Joydip Kanjilal's Technology Corner

Hello Friends,

Sorry for the late post. My 75th article (New Features in Entity Framework 4) at www.sswug.org is now live. Here’s the list of all the articles at www.sswug.org I have authored:

1.  New Features in Entity Framework 4
2.  New Features in Silverlight 4 - Part 2
3.  New Features in Silverlight 4 - Part 1
4.  Working with Language Integrated Query in C# -[Part I]
5.  Static Methods and Thread Safety
6.  Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework
7.  Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation
8.  Introducing the F# Programming Language
9.  The ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Model
10. New Features and Improvements in ASP.NET 3.5 andVisual Studio 2008 (Part II)
11. New Features and Improvements in ASP.NET 3.5 andVisual Studio 2008 (Part I)
12. Understanding Dispose and Finalize in C#
13. Working with Xml Files Using C#
14. Working with Windows Services in Microsoft .NET
15. Understanding Application Domains, Threads andProcesses
16. Introduction to Serialization [Part II]
17. Understanding Web Services [Part II]
18. Take advantage of Connection Pooling in ADO.NET
19. Understanding Response.Redirect, Server.Transferand Cross Page Postbacks
20. New Data Source Controls in ASP.NET
21. Using Http Compression through IIS
22. Business Process Management, Workflow and BusinessProcess Rules - a close look [Part II]
23. Business Process Management, Workflow andBusiness Process Rules a close look [Part I]
24. Tips for improving the response time of webpages
25. Fixes to PageRequestManagerParserErrorExceptionwhen using Ajax Update Panel
26. Tips for Improving ASP.NET ApplicationPerformance
27. Best practices of synchronizing threads
28. Re-throwing exceptions is expensive
29. Understanding Authentication, Authorization andImpersonation in ASP.NET (Part II)
30. Understanding Authentication, Authorization andImpersonation in ASP.NET (Part I)
31. Introducing Windows SharePoint Services
32. Understanding Microsoft Commerce Server (PartII)
33. Understanding Microsoft Commerce Server (Part I)
34. New Features in ADO.NET (Part III)
35. New Features in ADO.NET (Part II)
36. New Features in ADO.NET 2.0 (Part I)
37. Understanding Microsoft BizTalk Server (Part II)
38. Understanding Microsoft BizTalk Server (Part I)
39. Handling Concurrency issues in ADO.NET (Part II)
40. Handling Concurrency issues in ADO.NET (Part I)
41. Understanding Software Testing (Part III)
42. Understanding Software Testing (Part II)
43. Understanding Software Testing (Part I)
44. Understanding the SDLC Phases of a SoftwareProject [Part III]
45. Understanding the SDLC phases of a SoftwareProject [Part II]
46. Understanding the SDLC Phases of a SoftwareProject [Part I]
47. Understanding Windows Share Point Services
48. An Introduction to DotNetNuke
49. Understanding Asynchronous Javascript and XML(AJAX)
50. Risk Management -- Prevention is better thancure [Part II]
51. Risk Management -- Prevention is better thancure [Part I]
52. Understanding Windows Management Instrumentation
53. Understanding the Mono Framework
54. Understanding Software Requirements Management
55. Remoting in .NET [Part II]
56. New Features in ASP.NET 2.0
57. Introducing Software Process Models [Part II]
58. Introducing Software Process Models [Part I]
59. Working with Resource files and SatelliteAssemblies in Microsoft .NET
60. Understanding Web Services [Part I]
61. Introducing ADO.NET Transactions
62. Service Oriented Architecture [Part II]
63. Garbage Collection in Microsoft.NET
64. Solidify your applications using Design Patterns[Part I]
65. Best Practices of Exception Handling
66. Understanding Service Oriented Architecture[Part I]
67. Abstract Classes Vs. Interfaces
68. Efficient String Operations in C#
69. Assemblies—The building blocks of Microsoft .NETframework [Part II]
70. Assemblies—The building blocks of Microsoft .NETframework [Part I]
71. Remoting in Microsoft .NET [Part I]
72. State Management in ASP.NET Part II
73. Introduction to Serialization in Microsoft .NET(Part I)
74. Value and Reference Types in .Net
75. State Management in ASP.NET (Part I)

Thanks,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

I just came across a great article by Thiru Thangarathinam on Declarative WCF Services using .NET 4.0. Here's the link to the article: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/42367/1954

I am a big fan of declarative programming and would now like to write a few articles on handling complex operations using declarative programming in WCF soon. I would post the links to those articles here as well.

Stay tuned!

Thanks,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

I was going through Wenlong Dong's blog while browsing the internet for WCF stuff. I could find some great posts on WCF there. Here is the link: http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/default.aspx

Thanks,

Joydip

Hi Friends,

Watch out for "Guru Blogs" at Dr Dobb's Journal for blog posts on the new and enhanced features in Visual Studio 2010. Here's the link: http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/index.jhtml

I am also a regular blogger there. 

Regards,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

Visual Studio 2010 has a lot to offer to the web application development community. You can learn what Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 has in store for web application developers from Scott Guthrie and Laurence Moroney's article at Dr Dobb's Journal. Here's the link: http://www.drdobbs.com/visualstudio/224201516

Thanks,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

My first article at Dr Dobb's Journal is now live. It's on PEX Framework, an automated white box testing tool from Microsoft. Here's the link: http://www.drdobbs.com/visualstudio/224201591

Thanks,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

Visual Studio 2010 is launching worldwide today! You can watch it live now at http://www.microsoftteched.in/

Alternatively, you can watch the live webcast of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Launch today at 8:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time. Here's the link: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/watch-it-live

More news and updates to follow.

Regards,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

I received the MVP Award Kit - an awesome pack with the MVP trophy inside.

My heartiest thanks to Microsoft!

Cheers,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

After a long wait, the much awaited release of Visual Studio 2010 is coming up. Visual Studio 2010 would be released on April 12th, 2010. Here is the link to more information in this regard: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/visual-studio-events

Regards,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

Here is the link to an article I wrote on the Spark IT 2010 event held at Bangalore: http://www.devproconnections.com/article/microsoft-net-framework/Spark-IT-2010.aspx

Stay tuned for most posts on my experiences at Spark IT 2010!

Regards,

Joydip

Hello Friends,

I just came back from the prestigious Spark IT 2010 event at Bangalore. It was a great time meeting so many reputed personalities there. I was also one of the speakers and I delivered two sessions - one on the new features in C# 4.0 and the other on the new features in ASP.NET 4.0.

Here are a few links to the Spark IT event:

http://www.ciol.com/sparkIT/2010/  
http://www.ciol.com/sparkIT/2010/inc/speakers.asp
http://www.ciol.com/developer/feature/open-source-slowly-gaining-momentum-in-india/1310132375/0/
http://www.ciol.com/Developer/SparkIT/News-Reports/As-programming-languages-get-more-dynamic/133372/0/
http://blogs.bigadda.com/pcq5032662/2010/03/17/top-technologies-to-gear-up-for-future/

I would soon write more posts on this event here.

Cheers,

Joydip

Hi All,

Joe Stagner has written a post on my book in his esteemed blog. Here is the link: http://misfitgeek.com/blog/aspnet/book-ndash-asp-net-4-0-by-joydip-kanjilal/

My heartiest thanks to Joe for his post and spending his valuable time to review my book and write a foreword for it.

Thanks,

Joydip

Hello All,

I wish all my friends, students and well wishers a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. May All Your Unrealized Dreams Come True in 2010! Happy New Year!

Regards,

Joydip