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  1. SaaS Vendor quits browser to boost sales details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 2 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    Interesting win-back from the browser for WPF.  Whats are the two take-aways for public sector developers and decision makers?  First, user experience...

  2. SCREENCAST: Rendering Polygons from SQL Server 2008 on Virtual Earth details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 5 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    In this screencast, I build off of the concepts shown in my previous screencast and show you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows...

  3. SCREENCAST: Saving Virtual Earth Polygons to SQL Server 2008 details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 5 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    In this screencast, I show you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the...

  4. Looking for updated documentation on Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta? details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 8 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    http://vs2008sp1docs.msdn.microsoft.com I've found the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services Framework, and ASP.NET Dynamic Data sections very helpful lately. ...

  5. Learn how to develop on SharePoint details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 8 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    I'd have to say that my weakest area of development is probably SharePoint.  I know how to build a basic SharePoint web part and that's about it.  I'm pretty...

  6. WEBCAST RECORDING: Adding Mapping Capabilities to your Applications with Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 8 days ago by Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX

    First, let me apologize since I promised to make this recording available almost two months ago.  I was trying to get the recording uploaded to the same Live Meeting...

  7. Installing SQL Server 2008 RC0 & Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta on the same machine details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 9 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    I've been having some issues getting my VPC updated to SQL Server 2008 RC0 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta so I can record a couple screencasts on using Virtual Earth...

  8. Behind the Maps - The Technology of Virtual Earth details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 10 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    I talk to people about programming with Virtual Earth quite often.  Beyond the developer APIs, my Virtual Earth knowledge somewhat limited.  I get asked all...

  9. P&P ships Composite Application Guidance for WPF details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 3 weeks ago by Public Sector DPE Team

      The Patterns & Practices team has recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF which provides guidance for "componetizing" the development of...

  10. Virtual Earth Wrapper for Silverlight (VIEWS) details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 3 weeks and 2 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    At MIX 08, Chris Pendleton announced that the Virtual Earth team is working on a Silverlight 2 control.  The idea of being able to use managed code instead of...

  11. WPF and Virtual Earth revisited details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 4 weeks and 1 day ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    I've been pretty quite on the blogging front lately.  Every once in a while, I get the opportunity to work on something a little meatier than writing demo...

  12. FOLLOW UP: RIA Dinner (Reston, VA) details »
    blogs.msdn.com Posted 4 weeks and 3 days ago by Public Sector DPE Team

    Thanks to everyone who attended the RIA dinner on June 17th.  I promised to publish the deck and code James used as well as some follow up links.  Here they...