I just came across a very interesting post from James Kovacs that describes how C# and .NET evolved. I had blogged about this almost a year ago, but James’ post adds some additional background. Around 1997, Microsoft started a project that was internally known as Project Lightning... Read more

Not too long ago, I talked about Extension Methods in .NET 3.5 and also about a way to provide data binding an enum type with descriptions. Today, Simo talked about how often he forgets the syntax of parsing a string value to it’s... Read more

A lot of you probably already know my feelings on certifications, particularly the Microsoft certifications. Even though I am an MCPD, I took what appears to be the “non traditional” approach and actually went into the exams trusting my knowledge and experience to see me through. I didn’t spend hundreds... Read more

With the recent proliferation of the Windows Live services and APIs, Microsoft is taking steps to add the ability to develop Windows Live applications through additions to Visual Studio 2008. A public beta of the Visual Studio Toolkit for Windows Live is expected sometime in October or November. Read more

Even though Phil just recently started working at Koders.com and even more recently became a Microsoft MVP, he’s leaving Koders to move (eventually) a bit farther north and is joining Microsoft to work with Scott Guthrie on the new MVC framework for ASP.NET. He starts... Read more