PRINT CAST(0x5052415645454e AS VARCHAR(7))

It will display ‘PRAVEEN’

“You must view your project from a customer’s eye. Then only your project will become a success”

– Praveen [29 Nov 2007]

This guide applies to transactional or OLTP applications that follow a layered design and can be distributed across many physical tiers by using the following technologies: ASP.NET, Web Services, Enterprise Services (COM+), Remoting, ADO.NET, and SQL Server. Some design principles presented in this guide may be useful on other similar scenarios.




Download at - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a08e4a09-7ae3-4942-b466-cc778a3bab34&displaylang=en

I found this interesting link while digging the net - http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/07/07/from-a-to-z-50-silverlight-applications.aspx

Quite old topic but still in a sibling stage in programmer’s mind even after it passed miles.


The LINQ Project is a codename for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations. It extends C# and Visual Basic with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries to take advantage of these capabilities.

Check this for more details: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/hi-in/netframework/aa904594.aspx Another: http://geekswithblogs.net/technetbytes/archive/2007/04/30/112129.aspx

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administrator’s Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=47405143-f586-4941-92f5-048bf00cf332&displaylang=en

7 Development Projects for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/f/02f0f661-88e1-43c2-b523-88d2e9e6802f/7%20Development%20Projects%20with%20the%202007%20Microsoft%20Office%20System%20and%20Windows%20SharePoint%20Services%202007.pdf

Check this link: http://blogs.msdn.com/walterst/archive/2007/11/05/what-s-new-in-visual-studio-2008.aspx

Check this link http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2006/09/25/Enabling-anonymous-access-in-SharePoint-2007.aspx

On Monday, Nov. 19, Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released to manufacturing (RTM). With more than 250 new features,Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Team System. Developers of all levels – from hobbyists to enterprise development teams – now have a consistent, secure and reliable solution for developing applications for the latest platforms: the Web, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Office system, and beyond.

More details: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx
More details: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx



Also, Visual Studio Express Editions are also available fee. You can get if from: http://www.microsoft.com/express/

May be you people are already aware of these “web developer” plug-ins.

• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
• Web Developer Extension for Mozilla Firefox

Some of the features a developer/designer may interested in are –

• Preview of website in various resolutions
• Show outline on tables, divs, tds, images etc.
• Cache and cookie management
• W3C validations
• Ruler, Color picker
• DOM tree view
• Disable/Enable css, scripts etc.

IE - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=en Mozilla - http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/