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I want to wish you a Happy Easter for all those who had their easter yesterday! May this easter bring you the hope, love, safety, and prosperity!

Happy Easter!

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This is a very special day for me! In Lebanon, it is Mother's Day today!

I want to wish first of all my lovely mother, Lebanese mothers, mothers' of the world, a Happy Mother's Day! God keep you safe always!

Bilal

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Mike Volodarsky has a new article on using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0.

Check it here: Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0 (http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/387/using-visual-studio-2008-with-iis-70/)

Hope this helps,
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There is a very good resource on LINQ design guidelines that you can read more on it here:

LINQ Framework Design Guidelines (http://blogs.msdn.com/mirceat/archive/2008/03/13/linq-framework-design-guidelines.aspx)

Hope it helps,
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Tags: DLinq, Linq, XLinq

I received an email from Tangible Software Solutions informing me of their new releases of the C# --> VB.NET and VB.NET --> converters. I have been using their converter for a good time and they were always powerful! With the new releases they have some bug fixes and new additions.

In addition, they have new converters from C# --> C++, from Java --> C#, and many other usefull and handly converters! Make sure to visit their website and check their valuable products:

Tangible Software Solutions(http://www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com/index.htm)

Hope this helps,
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Two new articles have been published for on the www.aspalliance.com. The two new articles are part of the 3-article series on Client Application Services. CLAS allow you to access the ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services from within Windows Client applications.

Here is a link to both articles, and make sure to read them before article 3 comes in ;)

1. Client Application Services - Part 1
2. Client Application Services - Part 2

Hope you enjoy reading them!

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I have discovered today a very nice starter kit that helps developers develop a custom .NET managed module to be installed on IIS 7.0.

You find the starter kit here: IIS7 Managed Module Starter Kit(http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1302)

Hope this helps,
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ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is now updated, more information can be found here: http://www.asp.net/downloads/3.5-extensions/

Quickstarts also has been updated: http://quickstarts.asp.net/3-5-extensions/default.aspx

Hope this helps,
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Tags: ASP.NET Extensions 3.5

Silverlight 2 Beta 1 is now available!! You can download from here: Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008

Here are some good links:

1. asp:MediaPlayer and asp:Silverlight controls update
2. Islands of Richness with Silverlight on an ASP.NET page
3. Silverlight 2 Hands-On Labs
4. "How Do I?" with Silverlight 2

In addition you have the updated quickstarts now which you can reach them here: ASP.NET 3.5 Controls for Silverlight

Hope all this helps,
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Tags: ASP.NET Extensions 3.5, Silverlight

Here is a great post by Scott Hanselman where he provides links to download 4 valuable screencasts on the ASP.NET Preview 2. You can check it out at:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVCPreview2ScreencastTutorials.aspx

Hope this helps,
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Tags: ASP.NET Extensions 3.5, ASP.NET MVC, MVC