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Silverlight 2 got released about a week ago. And this is what ScottGu promises us.
Silverlight 2 is a cross-platform browser plug-in that enables rich media experiences and .NET RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) within the browser.
Silverlight 2 is small in size (4.6Mand takes only 4-10 seconds to instal...
Mono 2.0 Has Been Released
Mono 2.0 is a portable and open source implementation of the .NET framework for Unix, Windows, MacOS and other operating systems.
Some Details:
Microsoft Compatible APIs
ADO.NET 2.0 API for accessing databases.
ASP.NET 2.0 API for developing Web-based applications.
Windows.Forms 2.0 API to create desktop applications.
System.XML 2.0: An API to manipulate XML documents.
System.Core: Provides support for the Language Integrated Query (LINQ).
System.Xml.Linq: Pro...
The DotNetSlackers site has a nice series of articles about design patterns. The articles were written by Granville Barnett and are a very good read. Here is what is in the first four articles.
Design Patterns – Part 1
Learn how to design more robust and maintainable code by incorporating design patterns into your software projects.
1 Introduction
2 The strategy pattern
3 Implementing our design
4 Summary


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