Mono Beta 2 Announced
Jun 15, 2004
Source: http://www.go-mono.com/ “Less than a month after Beta 1 was released, Mono Beta 2 has been released. It includes a C# compiler, an implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure and two stacks of APIs: a Unix, Linux, GNOME, Mono stack for APIs that takes the most advantage of your Unix server and desktop and a set of APIs compatible with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 that provides support for ASP.NET (web services and web forms), ADO.…more
Anders Hejlsberg Tour of the Microsoft Museum
Jun 14, 2004
Channel9 had video of Anders Hejlsberg touring the Microsoft Museum. Very cool!!
Interactive Simulation for Visual Studio .NET Beginners
Jun 10, 2004
With the launch of the Java Developer Resource Center, we’ve added a new way for developers who have never programmed using Visual Studio .NET before to try without installing the product. The simulations, created by Learnit Corp, are ActiveX controls that provide a guided tour (with audio) through creating your first XML Web service, Web application and Mobile Web application. These are for true beginners to Visual Studio .NET, so experienced readers will think the content is too simplistic, but I’d like to know what you think about the technology medium, see questions below.…more
Apple ITunes SDK supports C#
Jun 08, 2004
_“Apple’s SDK enables Windows developers to write code to control iTunes from other applications. These tools require iTunes 4.5 or later and support several languages, including C++, C# and JavaScript.” _ News Source: http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/34235.html SDK Link: http://developer.apple.com/SDK/#iTunesCOM Sweet!
Search eBay Using C#
Jun 08, 2004
Jeffrey McManus from eBay writes about some of the cool code samples written in C# to add items, and get search results directly from eBay. Download code sample eBay SDK for Windows Sign up for a (free) developer key
Learn How to Program Outlook using C#
Jun 07, 2004
Andrew Troelsen wrote a great article on creating an Outlook add-in using C#. Having had to struggle to create my first C# Outlook add-in, I realized how difficult it was to create and that there was little information on MSDN. You should definitely check it out, the article includes a Console version of Pine, “OPine”. Not only that, it also includes an Outlook COM add-in written in C#. The add-in displays rollup statistics that shows you how many emails you’ve sent and received over a day and month.…more
Java Developer Resource Center is Live!
Jun 07, 2004
If you’re a Java developer who needs to interoperate with, learn about, or migrate to the .NET Framework, MSDN can be a pretty daunting place for information and a lot of the content seems focused on COM to .NET or VB6 to .NET. Well Brian Keller and I (among others) just launched the Java Developer Resource Center at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/java/ to be a one-stop shop for Java developer resources on MSDN.…more
Visual Studio Team System Announced!
Jun 06, 2004
[Okay, I’m way, way behind and only starting to slowly unbury] Remember when I said in this post: “I think you can only really start to understand the scope of everything that Microsoft will be offering in Visual Studio 2005 by Beta 1. Until then, your basically looking at a car in an assembly line saying how you need the comfortable seat now, but we haven’t welded doors on the car yet, we haven’t done safety tests, and there’s no turbo fuel injection (PS: you’ll love the sunroof).…more
.NET beats J2EE for development work in 2004
May 12, 2004
Do you still think .NET is “not yet?” Forrester Research recently published a survey of 878 North American technology decision makers asking what their primary development environment for 2004 will be: .NET or J2EE. The answer: Overall, the majority of respondents, 56%, say .NET is their primary development environment compared to 44% for J2EE. While the numbers vary by industry, business services (64% .NET vs 36% J2EE) and the public sector (66% .…more
What's new in Windows Forms
May 04, 2004
Chris Sells points out the new Whidbey Windows Forms pages. Lots of great screenshots on their new features. Below are some of my favorites: Layout Controls Toolstrip Control DataGridView Control They also have a dedicated Whidbey Windows Forms Forum