Takeaways from TechEd
Just returned from TechEd 2006. It not only served a refreshing break from the mundane work but also gave a good insight into the latest offerings of MS.
Some takeaways.....
>> WinFX is renamed as .NET 3.0 . So no more confusion as to MS promoting yet another framework.
>> Windows Vista will have .net 3.0 pre installed. No more hassles with packaging runtime dlls.
>> Buzzwords glossary:
Avalon -> Windows Presentation foundation (WPF)
Indigo -> Windows Commn Framework (WCF)
LINQ -> C# 3.0
>> WPF makes UI programming a mockery of sorts. If it is gonna be as easy as it sounds , companies can hire school students for UI work.
>> WCF strongly discourages using .net remoting framework as it would lead to rework of code while migrating to Indigo.
>> CLR 2.0 can be hosted in a customized way in a Win32 process using COM. We can programmatically control the way CLR allocates memory , does GC , executes managed code etc.
>> WinFS is not a new file system like NTFS or FAT . Itz just a layer over NTFS and SQL. SQL ships with WinFS and it stores the metadata of files put into WinFS folder , making it searchable in umpteen ways.
So much is happening with MS and i am reminding myself to read more on these as i sign off.
