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Debugging Into the .NET Framework Source Code with Visual Studio 2008

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:22:25 GMT

LINQ to Entities - Metadata Generation Tools

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:59:06 GMT

ADO.NET V3.0 will come with the ADO.NET Entity Framework and a flexible object relational mapping layer that plugs in to LINQ - LINQ to Entities. In this video we'll take a look at how we can use metadata generation tools in order to produce the necessary models for the Entity Framework.

LINQ to Entities - The ObjectContext

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:55:40 GMT

ADO.NET V3.0 will come with the ADO.NET Entity Framework and a flexible object relational mapping layer that plugs in to LINQ - LINQ to Entities. In this video we'll take a look at one of the key types in the object model, the ObjectContext that encapsulates a connection to our model, the metadata of the model, the ability to perform CRUD operations and state management capabilities.

Deploying Office 2007 Add-Ins with ClickOnce in VS 2008

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:44:35 GMT

Visual Studio 2008 has great capabilities for building .NET Add-Ins for Office 2007 (and Office 2003). In this video we'll take a look at how you can now use ClickOnce deployment for your Office Add-Ins which has the potential to make the deployment and updating of Office functionality as simple as copying files to a web or file server.

Offering Syndicated RSS/ATOM Data from WCF V3.5 Services

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:33:42 GMT

Windows Communication Foundation V3.5 comes with a built-in object model that makes serialization and consumption of syndication formats like RSS and ATOM a lot easier than hand-cranking your own XML. In this video, we'll take a look at how we add RSS generation to an existing WCF service.

Using ASP.NET Client Application Services in Windows Forms Apps

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:21:35 GMT

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework V3.5 offer a productive mechanism to make use of ASP.NET services such as membership, roles and profile from a Windows Forms smart client. In this session we'll take a look at how you make use of this from Visual Studio 2008.

Using CardSpace with ASP.NET

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:26:34 GMT

Here we'll look at how you can use Windows CardSpace in order to authenticate users of your web site.

VB9 - XML Support

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00:00 GMT

VB9 becomes the best .NET language for creating and manipulating XML with XML features built natively in the language. In this session, we'll take a quick look at what you can expect.

Wrapping Windows APIs with C++/CLI

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00:00 GMT

C++/CLI is a great technology for marrying existing C/C++ code with new .NET code. In this session we'll take a brief look at how we can wrap up a Windows API with C++/CLI in order to make use of it from C# code.

Windows Workflow Foundation: Exposing Web Services

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMT

Workflow Foundation has built-in capabilities that allow a Workflow to be published as an ASP.NET Web Service - in this session we'll look at how this is done and how it works.

Client Certificates

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:00 GMT

In this session we'll take a look at how we can use X509 certificates to authenticate clients to IIS-hosted web applications. We'll look at picking up details of the client certificate from .NET code and also how to set up certificates within IIS itself.

Impersonation

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:00 GMT

Windows is inherently multi-threaded, and it is possible that within a single process there are threads running in a security context that differs from that of the process itself. In this session we'll take a look at how to go about this process of impersonation and how to do that in ASP.NET, and we'll discuss some 'gotchas' around using impersonation.

Windows Communication Foundation: Authorisation

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT

In this session we'll look at some basic mechanisms for authorizing access to service operations that the WCF offers.

ASP.NET Database Connection

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT

This Screencast shows you how to configure your ASP.NET 2.0 Web application to connect to SQL Server 2005 by using Windows authentication. In addition, this Screencast presents an authorisation pattern for restricting your application's identity within the database.

How to Use CAS with ASP.NET

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT

This Screencast explains how you can use code access security policy in ASP.NET 2.0 applications to provide a constrained execution environment for running your Web applications and Web services. This technique is designed for scenarios where multiple Web applications are hosted on a shared server and where you need to provide application isolation and restricted access to shared system resources. This Screencast shows you how to use standard policy and also how to customise policy if one of the standard trust levels does not meet your application's precise requirements.

"Hello World": Introduction to WPF

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMT

The WPF provides rich new capabilities for user interface, documents and media through a productive .NET API. In this session we'll build a simple application and look at the different approaches to building WPF applications imperatively and declaratively.

Programming the Transactional File System

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMT

In Windows Vista both the Registry and the File System gain new transactional capabilities. In this session we'll take a look at transactional file system programming from .NET code.

Windows Communication Foundation: DataContract Serialization

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:00:00 GMT

The DataContract is the standard mechanism in the WCF for serializing .NET object types into XML. This session looks at the various options that DataContract makes available.

Windows Communication Foundation: Exceptions

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:00:00 GMT

Every piece of code needs to think about how to deal with exceptions - the WCF has particular mechanisms for translating .NET exceptions into SOAP faults which we explore here.

Windows Communication Foundation: Typed and Untyped Messages

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:00:00 GMT

The WCF has a lot of flexibility in the way in which it goes from .NET objects to SOAP messages. It can handle parameters and typed/untyped messages. Let's take a look.

Windows Communication Foundation: Type Serialization

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT

The WCF offers a number of different serialization technologies for turning .NET object types into XML for transmission across service boundaries. This session explores what's available.

How to speed up load times: Using a background thread to speed perceived performance at load time

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Application load time can be an issue for mobile devices. This Screencast considers how to use threads to improve application load times.

Consuming a web service from the device: Simple use of Web Reference dialog

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This Screencast presents how to use Visual Studio .NET 2003 to build a device application that can consume a web service. Also looks at exception handling over SOAP and retrieving DataSet classes from a web service.

WSE 3.0 Preview: Hosting ASP.NET Web Services over TCP

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT

With WSE 3.0 we can host ASP.NET web services over non-HTTP transports without IIS - this session takes a look.

Checking WS-I Basic Profile compliance with ASMX V2.0 Web Services

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT

ASP.NET 2.0 can check the compliance of your web services to the WS-I Basic Profile Version 1.1. This session takes a look.

Using custom serialization with ASMX V2.0 Web Services

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT

With ASP.NET 2.0 web services we can take complete control over XML serialization. This sessions looks at how we might implement that.

Using interface based development techniques with ASMX V2.0 Web Services

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT

ASP.NET 2.0 web services can be built using the traditional class-based method and a new interface-based method which we look at here.

Scenarios - Debugging Exceptions

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

.NET error paths are built around exception handling and the debugger has great features for monitoring what's happening with your application's exceptions. This session takes a look.

Scenarios - Debugging Memory Leaks

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Memory Leaks? In .NET code? This session looks at how we'd diagnose the modern equivalent of a memory "leak" with Visual Studio 2005.

Mechanics - Working with the SOS Debugger Extension

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

The Visual Studio debugger can load extension DLLs to extend its capabilities. This session looks at the basics of loading the SOS.DLL for .NET code and introduces what we can do with it.

Building mobile web applications (Part 3)

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Allowing mobile users to browse dynamic web sites can offer some very compelling opportunities. Historically the proliferation of mobile devices, form factors and mark-up languages has made this difficult to achieve for developers, but the ASP.NET mobile controls make very light work of building rich data-driven sites! This is Part 3 of 3.

Building mobile web applications (Part 2)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Building mobile web applications (Part 1)

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Enabling WSE2.0 for ASP.NET Web Services

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This session introduces WSE2.0 and shows how to switch on WSE2.0 support in ASP.NET Web Services

Using asynchronous commands in ADO.NET 2.0

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:00:00 GMT

In this session we'll look at how we can submit work to the database asynchronously in ADO.NET 2.0.

Working with existing WSDLs in ASP.NET Web Services

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Here we take a look at how we can implement a service when provided with an existing WSDL document.

Controlling SOAP and WSDL for ASP.NET Web Services

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT

In this session we'll look at how we can use .NET Framework attributes to take more control of the SOAP and WSDL that ASP.NET generates for us.

Anonymous Methods in C# V2.0

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Working with SOAP extensions in ASP.NET Web Services

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This session looks at the SoapExtension extensibility mechanism for ASP.NET Web Services and how we can make use of it.

Working with SOAP headers in ASP.NET Web Services

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT

This session looks at how we can program against SOAP headers from ASP.NET web services

Serialising a class into XML

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT

From object to XML and back again. .NET makes it easy and in version 2.0 allows you to take more control.

Client programming of User Defined Types with ADO.NET 2.0

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT

How do we program against SQL's new User Defined Types from ADO.NET 2.0? This session explores.

Anchoring and Docking in Windows Forms

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT

Dealing with forms or controls re-sizing used to be tricky - the developer would need to write code to handle the WM_SIZE message - and that code would typically be brittle and hard to support. Visual Studio .NET provides anchoring and docking capabilities which obviate the need for any coding and this piece shows how easy it is to configure.

Managing .NET assemblies in the database

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT

SQL 2005 integrates the .NET Common Language Runtime which means .NET assemblies get loaded into the database. In this session we'll look at the basics of how that works.