did we create it? What are the platform requirments? Is it open source? Who are the folks behind this? You know the C9 drill. Tune in and meet SQLPHP Program Manager John Bocharov and Microsoft Open Source champion Hank Janssen who answer a bunch of questions and provide good context about the thinking behind SQLPHP, history and future.
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Video: Pascal Bourque - Building a rich datagrid in WPF

Channel 9 has posted their latest video: Pascal Bourque - Building a rich datagrid in WPF

From the site:

We talk about what its like to develop a rich control using WPF, mainly focusing on the custom theming of the grid. It really shows off the whole concept of seperating the UI interaction and style from the core code. And with that capability, diving into redefining a grid's purpose and how real-time visualization changes can be used effectively.

I'm hoping they take my suggestion of a custom themes contest and run with it. It'd be interesting to see what other type of skins people could create.
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White Chicks And Gang Signs

Video: Programming JSON with WCF in .NET Framework 3.5

Channel 9 has posted another interesting video, from the site:

Technical Evangelist Matt Winkler meets up with Eugene Osovetsky and Ghenadie Plingau, a PM and developer, from the WCF team to talk about returning JSON from a WCF service. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is s text based serialization of a JavaScript object, allowing one to new up a variable right from the string of JSON. Eugene hows how a developer can use the WCF programming model to serve JSON to AJAX clients. We also talk about how this is implemented in WCF as well as cool applications of this, namely to call WCF services from AJAX. He then shows off a cool tank game sample that allows two individuals to compete via a JavaScript game that is communicating with WCF.

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Video: Understanding the “offline database development” paradigm

Channel 9 posted another great video. From the site:

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (or “DBPro”) introduced a new way of working with your database in an “offline” or “sandbox” mode. Understanding how this works exactly requires a new way of thinking about how you build, deploy, and manage changes to your database. We asked Sachin Rekhi of the DBPro team to explain the paradigm and talk about the updated MSF guidance which adds roles and activities for database professionals.

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Video: Sonu Arora and C. Venkatesh: WCF Line of Business Adapter SDK

Channel 9 has posted their latest video. From the site:


I recently got a chance to sit down with some of the folks behind the WCF LOB Adapter SDK. Meet Sonu Arora, Program Manager, and C. Venkatesh, Principal Group Manager. Here, we talk about, well, the WCF LOB Adapter SDK. What is it, exactly? What's it for? Why did we make it? How did we make it? Can unmanaged developers take advantage of it? Tune in to find out the answers. For those of you who have no idea what WCF LOB Adapter SDK means:


WCF Line of Business Adapter Team says:

Developers face the challenge of building services that interoperate across organizational and platform boundaries, and connect to existing line-of- business (LOB) systems. At the same time, these services and LOB systems evolve independently of each other, making connecting applications and services a constant challenge.

To simplify this problem for partners and customers, Microsoft has created a common framework based on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) – the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter Software Development Kit ( WCF LOB Adapter SDK). With the WCF LOB Adapter SDK, developers now have a consistent and repeatable way to build LOB Adapters for the .NET platform.

For developers and partners, this means a common adapter that can be used across the entire .NET platform, not just a single endpoint like SharePoint or BizTalk Server.

The WCF LOB Adapter SDK ships with a rich set of development tools to automate and simplify adapter development in a consistent and repeatable manner:

For Adapter Developers

• Adapter Development Code Generation Wizard

• Visual Studio 2005 Integration (IntelliSense, context-sensitive help)

• Runtime Components (LOB System Connection Pooling, Metadata Cache Lookup)



For Adapter Consumers

• Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-In

• Consumer Adapter Service BizTalk Project Add-In



Download the WCF LOB Adapter SDK here.

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Video: The .NET Show: Silverlight

On this final episode of the .NET Show, Scott Guthrie, general manager for .NET Platform technologies, and Jason Zander, general manager for the .NET Framework, join host Robert Hess to discuss and demonstrate Silverlight, Microsoft's new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

Watch it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode.aspx?xml=theshow/en/episode063/manifest.xml

New Service Release and Power Tools for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals

Channel 9 has published their latest video:

The team that builds Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (or “DBPro” for short!) has been hard at work on a service release and a set of power tools that add new functionality to DBPro. For this interview we asked Gert Drapers, the software architect for the DBPro team, to show us the new features of these releases. Gert has been working at Microsoft since 1991, having spent most of his career on the SQL Server team. If you like the SQL Query Analyzer, Gert is the guy to thank!
You can download the DBPro service release here and the power tools here.

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You put the long, hard shaft...

You put the long, hard shaft...

into your hot, waiting mouth...

you play with it around your tongue....

in and out...in and out...

you feel it building up inside you....

you go faster and faster...

until the white creamy liquid fills your mouth...

you spit... and it's all over......






TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH!!!!


;-)

And now with that in mind watch this

Video: Peter Spiro: Building great databases. Making great teams. Leadership. WinFS. The power of having fun

Channel 9 has posted their latest video. From the site:

Don't get a real job until you're 30. This is Technical Fellow Peter Spiro's advice, and something he fell just short of doing. Discover how this forestry student got a job at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and then came to Microsoft to help build the team that drove SQL Server to the huge success it is today.

How do you learn the necessary skills for leading huge projects?

Try restaurant work or being in the Peace Corps. Also, never underestimate the power of knowing how to live it up. In this episode, learn how Peter uses his passion and energy to influence technology across Microsoft while empowering talent and growing teams to produce first-rate software.
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Video: New Features in WPF 3.5

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Although WPF is less than a year old, we’re already putting the finishing touches to an update that will add some neat features and improvements, improve internationalization support and increase performance. In this video, Charles Torre (and Dr Sneath, when he finally turns up) sit down with Kevin “Bag’o’Tricks” Moore as he provides a whirlwind tour of the improvements and changes you can expect to see.



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Video: Acropolis Meet (some of) the Team

Channel 9 has published their latest video, from the site:

The Microsoft code name “Acropolis” Community Technology Preview is a set of components and tools that make it easier for developers to build and manage modular, business focused, client .NET applications. Acropolis is part of the “.NET Client Futures” wave of releases, our preview of upcoming technologies for Windows client development.
Acropolis builds on the rich capabilities of Microsoft Windows and the .NET Framework, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), by providing tools and pre-built components that help developers quickly assemble applications from loosely-coupled parts and services. Here, Kathy Kam, "Acropolis" PM, takes us around the halls of building 42 to meet some of the people who create "Acropolis". We also run into an old friend in the hallway who's thinking deeply about big software componentization problems...Enjoy!
Check out the "Acropolis" Team Blog.

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Video: First Look at Visual Studio .NET 2008 and the LinqDataSource Control

Visual Studio .NET 2008 provides many new features that will definitely enhance developer productivity. In this video tutorial I provide an introductory look at VS.NET 2008 and show a few features such as multi-targeting, split view, and the LinqDataSource control. In the video you'll see how to build an ASP.NET page that retrieves data from a data context object (created with the new LINQ to SQL designer) and binds it to various controls using the LinqDataSource control.

Watch the video here: http://blogs.interfacett.com/dan-wahlins-blog/2007/7/27/video-first-look-at-visual-studio-net-2008-and-the-linqdatas.html

Video: S. Somasegar (Soma) and Scott Guthrie on Orcas Beta 2: What's in it?

Channel 9 has posted their latest video:
Visual Studio 2008 Code Name "Orcas" Beta 2 has just hit the wire and, since it's Beta 2, this means VS2008 is feature complete (oh, and it's GoLive! as well)!!!

"Orcas" represents a major evolution for Visual Studio and our suite of .NET languages. Who better to talk about what's new in "Orcas" than our friends S. Somasegar (Everybody calls him Soma), VP of the Developer Division (the group that makes all of our development technologies), and Scott Guthrie, General Manager and one of Microsoft's most prolific employees (now a senior manager, but he keeps his hands in the technologies he and team build and innovate).

Here, we talk about what's new, exactly, why you (the developer) should care about it, what's changed from Beta 1 to Beta 2, what's the general process of building "Orcas" (we will dig deeper into this with the folks who drive the new, improved development process in the Developer Division), how feature cut decisions are made.

In this conversation, Scott makes a very interesting comment about the state of .NET languages like VB9 and C# 3.0: In his mind, they represent the most dramatic change since .NET 1.0 in terms of power and productivity.

As always, it's great to chat with Soma and Scott. DevDiv is loaded with talent, from top to bottom.

Play with Beta 2!

Enjoy.


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Video: Secrets to Fast Detection and Recovery from Database Corruptions

How can you tell whether your data is corrupt? If you have corruption, how do you work out what's wrong with the database? How do you ensure you have a valid backup? If you don't have a valid backup, how and what do you repair? If you do have a backup, how do you work out whether you should restore or repair? And at what granularity? How do you go about determining what went wrong in the first place? It's all about limiting downtime and data-loss when a corruption occurs—from knowing the tools, to understanding the choices, to planning a successful strategy. Some of the features discussed in this session are: torn-page detection and page checksums, IO read-retry, backup checksums, consistency checks (DBCC CHECKDB and related commands), and database repairs. Facing database corruption is almost inevitable in every DBAs career—make sure you're prepared when it happens to you.

Watch the video here: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=549

five new (free) ASP.NET AJAX videos on the asp.net site

Joe Stagner has recently posted five new (free) ASP.NET AJAX videos on www.asp.net:

#40 How Do I: Use the PagingBulletedList Extender Control?
(25 minutes, 31 seconds)
#41 How Do I: Use the NumericUpDown Extender Control?
(21 minutes, 50 seconds)
#42 How Do I: Use the ASP.NET AJAX History Control?
(8 minutes, 59 seconds)
#43 How Do I: Use the ASP.NET AJAX ValidatorCallout Extender?
(11 minutes, 6 seconds)
#44 How Do I: Implement the AJAX After Processing Pattern?
(5 minutes, 40 seconds)