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• #MIX09 Keynote – Day 1

  There was a lot of great information shared this morning at the first of the #MIX09 keynotes .  As I reflect on it, it seems that most of it seemed to be centered around Silverlight 3, but there were a few gems tucked away in some other parts of... Posted Mar 19 2009, 01:11 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, ASP.NET, Microsoft, Expression, Web, blend, mix09, ria

• Slides and Demo from DevCares: MVC

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• DallasDevCares – MVC Framework

  digg_url = "http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig/archive/2009/02/12/dallasdevcares-mvc-framework.aspx";digg_title = "DallasDevCares – MVC Framework";digg_bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title... Posted Feb 12 2009, 10:25 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Training, ASP.NET, MVC, devcares

• The Return of DevCares!

  When I first started as a Developer Evangelist almost 2 years ago (WOW – time flies), the very first thing I was asked to do was connect with the folks in SCD that were running the local DevCares events and make sure that they had the support they needed... Posted Jan 07 2009, 11:31 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Dallas, ASP.NET, Events, MVC, devcares, aspnetmvc

• Come to MDC Dallas and See Me Shave My Head!

  That’s right – you heard right!  I’m issuing a challenge to all the architects, DBAs, enthusiasts, and professional software developers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas… If we can get 750 people registered to attend the MSDN Developer Conference... Posted Dec 18 2008, 05:47 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Dallas, .NET, Community, Fun, AJAX, ASP.NET, Events, Mesh, PDC, event, azure, cloud, mdc, bald

• Deck and Demos from DELL MDC

  As promised, here are my deck and demos from the MDC event at Dell on Thursday. I had a really great time at the event, and I hope you enjoyed my session on ASP.NET 4.0 Futures! Please let me know if you have any questions. Don’t forget – the code in... Posted Dec 12 2008, 11:41 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: ASP.NET, Events, Austin, Web, texas, MVC

• Silverlight 2 RC0 Available Today!

  The Silverlight team announced today that Silverlight 2 RC0 was released today for public consumption.  Please note that applications built using this release will work off of the Silverlight 2 RC0 Developer Runtime only. Please keep that in mind... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:14 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, AJAX, ASP.NET, Expression, Web, blend

• Adding Style to WPF and Silverlight Apps at DDNUG

  I had a great time speaking at the Dallas .NET User Group meeting last night on WPF and Silverlight Styles, Templates and Data Binding.  I’ve posted the slides up on Slideshare and the demos (with the pptx) out on FolderShare .  Here are the... Posted Sep 12 2008, 11:34 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, WPF, Silverlight, Dallas, .NET, User Groups, Community, AJAX, ASP.NET, C#, VisualStudio, Expression, Events, Web, ux, vs08sp1, Entity Framework, blend

• MSDN Unleashed and ArcReady

  Not sure if everyone is subscribed to the MSDN Flash or not, but if you’re not – it is a GREAT resource for finding out what’s happening in your area.  I like the fact that it’s customized to show events and happenings in your geography (my copy... Posted Sep 10 2008, 08:51 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Training, Visual Studio, SQL Server, WPF, Dallas, .NET, Community, MSDN, AJAX, WCF, ASP.NET, LINQ, vsts, Events, Houston, Austin, Web, Architecture, arcready, ADO.NET, Entity Framework, S+S

• OKC Developer Group Presentation – Next Gen Web Apps

  I had a great time last night at the OKC Developer Group meetings.  I love presenting there because you actually get to do 2 presentations – one at lunch (there was about 85 people in attendance) and one at dinner (about 15 people).  That’s... Posted Sep 09 2008, 11:16 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Vista, .NET, Windows Live, User Groups, Community, AJAX, WCF, ASP.NET, C#, LINQ, vsts, Launch, Web, Travel, 35sp1, ADO.NET, vs08sp1, Entity Framework, Oklahoma City

• New Release of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio

  The Windows Live team recently released and update to their Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio, and added a new ASP.NET Server Control for Virtual Earth!  Now it is super easy to add a Virtual Earth capabilities to your ASP.NET applications... Posted Aug 04 2008, 09:36 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows Live, WindowsLive, ASP.NET, VisualStudio, virtualearth

• Customizing the SharePoint/WSS UI – Part 1

  Have you noticed that you can almost always spot a SharePoint site when you encounter one on the web?  They all seem to have the same layout, with the familiar blue menus, and the little team icon in the upper-left hand corner.  It’s always... Posted Jun 28 2008, 01:46 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: SharePoint, ASP.NET, Web, wss, css

• Exploring the NextWeb

  On June 10th, Microsoft will be hosting a FREE seminar, presented by our friends at Pluralsight , on our NextWeb technologies – specifically ASP.NET , Silverlight and WPF .  Points of interest will include: Here’s the text from the original invite... Posted May 29 2008, 05:25 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Training, WPF, Silverlight, Dallas, ASP.NET, Events

• Registration is open for first Code Camp in Kraków

  For those of you living in or around Poland (hey – it turns out I have pretty decent readership in Poland – and I hope they’re all subscribed to this blog!) you can now register for the first ever Kraków Code Camp on June 7th.   I’ll be heading... Posted May 22 2008, 11:33 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, AJAX, ASP.NET, Poland, Launch, Events, CodeCamp, Web, krakow, Travel

• Free Book Offer from Microsoft Learning

  Visit Microsoft Learning at http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8 to register for 3 free eBooks: Technorati Tags: ebook , free , learning , silverlight , linq , asp.net , ajax Posted Apr 22 2008, 11:40 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, AJAX, ASP.NET, C#, LINQ, ebook, free, learning, Web