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A simple first post to get things going... I've been using MSDN's On-Demand Webcasts as a resource for personal development. In conjunction with the virtual labs offered, this has been a good method for transitioning to and the education of unfamiliar technologies. If nothing else, I have found...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 10 of 15): Validation Verdict: See It. Details: A smorgasboard of topics including validation, focus, url mapping, control references and offline applications. They were all covered fairly quickly, though validation took a little longer because there is a...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 9 of 15): Deployment Verdict: See It! Details: This webcast is reminiscent of why Fritz' Essential ASP.NET with Examples in C# was one of the best ASP.NET books I'd ever read. A very informative discussion focusing mainly on the mechanics of deployment options...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 8 of 15): Web Parts Verdict: See It. Details: Good overview of web parts, zones, catalogs and how they relate to Share Point web parts. There was mention of a service pack in the works to allow Share Point 2003 to use ASP.NET 2.0 web parts, I'm not sure of...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 7 of 15): Membership Verdict: Skip It. Details: If you've never heard anything about the new membership features in ASP.NET 2.0 then you might want to watch this. I feel Membership is one of the most over publicized features of ASP.NET 2.0. It's a fairly...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 6 of 15): Client State Verdict: Skip It . Details: Covered some overview details of Cross Page Posting and how to access a strongly typed reference to the posting page (source, not destination). Discussed profile data a little, using native types. Talked...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 5 of 15): Introduction to Data Binding Verdict: See It . Details: If you're not familiar at all with the new declarative data binding model in ASP.NET 2.0 this webcast provides a very nice overview. It focuses primarily no the new GridView control and the...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 4 of 15): New Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 Verdict: Skip It Details: This webcast just seemed long, maybe I'm tired, but 45 minutes to cover six controls seemed excessive. Half were navigation controls; TreeView, Menu and SiteMapPath. The other half covered the...
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Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 3 of 15): MasterPages, Themes, and Skins Verdict: See It Details: There's probably not an asp.net developer around that hasn't heard of MasterPages in 2.0. What's nice is this webcast shows dealing with MasterPages in code, setting them programmatically,...
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Not quite two for one, I had watched that webcast yesterday morning and a little past midnight it already wasn't the first of May any more so I figured it could wait just a little bit longer. Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 2 of 15): Architecture (Level 200) Verdict: See It (if only for...
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Not having set a particularly clear goal when I announced my intention to review webcasts on ASP.NET 2.0 I thought I would set the record straight now. I'm looking for a fairly good overview of the landscape that is ASP.NET 2.0 that's deep enough that I could get going on my own and not be left feeling...
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I'm not sure which is worse, too little or too much information. If you're an ASP.NET developer looking towards ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 then you've found yourself firmly planted in the "too much information" side of the fence. Unless you're locked away in a cube, cutoff from the internet...