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02 augustus 2007
Orcas syndication API

Syndication Syndication is becoming more and more popular. In essence, it is just some form of representation of data, and not only applicable to weblogs and news items. The .NET Framework 3.5 (WCF in particular) comes with a syndication API that allows providing and constructing new RSS or ATOM feeds... Read More...

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Filed under: C# 3.0, XML, .NET FX 3.5

17 juni 2007
Developer Days 2007: a blast

It took a couple of days to wind down again. The 2007 edition of the Dutch Developer Days were exciting and excellent. It was real nice to meet nearly everybody (or so it feels). I did get around to do both presentations on Linq and robotics. The Microsoft Robotics session was scheduled after all. So... Read More...

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Filed under: Linq, C# 3.0, Talks, Conferences, .NET FX 3.5, Community, Lego, Visual Basic, Visual Studio 2008

07 mei 2007
Speaking at Developer Days 2007

On June 13th and 14th I will be speaking at the Developer Days 2007 in Amsterdam, together with a lot of renowned national and international speakers . My talk is entitled " Applied Linq " and will cover Linq beyond the basics and give an impression of how Linq can be applied in "everyday" situations... Read More...

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Filed under: Linq, C# 3.0, Talks, Conferences, .NET FX 3.5, Community

27 februari 2007
Linq support in Compact Framework 3.5

Tonight I did some more browsing through the January 2007 CTP version of Visual Studio "Orcas" and stumbled upon the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 . The .NET Compact FX 3.5 is first included in this CTP version. To my great surprise I discovered a System.Core.dll assembly was the one new assembly in the... Read More...

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Filed under: C# 3.0, .NET FX 3.5, Visual Studio 2008

05 januari 2007
Collection initializers revisited

Recently there has been a change in the syntax for collection initializers in C# 3.0. Charlie Calvert posted about it here . David Hayden reacts with a question on why you would want this, as it only seems more verbose. Well, here are my best guesses. To reiterate, the delta from this original and new... Read More...

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Filed under: C# 3.0, .NET FX 3.5

31 oktober 2006
Progress on Linq in .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft has released the September 2006 CTP of Visual Studio “Orcas” as an image for Virtual PC 2004 (go get VPC 2004 SP1 , it’s free). This image contains an installed version of VS2005 “Orcas” and SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003. I have heard of people who where... Read More...

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Filed under: Linq, C# 3.0, .NET FX 3.5