Because WPF do not have a Notify Icon control, I decided implement a WPF control that wraps the Windows Form control. It only covers the basic functionality, but I believe that it is enough for mostly scenarios. Enjoy it ! The control and the sample are here...(read more)

Register now for ASP.NET Connections and Visual Studio & .NET Connections on November 5 - 8 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Learn all about the new features in Visual Studio 2008 from Microsoft and industry experts.

*sigh*

Turns out SharePoint is a pretty darn complex horse to ride.

Remember that if you're going to build custom web parts, you'll need the latest version of the extensions. If memory serves, they are CTP because the production release will come out with VS 08, similar to the WCF stuff.

Anyway, go here to get the current extensions.

JJ

@ ALT.NET Conference ,ScottGu gave an hour long presentation on the upcoming MVC Framework and I took some guerilla video. ScottGu's presentation is here in Silverlight and it's about 60 minutes long.

This was the first time the MVC Framework was shown publicly.  Note that this was a Prototype, not the Production code and both ScottGu and I make that point a number of times to drive home that it's early. Some of the code was written on a plane, just to give you an idea.

Read more @ Scott Hanselman's Blog

One of the most common things I see on the SubSonic forums is people asking about the Membership and Role providers running SubSonic. And another common thing I see are people saying they are going to write those providers... but it doesn't happen. So, I did it :) I started writing the Membership and Role providers a few days ago... and I finally finished coding the providers today. And I'm ready to publish!

 

I chose to do this project on Google Code (http://code.google.com/p/subsonicproviders/).

 

So I am announcing Beta 1! The providers should just work (requires a little config). I think we should incorporate some feedback from the SubSonic user-base before calling it "Version 1".

 

The one thing I am EXTREAMLY proud of is that we are going to ALWAYS put out the code in C# AND VB. I am a VB dev at heart that is starting to fall in love with C#! (I'm taking the BIG step in developing the SubSonic ASP.NET providers in C#!)

 

Hop on over to the Google Code site for the beta download. Don't forget to report your feedback!!!!!

 

(Send me an email at zowens@eagleenvision.net if you would like to contribute. SubSonic guys would be a plus :)   )

Reuters - 24/7 Real Media said it will incorporate Chinese search engine Baidu.com's application programming interface technology in its search marketing platform.

David M. Kean , has posted a list of Code Analysis rules which runs internally against Microsoft's own code inside Microsoft.

Read the complete list @ FxCop Team Blog

Use Ajax to retrieve data from a SQL Server database and then update that database using Ajax

An easy way to publish your own news feed in ASP.NET

A fast dynamic proxy library with support for .NET Generics

I am at VSLive 2007 - Las Vegas today.  Look for a few post from me as I improve my skills and hope to improve yours.

First break out: Architecting ASP.NET 2.0 Applications Workshop