What is Project Glidepath ?

Project Glidepath is an Evangelism program to help the ISVs to develop application using .NET Framework 3.0.

To know more about Project Glidepath visit
http://projectglidepath.net/glidepath/default.aspx

Asp.Net 2.0 Data Access Articles

Are you looking for a good article to learn about data access in Asp.net 2.0?
There is a place to get it.First 10 of 50 articles are now available in
http://www.asp.net/learn/dataaccess

It covers following topics:

1. Creating a Data Access Layer
2. Creating a Business Logic Layer
3. Master Pages and Site Navigation
4. Displaying Data With the ObjectDataSource
5. Declarative Parameters Programmatically
6. Setting the ObjectDataSource's Parameter Values
7. Master/Detail Filtering With a DropDownList
8. Master/Detail Filtering With Two DropDownLists
9. Master/Detail Filtering Across Two Pages
10. Master/Detail Using a Selectable Master GridView with a Details DetailView

.NET Framework 3.0 and WinFx

In TechEd 2006 Microsoft officially announced the new name for WinFx platform as .Net Framwork 3.0 which includes Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and the newly christened Windows CardSpace (WCS) formerly known under the codename “InfoCard.” The .NET Framework 3.0 will still ship with Windows Vista, and will be available down-level for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as planned. This change doesn’t affect in any way the ship schedules of either Windows Vista or the .NET Framework 3.0 itself.

To know more visit 1 Stop WebSite for .NET 3.0

http://www.netfx3.com/default.aspx

Code Snippets : A new feature in Visual studio 2005

Code Snippets are reusable, task-oriented blocks of code.Code Snippets provide simple code generation for repetitive tasks within the Visual Studio 2005 IDE. For example, rather than typing a complete property declaration or case statement, just type a brief shortcut, TAB, and fill in a couple of values. The construct is built for you. Visual Studio 2005 includes code snippets covering tasks ranging from creating a custom exception, to sending an e-mail message, to drawing a circle. A set of Visual Basic and Visual C# Code Snippets are included in the Visual Studio 2005 box.

Where to get the Code snippets?

A set of code snippets for VB.Net is available in Visual Studio 2005 box. The C# version of the code snippet can be downloaded from following URL.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/codesnippets/default.aspx

You can get code snippet from various thirdparty vendors also.Here is a website where you can get free code Snippets.

http://gotcodesnippets.com/

How to create your own code snippet?

It is very easy to create your own code snippet using VS.NET Editor.To learn more about creating a code snippet visit following URL.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/122105-1.aspx

A code snippet editor also available for free download using which code snippet can be created easily.You can download it from following URL
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/tools/snippeteditor/