Saturday, May 12, 2007 - Posts

• CoreCLR Exposed

  Jamie Cansdale of TestDriven.NET fame just posted an intro post describing the hosting of Silverlight's CLR - CoreCLR. Having the ability to host the runtime inside a Win32/.NET process brings up new possibilities, especially running Silverlight apps outside the browser or developing test harnesses/unit tests for Silverlight intended object models. Silverlight 1.1 alpha and CoreCLR currently expose a very trimmed down version of the Framework's BCL. This will change by RTM, but be aware that its sweet spot is still the browser. I can imagine a world where Silverlight apps will not only be media/presentation related. Currently, the competing platform , though having a strong install base, has not reached into that space. You could arm Flash developers with rocket launchers, but they would still lose a battle war against .NET developers armed with chopsticks. Every day of the week and twice on Sunday. I believe the number of souls will significantly influence the outcome in this case. Read More... Posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:42 PM from Matevz Gacnik's Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: CLR;Silverlight

• Silverlight Already on Microsoft.com

  Today, Microsoft.com put a Silverlight enabled video of XBox 360 Elite on the site front page . This must be one of the earliest technology adoptions for Microsoft.com. They host a 1.0 beta version of the Silverlight app and it got me thinking why would a high traffic site want to do this. My conclusion? Answer this: What's the quickest way to install the Silverlight runtime to a broad user base without using a ship vehicle? Admittedly, installing the runtime is quick, painless and benign for your machine. As it should be . Try it out. Then visit some sample galleries . Read More... Posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:05 PM from Matevz Gacnik's Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Silverlight

• Microsoft NT Conference 2007: Talks

  It's the time of the year again when the biggest local show gets going. This year, I'm going to deliver three talks: Tuesday, 15.5.2007, 18:00, Room D, WCF+Workflow: Et tu, Orcas? Drilldown of: WCF support for syndication, POX, JSON, WCF + WF integration and WF instance correlation support. Wednesday, 16.5.2007, 09:00, Emerald 1, MythBusters: Fat Clients and Thin Servers (with Dušan ) Drilldown of: Will not disclose. Stop by (if you dare). :) Wednesday, 16.5.2007, 15:00, Emerald 2, WCF: About Messaging Sessions Drilldown of: WCF messaging sessions, what they are, how to handle them, what's the underlying story. Also, if you are a journalist , stop by for a press conference on Tuesday, 15.5.2007 at 12 00 in the Press Center. Together with a client, we have a discussion on digital document archives, legislature and best practices. Read More... Posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 3:20 PM from Matevz Gacnik's Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Conferences