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I am attempting to compile the relevant resources for ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 2 at one place so that you will not have to keep searching around...ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Download Location:Preview 2 Download (English-US) - Microsoft.com download location to get the latest MVC bits...ASP.NET MVC Documentation:Home Page - Asp.Net home page where y...

Note: Please see this post for an updated set of templates created for ASP.NET MVC RTM: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/04/28/updated-nunit-templates-for-asp-net-mvc-1-0-rtm.aspx   Vishal’s earlier blog post, ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration, outlined the motivation and steps for registering a third party te...

BradleyB has posed a blog entry with some installation tips for Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008  here.

The feature I'm most excited about in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is ironically one you might not notice at all. Problem If you're reading this, you probably know (and are still untangling the double-negative logic of) the "Disable script debugging" option in IE.  Say you just spent 10 hours debugging script.  It's time for a break.  ...

One of our design goals for the Task Parallel Library is to integrate well into existing asynchronous mechanisms in the .NET Framework.  And one of the most common concurrency-related patterns in the .NET Framework is the Asynchronous Programming Model (APM), which typically manifests as a BeginXx method that kicks off an asynchronous operatio...

Daniel Moth is back with a nice article introducing the preview release of Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework.  Great work, Daniel!

For those of you that have examined the internals of the Task Parallel Library in our December '07 CTP release, you've likely noticed that the methods on the System.Threading.Parallel type are implemented on top of System.Threading.Tasks.Task type, and that they do so taking advantage of Task's self-replicating functionality.  The idea behind ...

To View On Demand Webcast : Visual Studio 2008 for Web Developers: CLICK HEREWanted to update you on a upcoming web cast that I am doing in support of Visual Studio 2008 launch event...Title: New Enhancements for Web Developers in VS 2008Date/Day: Tuesday, February 26th 2008 Time: 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Standard Time (PST)Description :Get an overv...

Charles from Channel 9 sat down with several of us from the Parallel Computing Platform team to discuss the Task Parallel Library component of Parallel Extensions. A video of the conversation is now available on Channel9: https://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=384229. We hope you like it, and as always, feedback is welco...

Previously I gave an overview  of new tooling features for ASP.NET MVC Framework that we are hoping to make available during MIX 2008 timeframe.  You can read more about Overview of MVC Tooling Features for MIX 2008 here.  Goals: ASP.NET MVC Framework is Microsoft's implementation of MVC framework which is hugely popular in the indu...