New Working With Data In ASP.NET Tutorials

ASP.NET has made available 5 new ASP.NET 2.0 Data Tutorials:

Database-Driven Site Maps
#62 Building a Custom Database-Driven Site Map Provider
View in VB or C#

Working with Batched Data
#63 Wrapping Database Modifications within a Transaction
View in VB or C#

#64 Batch Updating
View in VB or C#

#65 Batch Deleting
View in VB or C#

#66 Batch Inserting
View in VB or C#

Expression Blend with Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Expression Blend with Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Creating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part I
Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part II
Animating Raster Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
Using Expression Blend to Control Silverlight Media Playback

Silverlight 1.1 Tutorials

Silverlight 1.1 Tutorials

Getting Started with Silverlight 1.1
Top Banana
Dynamic Languages with Silverlight
Silverlight in Their Own Words

Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Overlaying HTML and Silverlight Content
Basic Keyboard Input with Silverlight
Building Video Overlays with Silverlight
Real-Time Data Update with Silverlight and Web Services
Using AJAX to Dynamically Update Silverlight Content
Animating and Clipping Video with Silverlight
Using Silverlight Brushes for Color, Gradient and Video
2D Geometries in Silverlight
Using Silverlight for Full Screen Experiences
Creating a Video Scrubbing Control with Silverlight
Silverlight Event Handling with JavaScript
Using Input Method Editors for Text Entry in Silverlight
Adding Ink Support to a Silverlight-based Application
Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with ASP.NET
Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with PHP
Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with Java

Mix 07 Silverlight Sessions

Silverlight Tutorials

Building Silverlight Applications Using .NET (Part 1 of 2)
Building Silverlight Applications Using .NET (Part 2 of 2)
Building Rich Web Experiences Using Silverlight and JavaScript for Developers
Building Rich Web Experience with Silverlight and Microsoft Expression Studio for Designers
Deep Dive on Silverlight Media Integration
Creating and Delivering Rich Media and Video on the Web with Silverlight, Microsoft Expression Studio, and Windows Server Codename "Longhorn"
Developing ASP.NET AJAX Controls with Silverlight
Building Rich, Interactive E-commerce Applications Using ASP.NET and Silverlight
A View from the Front: Real World Experiences of WPF and Silverlight
Extending the Browser Programming Model with Silverlight
Just Glue It! Ruby and the DLR in Silverlight

Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0 Tutorials Caching

Scott Mitchell has made available 4 new Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0 tutorials. You can get these including VB and C# code here: http://scottonwriting.net/sowblog/posts/12751.aspx

Here is a description of the tutorials:

Caching Data with the ObjectDataSource - explores key concepts of caching and looks at how to declaratively cache data using the ObjectDataSource.

Caching Data in the Architecture - examines adding caching support to the application architecture by creating a separate Caching Layer (in addition to the Business Logic Layer and Data Access Layer).

Caching Data at Application Startup - for static data or expensive queries whose underlying data seldom changes, it may be optimal to cache this data at application startup. This topic is explored in detail in this tutorial.

Using SQL Cache Dependencies - one challenge of caching is data staleness. Since the cache is just a copy of the underlying data, if the underlying data changes, the cached content is no longer valid. Ideally, cached data will immediately be evicted from the cache once the underlying database data has been modified. This is possible with little effort thanks to ASP.NET 2.0's SQL Cache Dependencies. This tutorial looks at different ways to implement SQL Cache Dependencies and steps through using the polling method (which works with all versions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000).