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Tue, Nov 17 2009 15:12

Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7

I installed the public Beta of SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 last night. There were several resources on the web to use as a guide, I found this one to be the best: Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Server There are a couple main points...
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Sun, Aug 30 2009 15:47

How LINQ Works in Visual Basic 9.0

I recently did a talk at DevLink that covered the language enhancements in VB 9.0 and C# 3.0 that support LINQ. I was looking around Channel 9 last night and I noticed that Beth Massi and Johnathan Aneja from the VB team had a video covering the same...
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Thu, Aug 27 2009 13:21

ASP.NET AJAX Tips and Tricks Session Materials

Thanks to all of you who came out last night for the August meeting of the Canada's Technology Triangle .NET User Group. It was nice to see such a large turnout, particularly considering it was a beautiful summer night. You can download the slides...
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Tue, Jul 21 2009 1:31

SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types via a Feature

A few months ago I recorded a video for TechNet on Using Content Types in SharePoint 2007 . This video focused on the end-user experience, creating site columns and content types using the browser. This week a colleague of mine, who is fairly new to SharePoint...
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Fri, Jul 10 2009 16:09

SharePoint, AJAX, the UpdatePanel, Publishing Sites and BlueBand.master

I ran into this issue recently and it took me a long time to Google the answer. I've reposted with what I think is a title that will be more obvious to someone searching for the problem. Basically, web parts that use the UpdatePanel don't work...
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Sun, Jun 21 2009 18:24

Customized versus Uncustomized Site Pages in SharePoint 2007

I taught our SharePoint developer class last week, and a couple people who were relatively new to SharePoint had a hard time understanding the difference between Customized and Uncustomized Site Pages. I explained the process a couple times and add the...
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Fri, Jun 19 2009 10:52

ObjectSharp Presents ‘Silverlight on the Silver Screen’ – July 9

Last year ObjectSharp took Toronto by storm with the blockbuster hit Visual Studio 2008 at the Movies . That was so 2008. This July, the much anticipated SQL comes to a theatre near you (assuming you live near John and Richmond in Toronto). Silverlight...
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Sun, Mar 15 2009 21:42

Dev Teach/SQL Teach Education Stimulus Package

DevTeach Vancouver is only a few months away, and there’s another great new promotion for you to consider. As if the user group and early bird discounts were not enough, there is one more way you can save. If your user group or organization registers...
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Sat, Jan 17 2009 13:25

Toronto SharePoint Camp - January 24

It is that time of year again - the Toronto SharePoint Camp taking place next Saturday at Manulife Financial (200 Bloor Street - between Yonge and Jarvis) . This free event is organized by the people from the Toronto SharePoint User Group and will be...
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Tue, Dec 16 2008 17:21

Easy(er) ASP.NET Workflow Forms with the WSS 3.0 Workflow Tools

[via Wouter Van Vugt ] WSS3 Workflow Tools helps developers create better WSS 3.0 workflows by providing a development framework and by integrating into the Visual Studio development environment. The primary focus for this first release is on making it...
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Sat, Dec 6 2008 22:43

ObjectSharp Announces The "BIG" Netbook Giveaway

Take at least seven days of public training with ObjectSharp between now and December 31, 2009 and they will give you sweet Acer Aspire One NetBook computer. I've been using the Acer Aspire One for about a month now and I love it - I'm sure you...
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Fri, Dec 5 2008 16:36

Staying Sane in Today’s Software Development World with Billy Hollis

I'm a big fan of Billy Hollis. He just seems to really get what's going on in the .NET development world and the issues that today's developers are facing. I just finished listening to a Deep Fried Bytes podcast where Billy spoke with hosts...
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Wed, Oct 1 2008 22:16

TechEd Developer EMEA 2008

I found out a few days ago that I've been selected to speak at TechEd EMEA in Barcelona. I'm really excited as this is not only my first time speaking outside of North America, it's my first trip to continental Europe. My session is on using...
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Tue, Sep 30 2008 21:35

Tech Days or DevTeach - Which Should I Choose?

A colleague of mine was considering attending a conference this fall and, knowing that I'm pretty connected with the community, asked if he should go to TechDays or DevTeach. I thought other people may be wondering the same thing so I decided to put...
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Wed, Jul 23 2008 4:51

REST, JSON and RSS with WCF 3.5 - QCon San Francisco

The people at InfoQ just posted a recording of a session I did on WCF at QCon San Francisco last November. Here's the session information along with some links to related materials. REST, JSON and RSS with Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 WCF...
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Wed, May 21 2008 9:21

DevTeach Toronto Session Materials

Thanks to all of you who came out to DevTeach and cudos to the organizers for running a great event. I hope to see you in Montreal in December. You can download the slides and demos I used in my sessions by clicking the links below. Introduction to Windows...
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Sun, May 18 2008 6:15

Webcast Series for ASP.NET Developers Who Want to Learn SharePoint

[via Paul Andrew ] [Microsoft is] doing lots of things around introductory SharePoint development for .NET developers over the next few months. Here is the schedule for a series of MSDN web casts on 10 introductory SharePoint development topics for .NET...
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Sat, May 17 2008 17:47

DevTeach Toronto Recap

Another DevTeach has come and gone and, as always, it was a great week. I just finished reading the comments for the conference as a whole and they were unanimously positive. Here's just one example: What can I say. You'll definitely see me next...
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Sat, May 17 2008 12:47

TechEd Developer 2008

The spring conference season keeps on chugging along. The MVP Summit and DevTeach just finished and TechEd is just around the corner. It will be interesting to see what effect splitting the conference into a developer week and an IT Pro week will have...
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Sat, May 17 2008 1:17

Calling WCF Services from .NET 1.1

A couple people have asked me recently how they can call WCF Services from .NET 1.1. There's an article on MSDN which describes the process. ASMX Client with a WCF Service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751433.aspx I just want to call out...
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