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Get the latest Windows 7 Training Kit and API Code Pack for .NET
Posted Jan 11, 2010 by amyrcGet the Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers
This is the most comprehensive Windows 7 training kit to date, including:
New look/feel to match Windows Channel 9 site 14 different modules, with a total of 32 different labs. Links to videos, and additional resources.
Windows API Code Pack for Microsoft .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features from managed code. The individual features supported in this version (v1.0) of the library are:
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Meet the WPF Team
Posted Nov 13, 2009 by amyrcThe WPF team will be at PDC ready to chat with you!
PDC is around the corner. Sessions and demos are being polished, schedules finalized, and the booth and hands-on lab machines have been shipped down to Los Angeles. The WPF team will be down at PDC available to chat with you about what is coming out with the release of .NET Framework 4 and to discuss some of the thoughts around what might come afterwards.
If you’d like to meet up with the WPF team, be sure to join us at this special event!
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.NET Solution Game Show ‘Rocks’ GeekFest
Posted Nov 10, 2009 by amyrcJoin .NET Rocks in the Visual Studio/.NET Lounge Theater from 8 – 8:45 pm on Wednesday, November 18 during GeekFest for a chance to win great prizes by participating in the .NET Solution Game Show.
You can also meet the developers featured on www.dotnetstories.com, enter a raffle to win a blue moon chair, and check out—or enter your own solution in—the .NET Challenge online at www.myDotNETstory.com. More»
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‘Tell Us Your Story’ and Win a Smart Car or Galapagos Island Adventure
Posted Nov 6, 2009 by amyrcEvery 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
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.NET Developers - Expect the Unexpected
Posted Nov 6, 2009 by amyrcThink 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. More»
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VS 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Released
Posted Oct 19, 2009 by amyrcVisual Studio 2010 Beta 2 for download for all MSDN subscribers, with general availability to follow on October 21st. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 will be released for English, Japanese and German; while NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 will be released for English, Japanese, German, and Arabic.
[Microsoft] outlined a simplified product lineup and pricing options for Visual Studio 2010 as well as new benefits for MSDN subscribers, including the Ultimate Offer, available to all active MSDN Premium subscribers at the official product launch on March 22, 2010. >>Read the press release
New product lineup includes:
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