Cristian's Blog

The meeting was just fine, we didn't keep our promise that it will be a 2 hours and a half meeting but no one complained (yet) about the extra hour

For those interested in the pictures from the event take a look here.

The resources I mentioned today are:

• MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 1)
• The What's new in Visual Studio 2008 webcast (in romanian) - "Noutati in Visual Studio 2008"
•  Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit
• Visual Studio 2008 Training Recordings:
• Lap around Visual Studio 2008 & .NET Framework 3.5
• What's new in C# 3.0?
• What's new in Visual Basic 9.0?
• .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements
• .NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Using LINQ with Relational Data
• ADO Synchronization Services
• MSDN Nuggets:
• Languages
• VB9 - Object Initialisers
• VB9 - Implicit Types
• VB9 - Anonymous Types
• VB9 - Relaxed Delegates
• Partial Methods in C# v3 and VB9
• VB Intellisense In VS2008
• C# Version 3.0 - Object Initialisers
• C# Version 3.0 - Implicit Typing
• C# Version 3.0 - Collection Initialisers
• C# Version 3.0 - Anonymous Types
• C# Version 3.0 - Extension Methods
• C# Version 3.0 - Lambda Expressions
• C# Version 3.0 - Expression Trees
• C# Version 3.0 - Pieces of LINQ
• Partial Methods in C# v3 and VB9
• Decomposing LINQ
• The Development Environment
• VS2008 Multitargeting
• Multi-threading Debugging Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008
• VS2008 designed for Vista with better aesthetics and usability
• .NET Framework
• .NET Framework v3.5 Overview
• Web Development
• New CSS support in Visual Studio 2008
• Script Intellisense and Debugging
• Office
• Deploying Office 2007 Add-Ins with ClickOnce in VS 2008
• Office Ribbon Customisation in Visual Studio 2008
• Outlook Form Regions in Visual Studio 2008
• VBA interop with VSTO managed code in VS 2008
• Word Content Controls in Visual Studio 2008
• Office Task Panes and Actions Pane in VS2008
• Windows Forms
• Using ASP.NET Client Application Services in Windows Forms Apps
• Windows Forms Interop with WPF
• WCF and WF
• Durable Services with WCF V3.5
• Offering Syndicated RSS/ATOM Data from WCF V3.5 Services
• LINQ to XML
• VB9 - XML Support
• Creating XML in VB with LINQ to XML
• Querying XML in VB with LINQ to XML
• Namespaces in VB with LINQ to XML
• Creating XML in C# with LINQ to XML
• Querying XML in C# with LINQ to XML
• Namespaces in C# with LINQ to XML
• LINQ to SQL
• Introduction to LINQ to SQL
• Understanding the DataContext
• Mapping Schemas to Classes in LINQ to SQL
• Code Generation Tools in LINQ to SQL
• Inserts with LINQ to SQL
• Deletes with LINQ to SQL
• Updates with LINQ to SQL
• Concurrency in LINQ to SQL
• Joining Data with LINQ to SQL
• Working with NULLs in LINQ to SQL
• When Do LINQ to SQL Queries Execute?
• Deferred Loading of Related Entities in LINQ to SQL
• Querying with Stored Procedures in LINQ to SQL
• Updating with Stored Procedures in LINQ to SQL
• Using SQL Functions in LINQ to SQL
• User Defined Functions in LINQ to SQL
• Inheritance in LINQ to SQL
• Transactions in LINQ to SQL
• Windows Vista
• Build UAC aware apps with VS2008