This year Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference will be held October 27-30, 2008 at the The Los Angeles Convention Center.  Here is what MS has to say about the conference: PDC2008 features more than 160 sessions covering a wide range of topics for professional developers and architects. These sessions provide an in-depth technical understanding of Microsoft’s [...]

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One of the cool new features of Silverlight 2 is the concept of on-demand deployment of assemblies. In most interactive development there is a desire to minimize the amount of data a user has to download to get your RIA up and running. The application package (XAP) size can grow quite quickly if one tries [...]

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Even though Mix08 is now only a distant memory, the inspiration I leave with will last for quite a while.  There is something quite powerful about being around thousands of professionals that are as passionate and enthusiastic about the future of interactive development.  For months now I have had the special opportunity to be working [...]

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A month ago Microsoft selected Terralever to conduct a in depth Case Study on our use of Silverlight 2 for creating a new Miniclip.com game Tunnel Trouble. This process was really exciting for Terralever.  I feel Microsoft did a great job of capturing the value we find in Silverlight and how this powerful framework allowed [...]

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After 4 incredibly intense days, Microsoft’s Phizzpop LA design challenge is complete and Cynergy Systems is the winner. Congratulation’s Cynergy!  I was certainly disappointed that we did not win, but with only 7 minutes to present your strategy, design and concept everyone had a chance to win. After catching up on some overdue sleep, I [...]

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C# 3.x is exciting and deserving of the spotlight, but thousands of coders are in jobs still maintaining 1.x projects and just now getting up to speed on 2.0. Some haven’t had a chance to get hip to generics and anonymous delegates.

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The Publisher states “Comprehensive study guide written by exam-certified authors – Deeper, more focused coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives-plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job – 425 practice questions on CD – Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and post-assessment, and automated scoring and feedback – [...]

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