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The Top 7 Things Microsoft Blew in VS 2005/ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:03 PM by plitwin
Okay, now that I have published a few top ten lists for the latest from Microsoft, it's time for a top 7 list of things they did wrong with the new release. Here are my seven least favorite holes in ASP.NET and/or Visual Studio 2005: 1. Event properties Read More...
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Compilation of Web Sites in v1.1 vs v2.0

Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:53 PM by plitwin
K. Scott Allen wrote up a nice summary of how debug and release builds work in ASP.NET 2.0 (and ASP.NET 1.1). Read the full post here . To summarize: In 1.1, VS would take care of compiling code-behind and classes and ASP.NET would take care of compile Read More...
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My Top 10 Favorite Features of the Visual Studio 2005 IDE

Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:15 AM by plitwin
The Visual Studio 2005 IDE has been radically improved. Here's a list of my ten favorite improvements: 1. "No Project" Web Projects – Remember how lame Visual Studio 2003 was when you tried to open an ASPX file directly? This was because VS 2003 was dependent Read More...
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On Not Cutting Corners

Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:56 AM by plitwin
So I am bicycling this past Sunday on the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle. Trying to get my exercise in on a cool crisp day. In Fremont (a Seattle neighborhood) the trail is detoured because of work on the Fremont bridge (the trail normally goes under the Read More...
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Interesting Email...

Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:30 AM by plitwin
I got the following email on Monday. And to be perfectly honest, I was a little suspicious at first. Is this for real? Hmm. The URL is www.microsoft-ace.com, not microsoft.com Is it a scam? Do I click on the link? Finally, my curiosity got the best of Read More...
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Speaking Gig at the .NET Developer's Assocation, Dec 5, 2005

Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:31 PM by plitwin
I am speaking at my local user group, the .NET Developer's Association , on Monday, December 5 at 7:00 PM at Microsoft Building 40, Steptoe Room #1450 in Redmond, WA. Arrive a half an hour earlier for free pizza. Directions can be found here. Here are Read More...
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My Top 10 List for ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:00 PM by plitwin
ASP.NET 2.0 is fantastic . I've been playing with it a while now. Here is a list of the top ten new features: 1. Master Pages -- probably my favorite new feature is the ability to create a page template (a master page) and have other pages inherit the Read More...
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New White Paper on ASP.NET 2.0 Security Best Practicecs

Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:34 PM by plitwin
J.D. Meier and company have produced another great whitepaper on ASP.NET security . This time their focus is on the brand new ASP.NET 2.0 . I've only glanced at this very long whitepaper. Now I just have to carve out some time to sit down and read it Read More...
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Maybe I'm Amazed

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:36 PM by plitwin
It's hard to believe but my diet/exercise regime is continuing to work as I inch closer to my goal weight. I lost six--count 'em--six pounds last week while I was in Vegas. (I was up 2 pounds the prior week so I perhaps it is more accurate to say I lost Read More...
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Encrypting/Decrypting Web.config Sections

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:18 PM by plitwin
One of the cool new features of ASP.NET 2.0 is the ability to encrypt any section of the Web.config . This is not directly supported by Visual Studio, however. You need to run aspnet_regiis.exe at a Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt (look under Visual Read More...
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Fix for Major Visual Studio 2005 UI Step Into Bug

Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:40 PM by plitwin
This is a followup of my previous post . Interestingly, the fix for my problem is to reset my user profile in Visual Studio and this restored the Step Into menu item. Here's the steps: 1) Click the Tools->Import and Export Settings menu item 2) Choose Read More...
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Major Visual Studio 2005 UI Step Into Bug!

Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 11:39 PM by plitwin
[Postscript: this ended up being a profile configuration issue. I was wrong. It is not a bug. See the next post. --Paul] So I'm trying to debug a Web page yesterday in Visual Studio 2005 Professional and glance at the Debug menu. Step Over (F10) is on Read More...
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Posted Sessions from Academic Days Talks in Vegas

Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 11:35 PM by plitwin
I just posted slides and samples from my two talks at the Microsoft Academic Days Web Development conference, Nov 11-12 (the second talk hasn't even happened yet) at www.deeptraining.com/litwin . This includes my overview talk on ASP.NET 2.0 and my talk Read More...
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Posted Sessions from DevConnections

Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 11:32 PM by plitwin
I just posted my slides and samples from my two talks at Microsoft ASP.NET Connections to www.deeptraining.com/litwin . This includes my SQL Server Reporting Services talk and updated slides and samples for my ASP.NET Data Controls talk. Paul Share this Read More...
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DevConnections Wrapup

Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 12:09 PM by plitwin
Just wanted to thank everyone who attended DevConnections Las Vegas. I had a blast. Also, I will post updates to my SQL Server Reporting Services and Data Controls talk samples within a day or two. I'd do it sooner but I am also speaking at another conference Read More...
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The Death of ASP.NET and Server-Side Programming?

Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:55 AM by plitwin
I had an interesting set of conversations with two good friends and notables in the ASP.NET space on the idea of AJAX, Atlas, and the future of server-side programming : Stephen Walther and Dino Esposito . Stephen Walther says , quite bluntly I might Read More...
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Call for Fellow Runners in Vegas

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:16 PM by plitwin
Are you a runner at DevConnections Vegas? I'd love to have running partners. Robert Green and I will be running at lunch time today ( Wednesday ). If you are interested in coming along, we will be meeting about approximately 12:45-1:00 PM at the entrance Read More...
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My SQL Server Reporting Services Session

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:00 PM by plitwin
Okay, I did it again. I went too slooow in the beginning of my SQL Server Reporting Services for Developers session and then was rushed at the end of my session. Do I ever learn? Hopefully. I still think it was good (maybe even great) content but I am Read More...
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Visual Studio/SQL Server Express Released and Free

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:13 AM by plitwin
If you haven't heard, Microsoft has decided to make Visual Studio 2005 Express editions free for one year. (After November 6, 2006, they will charge $49 for the Express products, but those downloading before that date can continue to use their free copies). Read More...
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Beta 2 --> Version 1.0 Issue with DataSource Control Discovered On Stage at Microsoft ASP.NET Connections

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:11 AM by plitwin
During my ASP.NET Hands-On Workshop at Microsoft ASP.NET Connections (part of DevConnections ), I unfortunately ran into a Beta 2 to version 1.0 issue (so much for last minute testing). What happened is that I built several pages that used the SqlDataSource Read More...
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Off to Vegas

Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:43 PM by plitwin
Okay, I have my computer stuff and clothes spread out on the floor as I am ready to pack my suitcase and computer bag. Tomorrow, I head to the airport at about 6:30 AM for Vegas and Microsoft ASP.NET Connections and the other DevConnections shows. On Read More...
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ASP.NET 2.0 App Service Config Issues When Not Installing Sql 2005 Express

Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 7:02 AM by plitwin
[PostScript: Since I first posted this I was thinking, while biking to work this morning, that Option 2, while useful, is not necessarily the best course of action because this will require you to have to update the machine.config on the server(s) to Read More...
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DotNetSlackers Delivers the Best ASP.NET Blogs

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:17 PM by plitwin
DotNetSlackers' tag line is ASP.NET News for Lazy Developers . The site, run by ASP.NET MVP Sonu Kapoor , aggregates posts of interest to ASP.NET developers. So if you're looking for the latest on ASP.NET, check it out. And if you blog about ASP.NET, Read More...
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Caught Between a Rock and a ...

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:16 AM by plitwin
In preparing for my ASP.NET 2.0 hands-on workshop I needed to update my Spring Beta 1 workshop materials (see previous post ). One interesting issue is that the workshop will be held on the day Visual Studio 2005/SQL Server 2005 ships ! But people won't Read More...
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