ASPNET :: Microsoft PDC10 | October 28 — 29

Resources to help you ‘light up the web’ with Internet Explorer 8

2010-01-11T18:59:12.167Z

GET:

ASP.NET Controls for IE8, including code: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WebAppToolkitIE8
Microsoft Expression Web Superpreview for Internet Explorer – visual debugging tool that makes it easier to migrate site from IE 6 to IE8: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677&displaylang=en

JOIN:

Join the Channel 9 IE community: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/IE8/
MSDN forums: IE Developer Forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/threads

LEARN:

IE8 Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx
IE Compatibility Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc405106.aspx
IE8 Developer Tools: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565628(VS.85).aspx
How Do I Videos: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc304683.aspx
Free videos/training on MSDev: http://www.msdev.com/Directory/SearchResults.aspx?productId=20
Code gallery: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=Internet%20Explorer

Just Released - New Training Content on Channel 9

2009-11-17T18:26:23.367Z

Just released today on Channel 9:

New Identity Course for ASP.NET web site+WCF web services developers. Take advantage of the Windows Identity Foundation http://r.ch9.ms/id
Windows HPC Server 2008 Training Course-get an understanding of this productive, cost-effective + high-performance solution http://r.ch9.ms/hpc
Learn how to build applications that utilize Windows Azure + SQL Azure in this self-paced course http://r.ch9.ms/azpd

‘Tell Us Your Story’ and Win a Smart Car or Galapagos Island Adventure

2009-11-06T15:49:36.1Z

Every developer has a story! We want to know yours. How did you use the .NET Framework to create a killer app? What parts of the .NET Framework (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WPF, WCF, WF, etc.) did you use to develop it? What other Microsoft products (SharePoint, SQL Server, Windows Server, etc.) were used in the solution? What challenge did you solve? How did you integrate your solution with other solutions and systems?

Go to www.myDotNetstory.com, and share your story by December 31, 2009. Two ways to win:

JUDGE’S CHOICE
Submit a demo and impress the panel of technology industry leaders and Microsoft gurus to win a 12-day Galapagos Islands Adventure or a Smart Car. Other prizes include the ultimate home entertainment system or a media internet tablet PC.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Submit your story and get friends, family, and colleagues to vote for your solution. The three developers with the most votes will win an ARCHOS 320 GB Media Internet Tablet PCs.

>> Get the ‘Tell Us Your Story’ contest details

.NET Developers - Expect the Unexpected

2009-11-06T02:34:02.707Z

Think there’s a “.NET Developer Type”? It might surprise you to learn that one .NET Framework developer swims with sharks. Another speaks Latin and makes homemade cheese. One dropped out of school at age 16 and started his own business. Another used to be a cop. The solutions they develop are just as diverse.

You might also be surprised to hear why they chose to use various Microsoft technologies for their solutions, and what non-Microsoft tools they were able to incorporate using the .NET Framework.

Learn about these intriguing people and their amazing solutions at www.dotnetstories.com.

Microsoft Ajax CDN Service Launched

2009-09-25T20:48:11.79Z

This week, the ASP.NET team launched a new Microsoft Ajax CDN (Content Delivery Network) service that provides caching support for AJAX libraries (including jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX). The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

What does a CDN provide?

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are composed of "edge cache" servers that are strategically placed around the world at key Internet network points. These "edge cache" servers can be used to cache and deliver all types of content – including images, videos, CSS and JavaScript files.

Using a CDN can significantly improve a website's end-user performance, since it enables browsers to more quickly retrieve and download content. For example, instead of having a browser request for an image traverse all the way across the Internet to your web server to download, a CDN can instead serve the request directly from a nearby "edge cache" server that might only be a single network hop away from your customer (making it return much faster – which makes your pages load quicker).