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11 Visual Studio 2005 IDE Tips and Tricks to Make You a More Productive Developer

MohamedElSayed — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:57:00 GMT

hello guys
Chinh Do has made a great post about what are the most 11 tips/tricks you may use to increase your overall productivity with VisualStudio 2005.

am not gonna write too many text as he can explain the story better.
you may want to visit the page now, so click here
Enjoy!

VisualStudio,BLEND and Silverlight Updates

MohamedElSayed — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:24:00 GMT

Hello dear reader

i'm Pleased to tell you that Microsoft has announced a new updates for most of the Developer's tools we used to have.

the new updates are for :

1- VisualStudio

Now Microsoft has released the Beta2 of VisualStudio 2008 ( code name ORCAS).

2- Microsoft Expression BLEND august preview

a new update that supports exporting content from Microsoft® Expression® Design in a format that can be used in Silverlight-based applications

3- Silverlight Update

Solves more that 2K of bugs and freezes in Silverlight based apps

the new updates are for both Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 1.1

also they have released a new set of tools for building Silverlight apps using the new version of VisualStudio 2008 Beta 2.

Note : for most simple Silverlight applications the two steps are to replace Silverlight.js and to change references in your own .js files from Sys.Silverlight to Silverlight.

I'm gonna stop talking and here are the Links for them all

have a nice updates

VisualStudio 2008 Beta 2 : Download from here

Micrsosft Expression BLEND August Preview : Download from here

Silverlight :

1- Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 RC : Download from here

2- Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 SDK RC : Download from here

3- Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh : Download from here

4- Microsoft Silverlight Tools Alpha Refresh for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 : Download from here

5- Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 SDK Alpha Refresh : Download from here

Waiting for your comments and feedback, Salam

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit New Release

MohamedElSayed — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:35:00 GMT

Hello guys
This Morning -On my way online- I have found in the great Scott Guthrie's Blog that the ASP.NET AJAX team has released a new version of their control Toolkit.
The new version really rocks. they have fixed about 125 bugs and extended some of it's features.

But the biggest thing in this version is the support of the new "ToolkitScriptCompiner" (which can replace the usual ScriptManager Control) to add more behaviors to your page like Dynamically detects which JS- scripts the requested page from your site will need, and merge them all into one file that will be downloaded to the Client's machine with your page.

By this way, you will reduce the amount of bytes that have to be downloaded with your pages and of course, will reduce load time and increase your application's overall performance.

Also, the Validation controls for ASP.NET is now working with the ToolKit Controls.

another thing here is that it still depends on the ASP.NET Ajax1.0, means that you will not need anything to upgrade to the latest version except updating The controlToolkit's assembly to the newer one.

Well, I think Scott is better than me in these things :D
So, let's move together to his post see you there.
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/06/08/new-asp-net-ajax-control-toolkit-release.aspx

Face 2 Face:Steve Jobs with Bill Gates in one place

MohamedElSayed — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:13:00 GMT

Hello my dear reader
As usual, I was walking around some cool sites seeking anything new in IT and technology. But this time I found a BIG bomb. yes it is.

for the first time, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates together.
15 min
the two of them.....
sharing their thoughts.....
speaking about each other.....
all in one place

Ohh, they really rocks.
I know you are now asking for the video
well, don't leave and search, See it here in my blog dude.

Note that you will see a little 10 sec ad just before the video.
cause these guys who have covered this for us must cover their costs
so, stop reading my words and get directly to the WoooooooW.

Microsoft Surface: your CofeeTable is here.

MohamedElSayed — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:43:00 GMT

I Remember these days when I was holding my mouse for the first time and it really shacked me as it was a new thing to deal with.

But since this time till now there hasn't been any innovative thing as an easy way to use technology devices except hitting keys and pointing with devices and this is an annoying thing to most of the people out there.

But these days have passed away since the new magical and innovative thing that Microsoft came up with.

Microsoft Surface

Simply, it's a table, yes a table. But simply too, it's not like any other table.

Imagine that you can see something on your table and you can start play with it with your fingers.

Imagine your family photos and videos are displayed at your Table's surface.

Imagine....imagine....imagine....endless things.

this is Microsoft Surface

a touch-screen table that capable of dealing with many many tasks like

photos, videos,

connecting to external devices.

and much more.

this is a kind of today's new technology things but will this Surface will make a difference?

Well, from my little view, I see that this thing will make people imagine their hands as tools they can use to deal with their machines.

Now it's a table, next may be your wall, and next may your entire life will be a touch-driven thing.

i think as everything, we will wait till this thing hit the streets and as Microsoft announced, it will be shipped mainly to companies and business partners and it may cost from 5000$ to 10000$.

if you want to take a look about this thing i recommend that you go directly to the source

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface and see what's next for your life.

Note that the site is too slooooooow, so take a break while you are waiting for the magic.

A very cool video is also at PopularMechanics.com

just give it some time to load, you will like it

That's it guys, see you on the table

Enterprise Library 3.1 has been released

MohamedElSayed — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:55:00 GMT

i was walking by some technical blogs and i have noticed that Enterprise Library 3.1 has been released.
it may be an out-dated news but i think it worth.

so, am here to tell you guys
fire up your browser and get it from

Enterprise Library 3.1 is out

Vista or Mac osX : Cancel or Allow !?

MohamedElSayed — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:20:00 GMT

Hello guys

I have seen this Mac Ad ( Thank you Apple Folks for the great job ).

it's mainly about the new security feature in Vista that may be asking the user to allow/cancel most of the actions/changes in the system(even if it's as simple as renaming something)

so, direct to teh video, here it is

Web 2.0 is us/ing Us.

MohamedElSayed — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:32:00 GMT

think you know what web2.0 is?

what is the inernet?

how could we use our machines?

think again.

Why we need an Architect??? :D

MohamedElSayed — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:36:00 GMT

Did you ever wonder, why you need an architect in your company?......

what are they doin'?

what are the responsibilities of the architects?

See this video and tell me your opinion ;D

http://www.skyscrapr.net/blogs/video/archive/2006/03/10/46.aspx

MDC 2007 FirstDay Review

MohamedElSayed — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:12:00 GMT

Hi all

Yesterday was the (real) First day of the Biggest Developers conference in the middle-east and we were all waiting to see what’s new on this year's conference.

I think we all expecting more from Microsoft cause there are too many topics to share with us and to focus on to help us code better.

But as for the first day, this is not by any meaning a conference that holds the title (Middle-east Developers conference).

Why? Let me list my opinion in a few things from the first day:

-Good Things:

The blind developer: was amazing part and made us all happy and proud of him.
The meeting with ITWorx & ministry of investment representatives.
The jokes on the stage.
Vista Dream Scene: a new magic that lets you sets a video as a Desktop Background.

- Bad Things:

MR: Karim ramadan(with my all respect) gave us an impression that he is not prepared at all, Don’t know what this conference is about, and finally didn’t say the word we expected from such a respective ,experienced man like him(BTW, I respect him Very much and am really saying this as a comment not as anything else)
The Kid's show: I know it was a good idea but-for us as developers-I think we expected more to introduce than bringing two kids to spend 25 min with without a useful word for us. If you want to introduce this thing, sure we will attend if you mentioned about as a separated activity before the conference or even introduce it on the closing ceremony, but to be in the Main Keynote, it's not acceptable at all.
I think that for about an hour, you didn’t even say the word (Visual Studio) even one time, and you just concentrated on showing us the improvements for Vista: I know it's good but remember that we are in Developers Conference.

Finally I have a little word, all the previous points (including the good and the bad things) are from my point of view, and I have tried to share them cause we all would like any Conference exists here in EGYPT to be as good as any other one in any other European country or any other conference in the United States.

So, tell us your opinion, share it with us, and sure it's all for us and for Microsoft too. ;)