This presentation happens in two parts. The first is an overview of the new language additions to the C# 3.0 specification and how these features culminate in the formation of LINQ. The second part applies...

The Microsoft Sync Framework (MSF) is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables synchronization, offline, and collaborative scenarios for services, applications, and devices. This session will...

So, you've created a slick ASP.NET web application, but the performance isn�t what you were expecting. In this session I will demonstrate tools to help find the bottlenecks and offer advice on resolving...

Get ready for a recursive experience! This presentation is actually a Silverlight 2.0 application which gives a presentation about the features of Silverlight 2.0 and how to use them to build a presentation...

XML-based data is very prevalent in today's data world to the point that every database developer should know how to work with XML. Middle-tier translation of XML into relational data may be inflexible...

Functional languages like LISP have traditionally been considered a niche, academic langage not widely used in the business world. Lately these languages have been experience a surge of popularity as developer...

DSL shwee ess ell. Isn�t this a Digital Subscriber Line? Domain Specific Languages get all the lip service and none of the implementation or use. Real world DSLs are hard work. Boo makes it much easier...

Nobody likes writing CRUD. After writing an obscene number of methods and stored procedures you are left with a mountain of repetitive,error-prone,data access code. Wouldn't it be great if you could...

Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft's "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially...

This beginner level session is aimed at developers who are interested in learning how to use IronRuby in their Silverlight applications. The DLR concepts will be explained. This session will review step...