See: http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-fx-3-5-sp1-beta-available-now.aspx Edit: ScottGu has also a post about the SP: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-beta.aspx There are lots of stuff in that SP... Summary Web -ASP.NET Data ...

I see a lot on forums and newsgroups that Session variables are constantly recommended to pass state between ASP.NET pages. Yes, it is simple mechanism, reliable with out-of-process modes and really nice to customize with the providers. Session is very familiar for developers working with various web technologies (not just Microsoft ones), and one ...

I've replied a lot to these questions lately.  I'm not going to go to very deep with this, Scott Hanselman has excellent post covering this, see that: How to set an IIS Application or AppPool to use ASP.NET 3.5 rather than 2.0 http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetAnIISApplicationOrAppPoolToUseASPNET35RatherThan20.aspx Simple way ...

I promised to spread the word. :-) Phil and his peers have a developer event, DDD Ireland, in Ireland on 3rd of May. And here's the "official poster" :-) Developer Event? Ah go on, go on, go on. Check it out at www.DDDIreland.com

I posted about this some time ago. My previous post: Potential solution for "Validation of viewstate MAC failed" http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joteke/archive/2007/08/14/Potential-solution-for-_2200_Validation-of-viewstate-MAC-failed_2200_.aspx And the original one: ASP.NET 2.0 and "Validation of ViewState Mac failed" ...

Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and components for .NET, is happy to present Sitefinity CMS v3.2 – a flexible, hassle-free development platform for the construction and management of websites, intranets, and community portals. Sitefinity v3.2 is the succeeding milestone in Telerik’s quest for a feature-rich web ...

See: http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/02/19/microsoft-giving-away-free-developer-software-to-students/ "Microsoft is announcing right now DreamSpark, a new program that gives free developer, designer and related software to college students in 11 countries. DreamSpark goes live today in Belgium, China, Finland, France, ...

I am presenting two sessions at the Seattle Code Camp, Saturday Jan 26 - Sunday Jan 27, Both of my talks are on Sunday. An ASP.NET Ajax talk at 9:15 AM and a Programming Reporting Services talk at 3 PM. Everything can be found on the Code Camp site, including the schedule and a description of the sessions. The conference is at DigiPen in ...

I've been speaking at the DevConnections conferences since Fall of 2001 and have really enjoyed the experience.  The speakers are a great group of people to hang out with, Shirley and Erik and Paul and the rest of the team put together a very well-organized event, and this last show was very impressive in terms of its attendance and breadth ...

I've just started using Web Developer 2008 Express. I've used Visual Studio C# 2003/2005 express a little. Frankly, I'm trying to decide if I should move from Delphi to MS. To make matters a little more difficult for me is that I'm just a guy who has always wanted to be a programmer when he grows up, lol. 1) Can you help me ...