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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:45 AM

Building Virtual Earth applications just keeps getting easier

I've given a number of presentations on Virtual Earth development over the last couple years.  The first thing ASP.NET WebForms developers say to me is how bummed they are that they have to write JavaScript.  That's understandable.  ASP.NET
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Monday, July 28, 2008 2:18 PM

Architect Panel Discussion released to TechEd Online

[Cross-posted from Lamont's blog ] An interesting panel discussion video was recently released to the TechEd Online Library that focuses on extending the role/disciplines of the Architect into the area of providing mentoring. Taken from the TechEd Online
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:48 AM

SaaS Vendor quits browser to boost sales

Interesting win-back from the browser for WPF. Whats are the two take-aways for public sector developers and decision makers? First, user experience has a huge impact on adoption. This is an example of Software Plus Services at work. Its not something
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:11 PM

SCREENCAST: Rendering Polygons from SQL Server 2008 on Virtual Earth

In this screencast, I build off of the concepts shown in my previous screencast and show you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server
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Friday, July 18, 2008 6:16 PM

SCREENCAST: Saving Virtual Earth Polygons to SQL Server 2008

In this screencast, I show you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008. Screencast: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008/
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:45 PM

Looking for updated documentation on Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta?

http://vs2008sp1docs.msdn.microsoft.com I've found the ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Framework , and ASP.NET Dynamic Data sections very helpful lately. - Marc Technorati Tags: .net framework , visual studio
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:28 PM

Learn how to develop on SharePoint

I'd have to say that my weakest area of development is probably SharePoint.  I know how to build a basic SharePoint web part and that's about it.  I'm pretty much a dunce when it comes to SharePoint.  One of the things I've been telling
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:27 AM

WEBCAST RECORDING: Adding Mapping Capabilities to your Applications with Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX

First, let me apologize since I promised to make this recording available almost two months ago.  I was trying to get the recording uploaded to the same Live Meeting servers as my other webcasts.  Needless to say, I had some challenges. 
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:38 PM

Installing SQL Server 2008 RC0 & Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta on the same machine

I've been having some issues getting my VPC updated to SQL Server 2008 RC0 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta so I can record a couple screencasts on using Virtual Earth with SQL Server 2008.  I swear I read through the readme docs:).  However,
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Monday, July 14, 2008 4:21 PM

Behind the Maps - The Technology of Virtual Earth

I talk to people about programming with Virtual Earth quite often.  Beyond the developer APIs, my Virtual Earth knowledge somewhat limited.  I get asked all sorts of interesting questions about the technology behind Virtual Earth.  My answer
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:42 AM

P&P ships Composite Application Guidance for WPF

The Patterns & Practices team has recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF which provides guidance for "componetizing" the development of enterprise-class WPF applications across multiple development teams, with each team owning
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:46 AM

Virtual Earth Wrapper for Silverlight (VIEWS)

At MIX 08, Chris Pendleton announced that the Virtual Earth team is working on a Silverlight 2 control.  The idea of being able to use managed code instead of JavaScript to build your Virtual Earth applications is very appealing to many.  I
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