.NET RIA Services with the Business Application Template

 

Business Application Template  will give you an ASP.NET project, there with a Services folder and three new files: AuthenticationService, UserInformation, UserRegistrationService.  These are all services to expose authentication and membership integration.  Running the template by default will give you a new “login” link in the upper right and clicking on that implements a new ChildWindow for login:

Notice the "Register now” link which then uses another ChildWindow control for registration:

Registering a new user uses the UserRegistrationService to add a new user to the system.  If you look at the UserRegistrationService you’ll see that it uses the ASP.NET Membership APIs.

More @ … .NET RIA Services Update with new Silverlight project template

Silverlight DataForm with Editing, Paging and Validation

 

Via Silverlight DataForm helpers

Jcrop – Deep Liquid

 

Jcrop » the jQuery Image Cropping Plugin

Jcrop is the quick and easy way to add image cropping functionality to your web application. It combines the ease-of-use of a typical jQuery plugin with a powerful cross-platform DHTML cropping engine that is faithful to familiar desktop graphics applications.

• Jcrop Demos and Examples
• Jcrop Manual

Jcrop – Deep Liquid

.NET Library for Windows 7

Windows 7 Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework is making it easier for .NET developers to take advantage of new features in Windows 7.

The features included in this version (v0.85) of the library are:

• Support for Windows Shell namespace objects, including the new Windows 7 libraries, Known Folders and non file system containers.
• Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs.
• Windows 7 Explorer Browser Control supporting both WPF and Windows Forms.
• Support for Shell property system.
• Helpers for Windows 7 Taskbar Jumplists, Icon Overlay and Progress bar.
• Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 common file dialogs, including custom file dialog controls.
• Support for Direct3D 11.0 and DXGI 1.0/1.1 APIs.
• Sensor Platform APIs
• Extended Linguistic Services APIs

Part 1 demonstrates the Sensor and Location Library

Part 2 demonstrates the Taskbar and Libraries Library

Part 3 demonstrates the Multi-touch Gestures Library

Via Multi-touch .NET Library for Windows 7 | The Continuum Show | Channel 9

Also Videos:

Videos: PDC from 2008

PDC Content on Windows 7 including;

• Web Services in Native Code
• Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications
• Developing Multi-touch Applications
• DirectX for Mainstream Applications
• Introducing the Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon
• Windows 7 and XPS Documents
• Windows 7 Libraries and Explorer
• Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite
• Designing Efficient Background Processes
• Design Principles for Windows 7
• Integrate with the Windows 7 Desktop
• Wecome to the Windows 7 Desktop
• The Sensor and Location Platform
• MSI and ClickOnce
• Sync Providers for Windows 7
• Instrumentation in Windows 7
• World-Ready Applications
• The New COM API for Accessibility and Automation in Windows 7

Videos: Channel 9

Channel 9 Content on Windows 7 including (my highlights);

• Windows 7 Taskbar in 10 Minutes — Part I- Progress Bar
• Windows 7 Taskbar in 10 Minutes — Part II- Icon Overlay
• Jump into the Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists
• Windows 7 Taskbar in 10 Minutes — Part III- Jumplists
• Windows 7 Taskbar- Advanced Features
• Windows 7 Location Platform Overview
• Inside Windows 7- Animation Manager Deep Dive and Tutorial
• Windows 7 Multi Touch Overview
• Programming Windows 7 Multi Touch – Part 1
• Programming Windows 7 Multi Touch – Part 2
• Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview – Part 1
• Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview – Part 2
• Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview – Part 3
• XP Mode for Windows 7 revealed
• Windows 7 Ribbon Deep Dive
• Windows 7 Ribbon Markup Overview
• Windows Web Services
• Windows 7- Find and Organize Part 2 – Building Federated Search applications

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Useful Silverlight Visual Studio Item Templates

• FloatableWindow
• Silverlight Pixel Shader
• ResourceDictionary
• Cross-domain policy file / Cross-domain policy code snippet

Via Silverlight Visual Studio helper files

25+ Best ASP.NET MVC Tutorials and Articles

 

Learn ASP.NET MVC

Script and CSS Management in ASP.NET MVC

Free ASP.NET MVC NerdDinner Tutorial Now in HTML

Upgrading the default ASP.NET MVC project with IoC and the Unity Controller Factory

Integrating Silverlight and ASP.NET MVC

Walkthrough: full example of using MvcContrib grid with jQuery datatable

Modifying the default unit tests for an ASP.NET MVC project to use Moq

Using jQuery Grid With ASP.NET MVC

Asp.Net MVC + jQuery == true

+ More… Via 25+ Best ASP.NET MVC Tutorials and Articles | AjaxLine

Windows 7 and the magic of boot to VHD

 

Instruction on how to Install Windows 7 to a new VHD and setting up your Windows Boot Menu to boot to this new VHD.

Via  Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen – Less Virtual, More Machine – Windows 7 and the magic of Boot to VHD

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

 

May Preview of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

Download details: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

Announcing VS2010 / .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1

 

An Excellent Feature Overview: Jason Zander’s WebLog : Announcing VS2010 / .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1!

Windows 7 Tricks and Keyboard Shortcuts

Miscellaneous

• Win+P: Display the project options, which you can then use the arrow keys (or keep hitting Win+P) to switch to the different options.
  
• Win+X: Open the Windows Mobility Center.
• Win+G: Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order. (Sets the focus to a gadget.)

Via Windows 7 Tricks and Keyboard Shortcuts