Satter Ramblings

Covariance and Contravariance, huh?

One of the new features in C# and VB.NET is covariance and contravariance. What the heck is it?

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 on WU

.NET Framework is considered part of the operating system. What will happen with .NET 4 once it is officially released and how can you help?

.NET 4 Migration

How do you go about migrating from an older .NET Framework to .NET Framework 4? With .NET Framework 4 migration is actually pretty easy.

Questions on Client Profile

The other day I did a screencast for folks on .NET 4 Beta 2. In it, I discuss profiles and deployment options. It is slated to go on Channel 9 sometime after PDC. I got a couple of questions and want to answer those here.

Deploying .NET Framework 4 Beta 2

Now that Beta 2 is out I can talk more freely about what is happening with the .NET Framework. The most visible changes are the installation size, speed, and error rate of the Framework. There are also a lot of great new features

Microsoft .NET 4 Client Profile

.NET 4 continues with the new concept of profiles. A profile is a subset of the Full Framework that can control what run time assemblies you can use. This can allow for a smaller install when redistributing .NET. For more information check Jossef Goldberg's blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/jgoldb/archive/2009/05/27/net-framework-4-client-profile-introduction.aspx

Also see my new blog on deployment which discusses the new .NET 4 Client Profile.

Microsoft .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Available

Today if you go on MSDN Subscriber downloads you can get the beta of Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET 4. The public will get the beta in a couple of days. For more information, please visit the Visual Studio 2010 Product Page.

CodeDOM

  Reed Robinson has been talking about the Mobile LOB Accelerator lately. This got me thinking how I could make it easier to write applications based on it. This then lead me to CodeDOM. Ok I am lying but then I can't give away all of my secrets.

One Click Download of .NET

One of the parts of my job will be helping define the message around deploying .NET Applications. One of the feedbacks that I heard loud and clear is finding the .NET Framework is challenging. So here you go a single quick url for downloading the .NET Framework - http://www.microsoft.com/net.