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Microsoft.NET New Logo

Posted by Vakul Kumar More on October 29, 2008

Microsoft in the process of making a logo that stands well on its own and creates an impact which reflects the key areas like : consistency, robustness and great user experiences.

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For more information, click here. Thanks to Abu Ismail to keep us updated on new links.

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MSDN Virtual Labs

Posted by Vakul Kumar More on October 11, 2008

MSDN Virtual Labs! Quickly evaluate or learn how to build great applications for Windows and the Web through a series of guided, hands-on labs which can be completed in 90 minutes or less. The best part is, the MSDN Virtual Labs don’t require any installation and are available to you immediately for FREE.

Every developer or anyone related to Microsoft would know about the Microsoft Developer Network, aka MSDN. I regularly have an occasional reason to turn to MSDN for information and other essential ingredients in building code. Most recently Microsoft  have been active in providing interesting content on all kind of topics — .NET Development, Servers and Enterprise Development, Development Tools and Languages. MSDN Virtual Labs are also available as an RSS feed. Several recent items are particularly interesting, especially for developers already active in or would like to investigate more on related development projects.

You can start looking for Virtual labs which is of your interest here

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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview

Posted by Vakul Kumar More on October 11, 2008

Microsoft has released information on Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft.

Visual Studio and the .NET Framework deliver key innovations in the following pillars:

  • Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management
  • Enabling emerging trends
  • Inspiring developer delight
  • Riding the next generation platform wave
  • Breakthrough Departmental Applications

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Microsoft details WCF and WF in next-gen .NET

Posted by Vakul Kumar More on October 6, 2008

Microsoft has revealed few features which are going to be included in .NET 4.0. Windows Server will host composite applications by extending the Application Server Role. Microsoft is concentrating on the integration between WCF and WF more seamless than today. Also, XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) is going to play important role in the integration using it as a common model stack for applications which will help developers to build the entire application declaratively in XAML.

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