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Ajax. There, I said it. Ajax
A very cool online dictionary that uses ASP.NET and Ajax to give you word definitions, synonyms, or (my favourite) element information *as you type*! Showing once again that ASP.NET developers can compete with the best of them (and that Ajax can be done without a framework, although that does make things much easier). (via LifeHacker)
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Pro VB2005. Didn't know it was orderable yet
While I tend to feel I am somewhat language agnostic, I have worked on Visual Basic books related to every version of VB from 4.0 to 2005 (with the exception of 2003). It seems the latest (small contribution, with a bad cover photo according to Bill) can now be ordered. Wonder if it will beat the product to the shelves?
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This is what a 'wave' of content looks like
With PDC now behind us, it's time to turn my attention back to all
the bugs in my queue, and recently published content on the ASP.NET Dev
Center. The Brownies have been busy:
During the PDC, we participated in a little bit of the Atlas joy
by hosting the "How to install" information for the two VSIs on the new
ASP.NET Future page. This is where all post-Whidbey content will be
appearing until it's ready to launch.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/future/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/future/atlastemplate/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/future/atlashol/default.aspx
Second, we have copied a number of great posts from Scott Guthrie onto MSDN. This means that people who don't read his blog (silly folk), or that only get...
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TypeTester
This looks like a handy little tool. It lets you compare fonts for Web sites, showing what they will look like at various resolutions and styles. (via LifeHacker)
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The other side of geekiness: Yahoo Music
Well, I have finally achieved the illustrious level of "Addict" with Yahoo Music (LaunchCast):
RATINGS LEVELAddict(5,000 total ratings)
Apologies to those who believe I should have rated that song higher. They are the only band that really matters, anyway.
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Just what is ASP.NET?
For those who don't know, or who are curious, Wei-Meng Lee looks at it in this article on OnDotNet.com
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A look back at PDC, from home
I took off Friday morning. It's not like I saw any talks at PDC -- I spent most of my waking, non-drinking hours at the Coding4Fun booth. It was cool -- having the Phidgets guys there was great, I kept watching people look at their displays and the gears started going. They are great little knicknacks for geeky projects. Even one of the guys from Kuka kept coming over, asking more and more technical questions. Perhaps we'll see some Phidgets in an upcoming version of their robots? Ed & Richard from SharpLogic were also there, showing off a few things that will be appearing on...
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Mental note
Mental note: If you are doing two "filters" on some text, with one filter creating a list that the second filter then iterates over to find items, why not just do the second filter? (Bonehead)
I had written some code for one of my favourite Product Managers, and the perf on it bit. I poked and tried to optimize it, but to little avail. I got one query down from 29s to 20s. (the query involved running a couple of filtering regular expressions over some text and doing a number of WebRequests with the result). Regular Expressions fall into a painful...
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Crunchy new PDC info around MSDN
You've likely already read about many of the new dev features announced today at PDC, but I figured I'd highlight some of the ones I know about here.
Atlas! The technology preview of the ASP.NET team's Ajax support is here. You can get info on installing the new templates into VS2005 or VWD Beta 2 here.
The LINQ Project and C# 3.0/Visual Basic 9.0 language enhancements. Yes, Visual Basic next (after 2005) is actually version 9.0 of the product. Isn't that cool? Either way, see the homes where we're isolating all the new 'future' content. This way, those people who are interested...
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Learning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
The series isn't new, as we've had some of them available for some time, but we have finally posted the last set of videos and code samples for the Getting Started with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition video series. They're a great series of videos for developers new to ASP.NET, as they assume no prior knowledge. They're also good for experienced developers as they highlight new ASP.NET 2.0 features, and show putting those features together to create a complete ASP.NET application (a quiz engine).