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MSDN 'How Do I?' Videos—MSDN has some interesting videos that teach you step by step how to accomplish things like: ASP.NET Ajax, Devices, Native Coding, Security, Silverlight, VS, etc. Worth a look!
MVC Source Code Released—If you are eager to deploy on the new MVC framework, Microsoft has released the source code so you can apply your ownhacks bug fixes instead of having to wait for official releases.
MVC Framework—ScottGu has an interesting series on the MVC Framework (models, views, and controllers). He introduces the frameworkhere and goes into a more detail inPart1. You can also watch avideo of Scott going over MVC.
Subversion Setup Video—Our very ownByteJugglerhas been doing a great job on the forums lately and recently product a lovely video on setting up aSubversionRepository usingTortoiseSVN. The video is in flash format so just open the file up using Internet Explorer.
Web Application Projects—Missing the single DLL? “The Web Application Projects add-in provides a Visual Studio 2005 Web project model option that works like the Visual Studio .NET 2003 Web project model.”
New Microsoft Development Learning Center—Microsoft has launced what they call a 'Beginner Developer Learning Center' that contains guides (classified by difficulty levels) to help teach the newbie programmer. There are 2 development tracks to choose from:Windows DevelopmentandWeb Development.
New C# Orcas Language Features—ScottG talks about the new features in C# 3.0, he details features like Automatic properties, object initializers and Collection initializers.
Windows PowerShell—PowerShell is a new powerful command line shell and scripting language. It ships with over 130 command line tools build on top of the .NET framework and the ability to write your own 'command-lets'. Download thePowerShell Documentation while your at it. Also keep an eye on on the PowerShell teamblog. Developers should bookmark theprogrammer's guide.
ASP.NET Framework 3.0—Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 can now be downloadedhere. For more detailssee this page. ASP.NET 3.0 is included in Windows Vista, some new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Communication Foundation, Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace. The redistributable package is for Windows XP and Server 2003.
FREE MSDN Library Download—You heard it right, get your very own 1.9 GIG local copy of the MSDN Library from MS downloads.
IIS.NET goes live—As Scott Guthrie has noted in thepast, IIS7 is a major update and improvement. Bookmark this site as it is going to be a great platform to keep up to speed on its developments.
Free Intellisense for SQL Server—FREE until September, download your very own copy of SQL Prompt. Features: Code completion, keyword formatting, code snippet integration. No time-bomb or restrictions, it really is free!
Get Real!—If you build web applications for a living, you will find this eBook very interesting. It is written by the makers of 37signals.com, and they talk about development techniques that have worked for them (less is more etc.) I'm currently on page 16 of 177 and I couldn't wait to tell you guys about it. ($19).
Simple use of Multithreading—Chris Sells provides us with a easy to follow implementation of multithreading.
VS 2005 Updates—Interesting things going on with Visual Studios as Scott Guthrie explains.
| Great C# books: The C# Programming Language,Essential ASP.NET With Examples in C#,ASP.NET Unleashed.
Learn the ASP.NET Page Life Cycle — Learn the various stages of a typical ASP.NET page life cycle.
BVCommerce by BVSoftware — Let's take a look at BVSoftrware's product BVCommerce.
ASP.NET 2.0 Caching — Let's take a look at some of the new caching features ASP.NET 2.0 has to offer.
Teach Yourself: ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 hours — Learn ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 hours.
ASP.NET Configuration Web.Config Files Elements — An overview of the various sections found in Web.Config Configuration files.
Visual Basic .NET Syntax Reference Primer — Learn Visual Basic using this easy to follow VB.NET Syntax Reference Primer
DateTime Structure — A great reference on real life examples of the System DateTime structure.
Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0 — A quick start guide into templating your website using Master Pages.
File Downloading using WebClient's DownloadFile me — ASP.NET File Downloading console application that grabs a list of URL's and saves to disk.
ASP.NET 2.0 – What’s New? — ASP.NET 2.0 has some exciting new features, here is a quick overview of what to expect.
Conditional Attribute in C# compared to #if #endif — Learn how to utilize the Conditional Attribute to better structure your source code when producing DEBUG and Release 'versions'.
Database Synchronization the easy way — Synchronizing database schema's is usually an unpleasant task for most developers, I review a tool that can ease burden
Hacking Visual Studios — Want to learn to hack Visual Studios and make the most of your IDE
Error Reporting — Email error reporting for your web application.
URL Rewriting — Dynamic content generation with user-friendly URL's
Refrencing the Root Path/URL — Here's a neat trick to reference your apps root within server-side controls
Screen Scraping in ASP.NET — Retrieving HTML from a website could not be any easier in .NET
Deploying Web.Config — A simple way to ensure your dev and prod web.configs are kept seperate
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