Category Archives: VS

Upcoming talks and sessions

Posted on 18 March 2010 by John Mc

So I didn’t make it into DDD Scotland either, again the competition was fierce! Worried? Me? Not at all! I’ve currently got 3 sessions submitted to DDD South West! MUHAHAHAHAAA! As before I’ve submitted my intro to PRISM and intro … Continue reading →

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Little things…

Posted on 9 January 2010 by John Mc

… are making the whole Visual Studio 2010 experience so much better. I know there are a whole range of fantastic features coming in Visual Studio 2010 and everyone’s blogging about them. But for me there are a whole host … Continue reading →

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WF 4.0 – Part 2. The Flowchart Workflow & Designer

Posted on 7 September 2009 by John Mc

UPDATE – Now Beta 1 Friendly! The following is based on Beta 1 of WF 4.0 and as such might change or be missing in futures releases. In Part 1 of this series of articles on WF 4.0 we started … Continue reading →

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WF 4.0 – Part 1. The Sequential Designer

Posted on 20 August 2009 by John Mc
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Slides for the Intro to WF 4.0 talk

Posted on 13 August 2009 by John Mc

I’ve uploaded the slides for my Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 to my SkyDrive, you can get at them via this link. http://cid-b80e09d7827ce7cc.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Intro%20to%20WF%204.0 Now includes code for the 5 basic demos.  Enjoy the coding goodness!

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WF 4 talk at the GL.NET User Group

Posted on 28 May 2009 by John Mc

I’ll be doing a Windows Workflow Foundation 4 talk at the GL.NET User Group on the 12th August 2009. The talk will be covering the Beta 1 release of VS2010 and Windows Workflow Foundation, unless Microsoft releases another Beta/Release Candidate … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio 2010

Posted on 19 May 2009 by John Mc

Having an MSDN subscription I’ve been lucky enough to get Visual Studio 2010 a couple of days early. I’ve installed it happily on my Vista installation (main dev box) and it runs faster (IMHO) than VS2008 does, so I’m dead … Continue reading →

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WF 4.0 Beta

Posted on 17 May 2009 by John Mc

So the Beta of WF 4.0 comes out for subscribers tomorrow, you can find more out here. The WF series I’ve been writing will continue with the Beta, and parts 1, 2 and 3 will be updated. Stay tuned for … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2008

Posted on 11 January 2009 by John Mc

I’ve now been using Windows 7 Beta since release to MSDN subscribers, and am pretty chuffed with it. The new Taskbar is a joy to use, and the whole thing is very stable 🙂 I’ve only one niggle with it … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 and WF 4.0

Posted on 11 November 2008 by John Mc

I’ve now had Windows 7 on my box since Sunday and although i don’t have some of the nicer features coming in the Beta (the improved Taskbar and dockable Apps) I’m enjoying the features I’ve got to play with. I’ve … Continue reading →

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