Session 1: Building Rich Clients on the Microsoft Platform
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What’s new for Rich Clients? Martin Parry Developer & Platform Group Microsoft Ltd [email protected] http://martinparry.com
description
What's new in Smart Client Development Do you build rich client applications? If so, you'll want to make sure that you're aware of all Microsoft's client-development technology. This event will showcase a wealth of new and forthcoming technology, including Visual Studio 2008. Agenda: Session 1: Building Rich Clients on the Microsoft Platform - Martin Parry People want compelling user experiences supported by powerful online services. Microsoft's platform and tools empower developers to build both the rich client and the service. In this session we'll concentrate on some recent and forthcoming technologies that enable rich client apps: Visual Studio 2008, WPF, SQL Server Compact Edition and ClickOnce to name but a few. Session 2: Office as a development platform with Visual Studio 2008 - Daniel Moth The 2007 Microsoft Office System is extensible like never before. In this session we'll look at the numerous ways to extend the various Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and others. Customisations demonstrated will include the new designers and templates for the Ribbon, Actions Pane, Task Pane, Content Controls and Form Regions. This will all be done in managed code from within Visual Studio 2008 and we will also see how to interop in both directions with VBA code. For more details and the original slidedeck visit http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/events/new/Detail.aspx?id=115
Transcript of Session 1: Building Rich Clients on the Microsoft Platform
What’s new for Rich Clients?
Martin ParryDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft [email protected] http://martinparry.com
Agenda
Visual Studio 2008Windows Presentation FoundationClickOnceSQL Server Compact Edition v3.5ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Visual Studio 2008
Expected around the end of this yearWe’ll ship .NET FX 3.5 at the same timeNo change to your CLR – still v2.0New language features in C#3 and VB9Additions, and some changes, to class libraryIDE allows you to target specific .NET version
v2.0, v3.0, v3.5
Windows Presentation Foundation
Rich user experiences on the Windows Platform
Designers & DevelopersDesigners & Developers
Unified APIUnified API(documents, media, graphics)(documents, media, graphics)
Using HardwareUsing Hardware(displays & GPUs)(displays & GPUs)
Browser/DesktopBrowser/Desktop
Declarative Development - XAML
eXtensible Application Markup Language
XAML usageCompiled to produce executable codeDynamically loaded (parsed or pre-parsed)
Customer c = new Customer();c.Id = 1234;
Account account = new Account();Account.Number = 5678;c.Accounts.Add(account);
Code
<Customer Id=“1234”> <Accounts> <Account Number=“5678”/> </Accounts></Customer>
XAML
Developer/Designer Tooling
Expression BlendExpression Design
graphics
VS 2008
code
XAML
Windows Presentation Foundation
ClickOnce
Simple, secure deployment for rich clientsDeployment choices...
Prerequisites and where to get themWhether available offlineWhen & how often to check for updatesWhether to force update to a minimum version
Works with Windows Forms, WPF, etc.Shipped with .NET FX v2.0.NET FX v3.5 sees Firefox support
Needs a FireFox plug-in
ClickOnce
SQL Server Compact Edition v3.5
It’s a database engine, but...Runs in-process with your host processIts data is contained in a single file
Related to SQLCE for mobile devicesGood for...
Local relational storeOffline data cache
SQLCE Details
Supports T-SQLBut not all the capabilities of SQL Server
1.8MB redistributableFiscally free, must sign online redist. agreement
5MB memory footprint4GB maximum database sizeGood integration with VS2008Works with LINQ to SQLCurrently available in Beta 2Supports Merge Replication and RDADoes NOT work with ASP.NET
SQL Server Compact Edition
ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Provide a uniform API for synchronizing local and remote dataLocal store must be SQLCE v3.5Synchronization can be...
SnapshotDownload onlyUpload onlyBidirectional
Good support in VS2008
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync AgentSync Agent
Sync TableSync TableSync TableSync Table
Client Sync Client Sync ProviderProvider
Client DBClient DB
Server Sync Server Sync ProviderProvider
Server DBServer DB
Sync TableSync TableSync Sync AdaptersAdapters
Sync GroupSync Group
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync AgentSync Agent
Sync TableSync TableSync TableSync Table
Client Sync Client Sync ProviderProvider
Client DBClient DB
Server Sync Server Sync ProviderProvider
Server DBServer DB
Sync TableSync TableSync Sync AdaptersAdapters
PPPP SSSS
Sync GroupSync Group
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync AgentSync Agent
Sync TableSync TableSync TableSync Table
Client Sync Client Sync ProviderProvider
Client DBClient DB
PPPP SSSS Any ServiceAny Service
Sync GroupSync Group
ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Summary
Rich Clients...PresentationDeploymentLocal Relational StoreOffline/Online
Visual Studio 2008Expression Blend
Additional Information
Visual Studio 2008http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio
Windows Presentation Foundationhttp://wpf.netfx3.com http://windowsclient.net
ClickOncehttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/t71a733d(VS.80).aspx
SQL Server Compact Edition v3.5http://microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/default.mspx
ADO.NET Synchronization Serviceshttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/bb734662(sql.100).aspx
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