Cool Things Seen Today
- New compilation model for ASP.Net 2.0
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Provider pattern gets extensive play in the 2.0 framework (role your own session state,
anyone?) - There will soon be a Composite Application Shell Application Block from MS
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Using Yukon Express to buffer data on the client with an update-able subscription
to the main server -
Query Notification Services – Let your client app know when the underlying data has
changed. Wow. - Strongly typed access to resources within the assembly
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MARS – Multiple Active Record Sets. Use the same connection for more than one
operation with a reader at a time. -
Async callbacks for filling out a record set. No more hourglass to fill the
data grid in a smart client - SqlBulkCopy class in the framework. Think about it
Cool Things Heard Today
- Initializing your app should take no more than 2 calls to a DB
- “Write ExntesionProvider and quit coding like that!“ – Billy Hollis
- There are 2 kinds of users, stupid and malicious
- Wrap data access layers in Channel Facades to make then channel agnostic. Duh.
- “Designing for Operations“
- Tech Ed sessions will be available via video files. Channel 9, perhaps?