Satter Ramblings

NETFX Setup & Deployment

I was going to talk about setup for .NET 3.5 SP1 however Scott Hanselman beat me to it with a very good article. He talks about why the actual size is large i.e. the redistributable contains all platforms and architectures. In addition he has setup a website and Javascript tag to allow you to calculate it for yourself and your users.

Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008 - Data Retrieval

The new Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008 includes a new data layer that can be used in your own projects to speed up development. When the Add Item screen for example is displayed, the user uses a combo box filled with inventory objects to pick inventory items to add to an order. This article walks through how the data gets from the database to the UI.

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 Architecture

The Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 is an enterprise mobile application demonstrating how a mythical hardware distributor could use Windows Mobile devices to support the sale and distribution of hardware goods. This blog entry looks at the architecture being used.

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 is now available for download. This is an update to the original Mobile LOB Accelerator and shows off new features in VS2008 and CF 3.5 while maintain performance. I worked on the underlying data layer which I will be talking about in blog entries. Below is the whole blurb about various features.

.Net Roadmap

Scott Gu - VP of >NET Developer Platform has released a blog entry outlining some of the new things coming down this year in his blog.

Wii and C#!!!

Some people have time to do some very cool things. Take the case of PhD Graduate Student - Johnny Chung Lee. He has taken a Wiimote and turned it into an input device for computers. This was done using C#.

SQL Server CE 3.5

SQL Server CE 3.5 is the supported version of the database in VS2008. What that means is the designers like Server Explorer only work if the database is SSCE v3.5 (Note: I am talking about SSCE accessed by Server Explorer. Server Explorer can talk to other databases).

Creating Beautiful UIs

The Compact Framework while small still has a very rich feature set. This includes all the components you need to build a really stunning UI similar to the iPhone.

VS2008 RTMs

Title says it all. Today the Visual Studio team released VS2008 to manufacturing! Official launch is slated for February next year. If you have MSDN subscription you can download the official version starting today. Its as great product for both device, desktop and server development.