Update: my terminology in this post is not quite correct. Whenever I refer to the server part of OData, I really mean to say ‘WCF Data Services’. OData is the protocol, and WCF Data Services is the specific implementation. So the ‘quirk’ we ran…
Do you like a big pile of source code? Well, there is an imperial buttload of source in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit . It's actually a 178 meg download, which is insane. Perhaps start your download now and get it in the morning when you get up. It's extremely well put together and I say Kudos to the folks that did it. They are better people than I. I like to explore it while watching TV myself and found myself looking through tonight. I checked my blog and while I thought I'd shared this with you before, Dear Reader, I hadn't. My bad, because it's pure gold . With C# and VB, natch. Here's an outline of what's inside. I've heard of folks setting up lunch-time study groups and going through…(read more)
Piles of interesting stuff going on at Mix 10 this week. Here's a link rollup with all the details and downloads that you might care about. (As well as a few blatant plugs for my own sessions.) First: Watch Day 1 and Day 2 keynotes on demand. See recorded sessions here. Silverlight 4 Release Candidate – If you want to develop with the SL4 RC, you'll need the latest Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Web Developer Express 2010 installed and Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 . All the deep details are on Silverlight.net . You can also get the Expression Blend 4 Beta . It was announced that Blend 4 will be a free upgrade from Blend 3. Silverlight for Windows Phone – Windows Phone 7 Series uses Silverlight and/or XNA for development….(read more)