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28 augustus 2008
Workaround for missing "Edit WCF Configuration" menu option in Visual Studio
Sometimes when you have a clean install of Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 the context menu item "Edit WCF Configuration" for a app.config or web.config will not show. The picture above does show the menu item I'm talking about, but you may find that it is not there. Help is at hand: there is... Read More...
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19 augustus 2008
XML declarations in Linq to XML
The new XML API that comes with Linq to XML has some peculiar ways of handling the XML declaration (aka the XML prolog). Take a look at this sample: Process [] processes = Process .GetProcesses(); XDocument document = new XDocument ( new XDeclaration ( "1.0" , "utf-8" , "true"... Read More...
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22 maart 2008
Combining AJAX and WCF 2.0
The WCF "Orcas" release (the WCF from .NET Framework 3.5 aka WCF 2.0) makes it so much easier to use your WCF service in conjunction with ASP.NET AJAX (formerly known as 'Atlas'). Before Orcas you would build a AJAX enabled (web) service by adding the [ScriptService] attribute to the service... Read More...
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10 maart 2008
IT-Boxing event in Sofia: the Bulgarian adventure
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to participate in the IT-Boxing event that took place last thursday, March 6th in Sofia, Bulgaria. The IT-Boxing event is a one-night competition, organized by the Bulgarian Association of Software Developers (BASD), in which a couple of teams battle to be the best... Read More...
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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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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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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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11 april 2007
More on Orcas+1 release
Just got some extra information about the plans for WCF and WF after the post Silver (which is in the Orcas timeframe) release. Here are two extra ideas that I picked up at the WCF+WF Orcas training. The other ones are mentioned in a previous post . Currently WF does not have a clear model on which data... Read More...
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11 april 2007
New things for WCF and WF and plans for after Orcas
Before we get to the point that WCF+WF Orcas (Silver) is released, some other WCF and WF related releases might see the day of light. There is the WCF LOB Adapter SDK, allowing you to speed up your development on custom channels, such as to a SAP server. I found that Sonu Arora has an entire blog full... Read More...
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11 april 2007
Workflow Foundation Rules in Orcas
Again, some background on where we are with rules in WF version 1 (in .NET FX 3.0): The Rules framework in WF allow you to define discrete and atomic rules using simple semantics. This makes it very approachable. WF Rules distinguish conditions (boolean evaluations) and rules (if-then-else semantics... Read More...
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11 april 2007
Going forward from WCF and WF version 1: Silver
Let's set the stage. Where are we now with .NET Framework 3.0 , and WCF and WF in particular? WCF in version 1 brought us a programming model and runtime, consisting of a Service model: the endpoints, bindings and contracts. This is where most of your code goes. Channel layer: does the messaging part... Read More...
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08 april 2007
Off to Redmond: WCF+WF in Orcas Deep Dive training
Tomorrow I'll leave for Microsoft, Redmond for an in-depth training on WCF and WF in Orcas training event. Paul Andrew blogged with an invitation to come join the Deep Dive training in Redmond. I applied and got invited. The training will focus on a lot of the new stuff in .NET FX 3.5, and will cover... Read More...
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05 maart 2007
SendActivity in Windows Workflow 3.5
.NET 3.5 might come with some new items for Windows Workflow. In the March 2007 CTP two new Activities make their appearance: SendActivity and ReceiveActivity. This blog post is about the SendActivity. The SendActivity is used to send and receive a message to a WCF endpoint. It's usage is fairly straightforward... Read More...
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04 maart 2007
WCF Library projects
Visual Studio Orcas changes the way WCF projects are organized. They are located under a different folder for project types: Windows Communications Foundation (yep, spelled out in full). It is still only one project template, still called WCF Service Library. If you think polar bears are cool, wait till... Read More...
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28 februari 2007
What's new in .NET Framework 3.5.20209 (March 2007 CTP) Part 1
The .NET Framework 3.5 build 3.5.20209 was released earlier this morning as part of the Visual Studio Orcas March 2007 CTP. Find the downloads here: Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" March 2007 CTP (Self-extracting Install) Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" March 2007 CTP Team Foundation Server (Self-extracting... Read More...
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