Some great discussions in the FishBowl on TDD & BDD .. Then moved over to Inversion of control jump start and ended on advanced javascript & CSS session. Both of which were given by Ben Scheiman a Principle Consultant with Sogeti, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. (@subdigital)

BLOG: http://flux88.com/

About: http://www.flux88.com/AboutMe.aspx

laptop running out of juice notes will have to be inserted later.

John Teague talks about a business problem at his company Callaway golf that he ultimately solved with jQuery.

Notes:
--jQuery can be compressed to 12KB
--Easy to manipulate DOM
--TIP&TRICK: Essentially recommends combining your JavaScript files into one.
--Big fan of FireBug

Sites:

• www.VisualjQuery.com
• http://www.callawaygolf.com/Global/en-US/Products/Clubs/Drivers.html

Prescriptive Data Access in .NET 3.5
Brian Orrell

Description: Review the "right way" to develop data access and management applications using VS2008 and LINQ. Many things have changed with LINQ to SQL many developers have difficulty separating the hype from the real-world applicability of these new technologies.

BIO: Pariveda Solutions , Vice President
Brian Orrell is a Vice President with Pariveda Solutions. He has over fifteen years of technology consulting experience in a variety of industries and technologies. His emphasis is on the delivery of enterprise solutions utilizing Microsoft .NET. His areas of expertise include designing, developing and maintaining web-based and distributed object systems. Mr. Orrell has led large-scale development engagements for large utility companies, airlines, shipping companies, educational and non-profit organizations.

Notes:

• Do you check data during the time your user pulls it changes it and hits save???

I bounced around a little focusing on three sessions.

• Building Applications with Dynamic data
  Jason Kergosien
• Coding for Stupid Useres
  Gordon Montgomery
• Programming Microsoft Business Rules Engine
  Rick Garibay

These were all nice sessions. Notes will be Com'n

Well we're here ... Ready to see what this place is all about.. There is a lot of Texas orange around here??? Not for sure what that is all about but I’m sporting my classic white & red Hog shirt! No funny looks as of yet wait until I break out the PIIIIIIGGG SSOOOOOOOOIIIIIIEEEEEEE on them though.

First session - [Unit Testing in Silverlight 2.0 W/ Eric Hexter](@ehexter)

BIO: AspInsider , Director Austin .NET user group, Organized 07 Austin code camp
BLOG: http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/hex/

Notes:
There are 3 DLL's inside the controls that can be used for Unit testing...Its those Dll's that make Unit testing in SilverlIght possible.

No VS2008 CTRL + R + T in Silverlight apps for Unit testing must use an add-on

Using Silverlight Test framework builds the XAP file packaged and ready for you silverlight app

**Jamie Kinsdell using Nunit with Silverlight (need to change some references web config entries.

Jeff Wilcox on Silverlight Project - project template && Item template

Code is in the Austin Code camp repository

I have been playing with Deep Zoom Composer since Mix. It was fun but painful all at the same time. Just in case you don't follow theADOguy I thought I would reference a blog post of his:  a new version of Deep Zoom Composer.

With the following added features Better exporting, Impoved Design Experience, Better Collection Exports & Help now works.

To get the download: An Update to Deep Zoom Composer

Thanks

Last week I got the opportunity to talk to some High School students about how easy it is to create Google maps & Virtual Earth maps on the Internet.

I have always been extremely impressed with the Virtual Earth interactive SDK site. If you have to do a project using this technology this is a great place to start!

There were a few things I didn't get the chance to mention thought I would do so here.

1. I stumbled across a post (Marc Schweigert) who took the ENTIRE Virtual Earth interactive SDK and provided the code in a Visual Studio project and available for download.
   
   To download the solution and all the code: Click Here
   
2. There is a really nice site I check regularly that showcases new Google maps: check this blog

Happy developing...

I just stumbled across this. Our company has been using TFS for 4 or 5 months now. This is the very first time I have heard of this. That being said I wanted to pass it on. For all of you thinking well this is old news... (you should have told me) :)

To Download
"Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience."

Found this link to a pretty slick Silverlight 2 application complete with code. Compliments of J. Ambrose Little's blog. He also has a brief description as well.

Link to the app: Here

Link to the Code: Here

I have been diving into Silverlight 2.0 and the new Silverlight Controls beta 1 as of late, and while trying to pass on the glories of this new technology to my teammates, I have had some interesting conversations/points of discussion.  This isn't so much a "how to" blog but rather just some tidbits I ran across as a newbie to Silverlight. If any of these save you time my job is done. :) I’m not an expert in this new technology just simply a developer in the trenches. Here are some of my ramblings.

Please send me your feedback. I would like some other perspectives on what parts of Silverlight I should be researching.

A.Lets start with what I feel is the not so communicated compatibility facts for SilverLight 2:
(Found in the Runtime System requirements)

• Silverlight 2.0 is only supported on OSX on Intel machines.  Silverlight 1.0 works on OSX on PowerPC's, but version 2 is Intel only.
• The new support for Windows 2000 is only for Silverlight 2. Silverlight 1.0 apps will not work there.
   Correction: Pete Brown (Microsoft MVP) posted a correction that I wanted to add.   "Silverlight 1.0 applications will work on Win2k if the Sivlerlight 2 runtime is installed. The Silverlight 1.0 plugin won't install, but the Sl2 plugin is backwards compatible. You are correct in the lack of PPC support. Also note that SL2 does not support old x86 processors that have buggy or non-existant MMX instruction sets (like some old athlons)"
  THANKS PETE!

Question for my Apple friends:
Is the lack of SilverLight 2 support for PowerPC Mac OSX an issue? 

 B.I'm still trying to get my hands around where it makes sence to use silverlight I say "everywhere" the important concept is use it where you need added user experience :).   
Again, I'm still trying to figure this out, but I do make the argument that it most definitely has a place in your everyday internal business apps.  To that point, here is an interesting concept (one a little from the norm):

http://tocode.blogspot.com/2008/04/silverlight-2-simple-animation.html
**The implementation is not acceptable for dynamic data, but the concept is sound. Silverlight is not JUST for full blown RIA sites ... It can simply be for a richer user experience.

C. Teaser: I'm working on my own Tyson`ized version of memorabilia.hardrock.com using Tyson product packaging. It has been an interesting adventure. I have been documenting my findings as well as the workarounds I have had to implement based on the known issues of Silverlight 2 (BETA). Hope to have a blog entry on this very soon.

D.Interesting Related LINKS:

• Webcast - Silverlight 2 for Business Applications
• ScottGu - Creating Silverlight User Controls
• SilverPart - Silverlight wrapper Web Part

Thanks,
Jeremy