A couple of days ago, Somasegar has announced that Microsoft is on track to release Visual Studio 2008 before the end of November 2007. On the other hand, the marketing release will take place on Februarie 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, along with Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008.

You can read the announcement on Somasegar’s blog.

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In acest sezon de toamna-iarna, Microsoft Romania a pregatit un concurs de gadget-uri pentru Windows Live sau sidebar-ul din Windows Vista. Castigatorilor primelor trei locuri vor primi un televizor LCD Sony Bravia, o consola XBox 360 si respectiv un telefon HTC Touch. Inscrierile se pot face pana pe 31 octombrie, iar votul intre 1 si 14 noiembrie.

Pentru detalii despre regulament, premii si inscriere, vizitati site-ul oficial Concursul Gadget 2007 Romania. Resurse despre crearea gadget-urilor se pot gasi aici.

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Exactly two months ago Codexpert.ro was launched. Our intention (and when I say ‘our’ I mean me, Ovidiu Cucu and Dragos Cojocari) as founders of the site was to bring together the C++/VC++ programmers from Romania. Among others, the site offers articles on topics such as Windows Programming, Visual C++, MFC, C++, etc. We are encouraging all of you to publish articles on the site. And by publishing an article you can win a t-shirt with the codexpert.ro logo. Each month the author of the best article designated by the Codexpert team wins such a t-shirt. You can submit the articles (in Romanian) in HTML or MS Word format at articles at codexpert dot ro.

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Beta 2 for VS 2008 was made available at the end of the last week. It inclues beta releases for standard, professional, team system editions and the MSDN library.

It also includes the beta 2 for the .NET Framework 3.5 and a CTP for the Silverlight add-in for VS 2008 that allows you working with Silverlight from VS 2008.

You can get the new beta from here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx.

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Today was launched the main site of Codexpert, the community for Romanian C++ programmers. For now you can check the latest news, what topics are active or unanswered on the forum, navigate to the community’s forum and wiki. In a short time we will start publishing articles, which you can send for now in HTML or Word document format to articole@codexpert.ro.

Visit and join us at www.codexpert.ro.

Astazi a fost lansat site-ul principal Codexpert, comunitatea programatorilor romani de C++. Deocamdata aici puteti citi ultimele stiri, urmari subiectele active sau fara raspuns in cadrul forumului sau naviga catre forumul si wiki-ul comunitatii. In scurt timp vom incepe sa publicam articole, pe care le puteti trimite in format HTML sau document Word la adresa de email articole@codexpert.ro.

Va asteptam sa ne vizitati la www.codexpert.ro si sa ni va alaturati.

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I am happy to announce you that together with Ovidiu Cucu and Dragos Cojocari (both Microsoft MVPs for VC++) have created CODEXPERT, a web site for the C++ developers in Romania and elsewhere the world. Except that all resources (including the main site, forum, articles, wiki, etc.) are in Romanian.

The goal of our project is to create a community for the many romanian programmers that use C++ in general and VC++ in particular. Currently the main web site in under construction, but we opened our forum and wiki. We encourage you to register and get involved in the community, either searching for help, or helping others. Or maybe both.

Here are the links you can follow:


Sunt bucuros sa va anunt ca impreuna ca Ovidiu Cucu si Dragos Cojocari (amandoi Microsoft MVP pe VC++) am creat CODEXPERT, un web site pentru dezvoltatorii de C++ din Romania, si lumea intreaga. Atat doar ca toate resursele (incluzand site-ul principal, forumul, articolele, wiki, etc.) sunt in limba romana.

Scopul proiectului nostru este crearea unei comunitati pentru numarul mare de programatori romani de C++ in general si VC++ in particular. In prezent site-ul principal este inca in constructie, dar am lansat forumul si wiki-ul. Va incurajam sa va inregistrati si sa va implicati in comunitate, fie pentru a gasi ajutor pentru diverse probleme, fie pentru a ajuta pe altii. Sau poate amandoua.

Mai jos sunt link-urile disponibile momentan:

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Today we celebrate 30 years since Star Wars, A New Hope was released. It is estimated that 1 billion people have seen the movie. Here are my favorite lines from the saga:
Obi-wan “Use the Force, Luke”.

Leia: “I love you”. Han: “I know!”

Vader: “I am your father.”
Luke: “No. No. That’s not true! That’s impossible!”

Luke: “Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us or die.”

C-3PO: “I beg your pardon….what do you mean I’m naked? My parts are showing? Oh, my goodness. How embarrassing!”

Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Why do I get the feeling you’re going to be the death of me?!”

C-3PO: “Erase my memory?! Oh no!”

Padme: “I’m not afraid to die. I’ve been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.”

Chewbacca: “Groarggrrrrrrraaarrrrrrr! Gggrrrorrrrrrg! Gggrrrr!”

Leia: “You’re imagining things.”
Han: “Am I? Then why are you following me? Afraid I was going to leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?”
Leia: “I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.”
Han: “I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss!”

To all the fans in the world, may the Force be with you!

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On Saturday, April 22, I delivered a presentation on LINQ at a meeting of the RONUA community in Timisoara. The presentation was focused on sample codes for LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML and LINQ to SQL. Today I uploaded on the site the presentation and demo programs so that you can download them.

Here is the list of downloads:

  • power point presentation in Romanian (88.5 KB); requires PowerPoint 2007
  • demo programs: a solution with three VC# projects (16.2 KB): LinqToObjects, LinqToXML and LinqToSQL; requires Visual Studio Orcas March CTP; comments are in English
  • UCL database (135 KB): SQL Server 2005 Express database required by the LinqToSQL project

Make sure that in the LinqToSQL project you use the right path for the UCL.mdf file. Please post any kind of comments you might have about it.

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Since this is a local event, I’ll continue the post in Romanian.

Sambata, 21 Aprilie 2007, la ora 09:00 are loc intalnirea membrilor Ronua din Timisoara, la LTHD Corporation, str. Ardeal, Nr. 70. Agenda evenimentului este:

09:00 – 09:10 – Intro si networking

09:10 – 10:10 – Introducere in LINQ
Marius BANCILA, MVP VC++, SiemensVDO Automotive

10:10 – 10:40 – Pauza

10:40 – 11:40 – Primii pasi in ASP.NET AJAX si ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
Calin Ionel IEPURE, MCP, X3 Studios

11:40 – 12: 00 – Pauza

12:00 – 12:40 – Little used developer tools
Catalin GHEORGHIU,  I Computer Solutions

12:40 – 13: 00 – Pauză

13:00 – … – Discutii libere

Va rugam confirmati participarea aici.

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