New and Notable 387
Windows Workflow
- WF4 Beta 1 => Beta 2 Breaking Changes Document Published – Matt Winkler points to the document on Microsoft.com downloads that lists the major breaking changes that occurred for WF between Beta 1 and Beta 2
- My presentations at HDC 09 – Matt Milner’s presentations include one on WF4 Custom Activities
- Much to my dismay, Expression syntax in WF4 is in VB syntax, which is also tripping up a bunch of C# programmers who use C# to write workflows. Cathy Dumas, from the workflow team, and new to blogging, has a pair of posts for this: VB Expression Example: Manipulating generic lists and VB for C# Developers
Silverlight
- Silverlight From Zero – Just what I needed! Jesse starts a series of blog posts for folks who are new to Silverlight and/or want to brush up on the fundamentals, and consisting of a series of mini-tutorials
Visual Studio 2010/.NET Framework 4
- Interesting .NET 4 thing of the Day: String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace – a little tidbit explanation
- What’s new in CLR via C#, 3rd Edition as compared to the 2nd Edition – Wow! The classic- must own 1st book any .NET programmer is getting updated since the CLR did change in 4.0 as opposed to 3, 3.5, 3.5SP1. Jeffery’s post details the changes chapter by chapter
Windows Azure
- The Azure Handbook - My dear friend and inventor of Neudesic’s Neuron ESB, David Pallmann, is writing an Azure book
- Azure ROI Calculator Updated With Better International Support - Neudesic's popular Azure ROI Calculator has been updated to work better for users outside of the U.S. (that is, for those with regional settings besides English-US).
- Azure Storage Explorer 3.0 Beta Now Available – Another David project - Azure Storage Explorer version 3.0 is now available as a beta release on CodePlex. Azure Storage Explorer is Neudesic's free tool for viewing and managing Windows Azure blobs, queues, and tables.
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