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So far in this series, we’ve covered some basic information about the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) including creating observables and creating observers as well as jQuery integration.  Now that we have a foundation in some of the basic building blocks, let’s actually do something interesting with it.  For example, how would we compose two AJAX calls together with callbacks?  In this post, we’ll explore using the Bing Translator in combination with jQuery and the RxJS.... [read more]

Find out how Cigital, an SDL Pro Network member, assisted a large insurance company adopt the Microsoft SDL. The case study describes both the business drivers leading up to the company's recognizing the need for incorporating the SDL within their development process as well as the initial roll out of the SDL.

Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into Microsoft Windows Azure. We'll start with a developer-focused overview of this brave new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used to build amazing applications. As the day unfolds, we'll explore data storage, Microsoft SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure.

So far in this series, we’ve discussed the intent of the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) and how to create the publishers (Observables) and subscribers (Observers).  Along the way, we’ve talked a little about integration with other libraries such as jQuery (although we could talk about others) and since JavaScript developers tend to work in quite a few libraries, it’s best to see how we can fit RxJS in those solutions. In the previous posts, I’ve shown jQuery in combination with R... [read more]

Create a fun game in Blend and gain valuable experience using Behaviors by watching this 10-video series with downloadable guide and files.

Everything you could ever want to know about Windows Phone 7 Series is at MIX10 on March 15-17 in Las Vegas. You'll preview the new development platform, see how to work with the Windows Phone 7 Series development tools, and get a tour of the Windows Phone Marketplace. MIX10 attendees will receive access to the Windows Phone 7 Series development tools and have access to a dedicated track on the Windows Phone 7 Series platform that runs throughout the event. As a MIX10 attendee, you'll also recei... [read more]

Technorati Tags: ECM,SharePoint Check out this postby Lee Dallason why he thinks Microsoft has been so successful in redefining ECM around the capabilities of the SharePoint platform.  To put... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Learn how Security Innovation, an SDL Pro Network member, helped Sony Corporation improve its SDL security level from basic to standardized.

From simplified setup to tracking tasks and tests, learn how to take advantage of the great features of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010. BenkoTips Live and On Demand brings events to you - this webcast series is dedicated to helping developers explore the possible.

Looking back to the previous post, we covered how we create observable sequences, the producers of our data.  We have quite a number of ways of creating these outside of events which we covered earlier.  Now that we have these observable sequences, now what?  We need to address the consumer side of this producer/consumer story in the form of an observer. Before we get started, let’s get caught up to where we are today: Introduction Creating Observables Creating Observers Let’s ... [read more]

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As announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows 2000 will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will end on April 13, 2010. To help ensure your Windows Vista PCs stay secure and up to date, make sure they are running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or SP2. If you are running Windows XP, stay more secure by moving to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or migrating to Windows 7. If you are running Windows 2000, we recommend tha... [read more]

In the previous post, we covered a little about the Reactive Framework (Rx) for JavaScript.  Since that time we’ve learned that Jeffrey Van Gogh will be attending the upcoming JSConf 2010 and hoping to bring along some Reactive Extensions for JavaScript for anyone who is interested. Back to the subject at hand, let’s take a step back and look at what we’re trying to accomplish with Rx for JavaScript.  As we should know, the model of the web is largely asynchronous in that we shouldn’t ... [read more]

Register for the Black Hat and SDL webcast "Security Starts at the Beginning," on Thursday February 25th at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time. Hear our new SDL Pro Network members talk about secure development practices.

This workshop will help you understand how to build software that is better designed, more maintainable, and more testable. The morning comprises presentations on SOLID and other important object-oriented programming skills. The afternoon is just one big pair-programming session to work and learn hands-on how to use the principles discussed in the morning. While we will be using mostly .NET and Visual Studio, these practices work for any language or platform. Register now to join this free one-d... [read more]

Get introduced to the Microsoft Bing Maps Server - the on-premises, offline, or secure intranet version of the Microsoft Bing Maps Internet mapping platform. Learn how it's designed for customers who need a Web browser-based mapping solution that's not connected via the Internet.

Understand the core concepts of the Microsoft SDL and learn how to implement it in your organization. The Simplified Implementation of the Microsoft SDL will help you identify which software development security activities you need to perform in order to be SDL compliant.

Readers of my blog probably know that I’m a bit into functional programming languages (F#, Erlang, Clojure, Haskell, etc) among other topics, but what you may not know is that I’m a huge JavaScript fan as well.  Since I began in the industry (professionally anyways), I’ve been using JavaScript to knock out some pretty interesting solutions.  Over the years, many people have tried to abstract over the language, taking such approaches as taking a statically typed language and compiling i... [read more]

In this video Scott Golightly will walk through a sample application that will take advantage of Windows Azure Storage to communicate between different application roles and complete a business task.

The Second Shot program allows a free retake if you do not pass an IT professional or developer Microsoft Certification exam the first time. You must take both the first and (if necessary) the retake exam before June 30, 2010.

The next DC ALT.NET meeting is taking place on 2/24/2010 from 7-9PM.  Stay tuned to the mailing list for more information as it becomes available.  In this meeting, once again we have George Dinwiddie, to give a talk on talk in the language of the business and what tools along the way can help us.  Below is a description of the event.  We hope to see you there! This year we have a lot of great sessions in store including Mono, Domain Driven Design, Git and other DVCS for the ... [read more]

Based on Microsoft's flagship SQL Server product, SQL Azure represents Microsoft's relational storage offering for the cloud. In this video, Hilton Giesenow, host of the MOSS Show SharePoint podcast, takes us through getting started with signing up and configuring our first SQL Azure database.

Embed security in your Agile Development project with the MSF-Agile+SDL Process Template. It's a TFS process template that integrates the policy, process, and tools of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) for Agile process guidance into the MSF Agile development framework.

As announced yesterday, the new February 2010 release of F# is out.  For those using Visual Studio 2008 and Mono, you can pick up the download here.  This release is much more of a stabilization release instead of adding a lot of features including improvements in tooling, the project system and so on. One of the more interesting announcements today was not only the release, but that the F# PowerPack, a collection of libraries and tools, was released on CodePlex under the MS-PL license... [read more]

As you may have noticed with the recent release of the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate, that we are getting closer and closer to the first official release of the F# language.  Shortly, there will be the standard zip/MSI file provided to those who are still running Visual Studio 2008 as well as Mono that I will post a link to when it becomes available.  Dr. Brian McNamara of the F# team has a few goodies in his post here about the release here.  Just as he asks for help with ... [read more]