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Rilasciata BETA Tools di Sviluppo Windows Phone7

Renato Marzaro — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:05:00 GMT

Alla KeyNote di WPC è stato dato l’annuncio del rilascio immediato della BETA dei Tools per lo Sviluppo su Windows Phone 7.

Potete scaricare questa versione da qui

Purtroppo non sembra esserci ancora traccia del ns caro VisualBasic ma solo C#. Temo dovremo attendere ancora un poco oppure iniziare a ‘giocare’ un poco con questi tools tramite C#.

Dalla precedente CTP di Aprile sono cambiate tantissime cose in particolare i namespaces quindi se avete dei vecchi progetti dovrete aggiornarli per poterli utilizzare con questa nuova versione.

Nel blog di Jaime Rodriguez trovate un interessante post proprio riguardante la migrazione delle applicazioni.

Da ultimo vi segnalo il link alla documentazione ufficiale sulle novità introdotte da questa versione beta.

Renato Marzaro

Tool Migrazione VB6 –> VB.NET / C# gratuito

Renato Marzaro — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:07:00 GMT

Vi riporto la notizia apparsa oggi sul Blog di Jason Zander in cui si annuncia che Artinsoft ha rilasciato gratuitamente il proprio Tool di migrazione del codice sorgente da VB6 a VB.NET/C#

Il Rilascio gratuito è per la versione che converte massimo 10.000 righe di codice del ‘buon vecchio’ VB6 e potete scaricarla da qui selezionando la versione 10,000 ($799) ed inserendo come Codice Promozionale msdn

Potete inoltre scaricare una guida dedicata alla conversione dei programmi da VB6 a VB.NET/C# a questo link

Personalmente ho fatto qualche esperimento con vecchi programmi VB6 e ho avuto buoni risultati. Soprattutto perché, a differenza del tool fornito con VisualStudio, è possibile mappare con quali nuovi controlli di 3’ parti sostituire gli eventuali controlli di 3’parti utilizzati nel programma VB6. Considerando che gran parte dei produttori hanno una versione .NET dei vecchi componenti VB6 … il gioco è fatto! :-)

Naturalmente come chiaramente indicato in un loro grafico di conversione del programma Il loro programma non pretende di convertire il 100% del codice ma dalle mie prove con qualche piccolo aggiustamento ho avuto quasi subito un programma .NET funzionante.

Non credo che la soluzione del passaggio di un proprio applicativo VB6 –> VB.NET/C# con un convertitore automatico di codice sia LA SOLUNZIONE. Questo perché per buono sia il convertitore avremo sempre una trasposizione del codice non ottimizzato e che non sfrutta le potenzialità del .NET FrameWork.

Però è sicuramente un buon inizio per approcciare il .NET FrameWork e poi riscrivere mano a mano porzioni di codice fino ad avere una soluzione 100% codice VB.NET/C#

Considerato il costo … vale la pena di provarlo!

Renato Marzaro

Disponibile libro gratuito su AZURE

Renato Marzaro — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:22:00 GMT

E’ da poco stato annunciato, dal Team di AZURE, la disponibilità di un libro gratuito (in inglese) su AZURE

E’ una raccolta di 20 articoli scritti da 15 sviluppatori del Team di Sviluppo di Microsoft Azure Platform

Da una prima ‘sfogliata’ sembra interessante. Lo potete scaricare a partire da qui

Renato Marzaro

IIS Express

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:55:00 GMT

Era uno dei mattoni che ci mancava II Express!

E proprio ieri ScottGu dal suo blog ci annuncia questa grande novità!

Qui potete trovare una interessante comparazione, in italiano, di quanto ScottGu annuncia per IIS Express rispetto alle altre versioni dei IIS.

Renato Marzaro

BuonCompleanno .NET FrameWork

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:47:00 GMT

Era il 22 giugno 2000 quando Bill Gates e Steve Ballmer annunciavano alla PDC l’avvento del .NET FrameWork

Quante notti insonni e quante soddisfazioni dal allora … oggi abbiamo .NET FrameWork 4, Azure, Entity FrameWork e tantissime altre cose che allora nemmeno ci sognavamo …

BuonCompleanno .NET FrameWork!

Renato Marzaro

Security Best Practices For Developing Windows Azure Applications

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:36:00 GMT

Sul blog di Vittorio Bertocci potete leggere del rilascio di questo fondamentale documento che analizza le Best Practices per la sicurezza delle Ns applicazioni sviluppate per Azure.

Renato Marzaro

Visual Studio 2010 e .NET Framework 4 Training Kit (aggiornamento Giugno 2010)

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:26:00 GMT

A questo link potete scaricare l’ultimo aggiornamento (Giugno 2010) per il Training Kit di Visual Studio 2010 e .NET Framework 4

Questo il contenuto:

Overview

The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies including:

C# 4
Visual Basic 10
F#
Parallel Extensions
Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Workflow
Windows Presentation Foundation
ASP.NET 4
Windows 7
Entity Framework
ADO.NET Data Services
Managed Extensibility Framework
Visual Studio Team System

This version of the Training Kit works with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.

Renato Marzaro

Disponibile per il DownLoad il Developers Training Kit per SQL Server 2008 R2 (aggiornamento Giugno 2010)

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:22:00 GMT

E’ da poco disponibile per il DownLoad il Developers Training Kit per SQL Server 2008 R2 (June 2010 Update)

Potrete trovare tante preziose informazioni tecniche per gli sviluppatori.

Overview and Benefits
The training kit offers the following benefits:

Learn how to build applications that exploit the unique features and capabilities of SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Provides a comprehensive set of videos, presentations, demos and hands-on labs
Contains new content for developers who are new to SQL Server.
Contains new content for SQL Server 2008 R2.
Contains all of the existing content from the SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit.
Easy to download and install.

Intended Audience
The training kit is designed for the following technical roles:

Developers who build applications for the Microsoft platform.
Microsoft evangelists, technical specialists and consultants.

Contents
The training kit includes the following content:

Presentations (32)
- SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part I - SQL Server 2008 Review
- SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part II - Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2
- SQL Server 2008: Filestream
- SQL Server 2008: Spatial
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL
- SQL Server 2008: Date and Time Types
- SQL Server 2008: SQLCLR
- SQL Server 2008: Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing Application and Multi-Server Management with SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with Data Tier Application Projects in Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing Change in Data Tier Application Projects with Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Designing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Models and Adapters
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Installing, Deploying and Maintaining the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Runtime Engine
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing Reports with the New Features of SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with Shared Components in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with ATOM Data Feeds in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Embedded Reporting in Applications with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing with the Microsoft Chart Controls in Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in the Excel 2010 Client
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Loading and Preparing Data for Analysis in SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating Reports with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Defining DAX Calculations with PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Insights
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing PowerPivot for Excel 2010 Solutions in SharePoint 2010
Demos (39)
- SQL Server 2008: AdventureWorks Racing All-Up Demo
- SQL Server 2008: Spatial Demo
- SQL Server 2008: Spatial Types
- SQL Server 2008: Introduction to Filestream
- SQL Server 2008: SQL CLR Nullable Types
- SQL Server 2008: Programming with Filestream
- SQL Server 2008: Reporting Services Web Application Integration
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Date and Time Support
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Table-Valued Parameters
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Row Constructors
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Grouping Sets
- SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Merge
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating a Utility Control Point
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Enrolling a Managed Instance
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating Data-Tier Applications
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Data-Tier Application Deployment
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing Change in Data Tier Application Projects in Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Advanced SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Queries
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight CTI Events and Advance Time Settings
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating a SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Input Adpater
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Choosing a SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Development Model
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Using the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Flow Debugger
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Using the New Report Design Features in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Using Shared Component Libraries in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Using SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report Feeds
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Using the Visual Studio 2010 Report Viewer Control
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in the Excel 2010 Client
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Loading and Preparing Data for Analysis in SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating Reports with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Defining DAX Calculations with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Insights
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: What's New in SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing Excel 2010 PowerPivot Solutions in SharePoint 2010
Hands-on Labs (24)
- SQL Server 2008: How to build your first Web Application with SQL Server and ASP.NET
- SQL Server 2008: Using Spatial Data in TSQL
- SQL Server 2008: Using Spatial Data in Managed Code
- SQL Server 2008: Using SQL CLR in SQL Server 2008
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introduction to PowerPivot
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introduction to Reporting Services Improvements
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introduction to StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Introduction to Data-tier Applications
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating and Deploying a Data-Tier Application
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing Change in Data-Tier Application Projects in Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight using LINQ
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Samples
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Flow Debugger
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing and Consuming Report Libraries in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Working with ATOM Data Feeds in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Embedded Reporting in Applications with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing with the Microsoft Chart Controls
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Loading and Preparing Data for Analysis in SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Creating Reports with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Defining DAX Calculations with Excel 2010 PowerPivot
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing Excel 2010 PowerPivot Solutions in SharePoint 2010
Videos (55)
- SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part I - SQL Server 2008 Review
- SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Overview Part II - Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2
- Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- Demo: Real Time Analytics with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management
- Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Introduction To SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing
- Introducing PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and SharePoint 2010
- Presentation: Introducing Application and Multi-Server Management with SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010
- Demo: Creating a Utility Control Point
- Demo: Enrolling a Managed Instance
- Presentation: Working with Data Tier Application Projects in Visual Studio 2010
- Demo: Creating Data-Tier Applications
- Demo: Data-Tier Application Deployment
- Presentation: Managing Change in Data Tier Application Projects with Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 (Part I)
- Presentation: Managing Change in Data Tier Application Projects with Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 (Part II)
- Demo: Managing Change in Data Tier Application Projects in Visual Studio 2010
- Presentation: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Part I)
- Presentation: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Part II)
- Demo: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
- Presentation: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Part I)
- Presentation: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Part II)
- Demo: Querying SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Using LINQ
- Presentation: Querying Events in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight (Part III)
- Demo: Advanced SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Queries
- Presentation: Designing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Models and Adapters (Part I)
- Presentation: Designing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Models and Adapters (Part II)
- Demo: Working with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight CTI Events and Advance Time Settings
- Presentation: Designing SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Models and Adapters (Part III)
- Demo: Creating a SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Input Adapter
- Presentation: Installing, Deploying and Maintaining the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Runtime Engine (Part I)
- Presentation: Installing, Deploying and Maintaining the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Runtime Engine (Part II)
- Demo: Choosing a SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Development Model
- Presentation: Installing, Deploying and Maintaining the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Runtime Engine (Part III)
- Demo: Using the SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight Event Flow Debugger
- resentation: What's New in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Presentation: Developing Reports with the New Features of SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Demo: Using the New Report Design Features in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Presentation: Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Demo: Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Presentation: Working with Shared Components in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Demo: Using Shared Component Libraries in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Presentation: Working with ATOM Data Feeds in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Demo: Using SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report Feeds
- Presentation: Embedded Reporting in Applications with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2010
- Demo: Using the Visual Studio 2010 Report Viewer Control
- Presentation: Developing with the Microsoft Chart Controls in Visual Studio 2010
- Presentation: What's New in the Excel 2010 Client
- Demo: What's New in the Excel 2010 Client
- Presentation: Loading and Preparing Data for Analysis in SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Demo: Loading and Preparing Data for Analysis in SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Presentation: Creating Reports with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Demo: Creating Reports with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Presentation: Defining DAX Calculations with PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Demo: Defining DAX Calculations with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010
- Presentation: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Insights
- Demo: Introducing SharePoint 2010 Insights
- Presentation: What's New in SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
- Demo: What's New in SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
- Presentation: What's New in SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Demo: What's New in SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Presentation: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Demo: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Presentation: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Demo: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
- Presentation: Managing Excel 2010 PowerPivot Solutions in SharePoint 2010
- Demo: Managing Excel 2010 PowerPivot Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Renato Marzaro

Creare file XML da VB2010

Renato Marzaro — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:06:00 GMT

Vi segnalo questo interessante articolo che spiega le tecniche di generazione di un file XML con il Ns VisualBasic 2010 con espressi richiami anche a LINQ to XML.

Buona Lettura!

Renato Marzaro

Silverlight Reporting

Renato Marzaro — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:43:00 GMT

Benché ancora in fase Alfa Vi consiglio di tenere sott’occhio questo progetto rilasciato su CodePlex :

Silverlight Reporting

Bastato sul Silverlight 4 e sviluppato con VisualStudio 2010 promette molto bene.

Come indicato dagli autori il Tool non ha intenzione di rimpiazzare componenti di 3’Parti specializzati in Reportistica ma bensì di dare il supporto per la realizzazione di semplici report che prima o poi saranno comunque necessari per le Ns applicazioni Silverlight.

Renato Marzaro