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Visual Studio Team System

Updated Visual Studio 2005 Team System Datasheet (PDF)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=57418

Calling for speakers (and topics) for SGDN Mar #22 UG Meeting

From the list of topics 'polled' in January, I will like to appeal for any budding speakers out there who wants to talk about any of the topics indicated here, or feels that there may be some other topics (not listed here) which should be presented, do not hesitate to post here or drop me an email @ microlau_at_sgdotnet_org.

1. SharePoint WebPart development and ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart infrastructure  (March 06 onwards)
2. Enterprise Library and the common patterns and best practices
3. XML Paper Specifications (i.e. XPS)
4. Unit testing on NUnit
5. Object Persistent Framework
6. User Interface Process Application Block
7. Developing add-ons for Office applications ? Like Outlook plugins.
8. Understanding UML
9. Click Once
10. WinFX (Avalon)
11. Windows WorkFlow Foundation
12. Atlas (or AJAX)
13. Home Automation Projects using .NET
14. MSBuild and CruiseControl.Net
15. ASP.NET 2.0 Mobile Controls

Our next UG is fixed on 9th March 2006.

MSN Beta 8.0 Invites no more

Ajax: Session Warning to Developers

Eric Pascarello shares some of his experiences in handling user's session while developing an Ajax application. With his experience, he's managed to identify two problems which most of us will face:

1. Problem 1: Unwanted Extended Sessions
2. Problem 2: Session Timeout

Read his detailed findings and solution here.

Feb 2006 SGDN #21 UG Meeting

Slide decks are available for downloading:

Resources on the topics delivered is made available via our Events system. Navigate to SGDN Feb 2006 #21 UG Event, click on the individual topic and find the respective slide decks and demos available.

Optimisation and Linear Programming - Slides

Focus on Team Foundation Build and Work Item Tracking - Slides

Make sure you check them out...And hang on for the webcasts.