Tuesday, August 31, 2004

 
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1:

Yesterday i had my first view of VS 2005 Express editions beta 1 circulated in the TechEd 2004.

I was maneuvering through the IDE and i was really amazed to see the ease in which u can write better code.

The first thing that made me sound "WOW" was the Insert Code snippet feature. in the code view, right click, in the popup menu, choose "Insert Code Snippet", will give u almost all frequently used Common Functionalities as ready made built in codes. I tried few of them, basically Database Related codes like execute "Stored Procedures" from .net, "Filling DataSet" etc and it was amazing.

As i keep pondering into deeps of IDE i am sure i am heading for amazing days to come...

Friday, August 13, 2004

 
Tech Ed 2004: The Developer's Festival - Chennai.

The Microsoft TechEd 2004 completed in Chennai Today and i am coming out of this Extravaganza.

Just few words about my experience:

Key Note:

Keith Rowe during his KeyNote Speech, Demonstrated Visual Studio Team System - The session was exciting, with a to-the-point presentation. The VSTS is a collection of tools which provides support for the complete Software development team and life-cycle, tasks are represented as work items and they can be tracked right from requirements, design, coding, unit testing, code review...

Speluking CLR 2.0:

Gaurav Khanna did some real in-depth talks on the CLR, Generics and other C# features.

ChalkTalk:

There was a new evenk: chalk talk session on CLR Internals which was really wonderful where we discussed on the internals of the CLR and .Net.

Connected Systems: Working with Web Services enhancements:

Janakiram MSV led us in a world of Web Services Enhancements and the support for this integrated within Visual Studio.Net.

Managed Gains with SQL-CLR Integration:

Praveen Srivatsa spoke about the SQL - CLR Integration. With the SQL 2005 (YUKON), Microsoft integrates CLR Hosting inside the SQL Server Engine. I really wondered how this speaker could go to such deap understanding even before the product is released. He explained all the best practices, pit falls, Cautions on using this feature.

Developing Secure ASP.Net Web Applications:

Sanjay Shetty shared his experiences on mind reading of the Hackers, How they get into the vulnerable sites, How they get data, He showed demos on handling such scenarios. The session was really live with lot of participation and sharing experiences.

Plunging in ADO.Net 2.0:

Anand M gave a very good insight into the new Disconnected Stack of ADO.Net, the new DataTable, Support for XML, MARS (Multiple Active Record Sets), Bulk Copy, Provider Independent API's that comes with the next version of .net Framework 2.0.

The exciting session was the ASP.Net 2.0 Powered Data Controls by Vinod Unny - He showed cool demos where by just drag & drop and a few property changes, we can develop highly productive applications. He demonstrated in details the enhancements to the DataGrid, GridView, New DataSource controls, TreeView controls and showed us samples.

Abhishek Kant, the Microsoft India MVP Lead Should be congratulatedfor some really innovative ideas for the community programs like PassionQuotient Contest, MVP Programs, Community Star Programs.

Overall the Teched was really mind boggling, It showed a sneek preview of Microsoft's Roadmap for the future.

Microsoft Rules...

Vijrag.

 
After a long strech of tight work in client's place i am back in action...

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