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A lap around Microsoft .NET
Developer Technologies

Dimitris
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Ilias Gkanatsios

Microsoft Hellas

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Windows Forms

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The graphical application programming
interface included as part of the .NET
Framework

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Provides access to the native Windows
interface elements by wrapping the existing
Windows APIs

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Fully managed code

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A Windows Forms application is an event
-
driven application

ASP.NET

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.NET application framework to create dynamic web sites, web
applications and web services

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2 implementations (varying heavily)

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ASP.NET Web Forms

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(Optionally) Pages maintain their state during
postbacks

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Event
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driven model

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ASP.NET MVC

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Direct implementation of the well
-
known pattern Model
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View
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Controller

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Model is your data

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View is your UI

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Controller coordinates communication between the Model and the View

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ASP.NET nicely integrates with ASP.NET AJAX Suite

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Microsoft Ajax Library 3.5

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A server framework for building Ajax
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enabled ASP.NET controls

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AJAX control toolkit

Data and ADO.NET

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Interact with data sources

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SQL Server

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Access

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OLEDB, ODBC

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XML files

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O/R
mappers

LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework are built
upon it

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LINQ to SQL: CRUD on SQL Server tables represented as objects

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Entity Framework: Easy to control the mapping between an
Entity Data Model (EDM) and raw relation structures

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You can easily create REST
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based services via Data Services

Windows Phone 7

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A new operating system

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A subset of .NET framework for Windows Phone devices

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Contains some phone
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specific classes

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All other classes have been re
-
written

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Development in

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Silverlight (mainly applications)

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XNA (mainly games)

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Special version of the CLR due to the constrained environment

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Devices specs are 1GHz CPU, GPU, 256 MB RAM minimum, capacitive touch screen, accelerometer
etc.

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Tools are free

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Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone

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Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone

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XNA Game Studio 4

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All in a single download!

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Greek developers can upload apps to the marketplace and earn money

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Sources:
http://create.msdn.com

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Check also:
http://
blogs.msdn.com/b/mikeormond/archive/2010/07/09/mike
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s
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mega
-
list
-
of
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windows
-
phone
-
7
-
resources.aspx


Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

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Environment for robot control and simulation

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Handles a wide variety of robot hardware

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4 main components

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CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Runtime)

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DSS (Decentralized Software Services)

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VPL (Visual Programming Language)

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VSE (Visual Simulation Environment)

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http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/

XNA

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Create games for PC and XBOX 360

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Based on

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.NET Compact Framework 2 (XBOX 360)

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.NET Framework 2 (PC)

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Runs on a CLR version optimized for gaming

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Integrates a number of tools for easy content
creation

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Encapsulates low level technical details

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Allows the developer to focus on content

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http://creators.xna.com


Windows Presentation Foundation

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Graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in
Windows
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based applications

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No dependencies on the
aging GDI,
built on DirectX

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Provides hardware acceleration => modern UI features like
transparency, gradients, transforms, 3D

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UI code is written in an XML
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based language, called
XAML, whereas logic is written in a .NET language

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Better separation between UI and business logic

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Expression Blend can be used for easy UI creation

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http://windowsclient.net/wpf/default.aspx

Silverlight

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Enables RIA development

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Browser plug
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in

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Major browsers supported

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Subset of the .NET Framework and WPF

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UI in XAML, easily indexed by search engines

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Great media features support

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Includes Dynamic Language Runtime

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Work with
IronRuby

and
IronPython

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Can integrate with browser DOM

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Out
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of
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browser support

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www.silverlight.net

Windows Communication Foundation

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Application Programming interface in the .NET
Framework for building connected, service
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oriented
applications

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Unites existing communication stacks and technologies

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Web Services

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.NET
Remoting

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Distributed Transactions

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Message Queues

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Supports enterprise standards (WS
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*) and web
standards (REST)

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en
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us/netframework/aa663324.aspx

Windows Azure

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Microsoft’s cloud computing platform

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Provides a wide range of internet services that can be consumed from
both on
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premises environments or the internet

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Runs on a cloud operating system and has 3 main components

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Compute

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Computation environment with Web Role and Worker Role

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Storage

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Providing scalable storage (Blobs, Tables, Queues)

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Fabric controller

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The hosting environment. Pools individual systems into a network that automatically
manages resources, load balancing, geo
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replication and application lifecycle

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Interoperable platform

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Can host .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP and more

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Provides an API built on REST, HTTP and XML

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www.azure.com

Windows API Code Pack

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Open Source code library

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Can be used to access Windows 7 and Windows Vista features from
managed code

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Features supported

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Taskbar

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Windows Shell

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DirectX

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Task Dialogs

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Sensor Platform APIs

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Extended Linguistic Services APIs

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Application Restart and Recovery APIs

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http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack (for
Windows 7
MultiTouch

.NET code, check
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsTouch)

.NET Micro Framework

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A .NET platform for resource constrained devices

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Includes

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a small version of the CLR

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a subset of the BCL

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a GUI framework loosely based on Windows Presentation Foundation

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Features

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Small memory footprint

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Can run directly without an OS

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Supports common embedded peripherals and interconnects

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Allows drivers to be written in C#

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Porting to additional architectures is allowed via a Hardware
Abstraction Layer

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http://www.microsoft.com/netmf/default.mspx

Microsoft Tag

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Data encoding in a 2D “barcode”

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Users can download free app for their camera
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equipped mobile device

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User opens the app, takes a photo

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The app sends data to a web service (can also
send GPS coordinates)

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Browser opens at a specific page

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API for tag management

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www.microsoft.com/tag

Surface

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Multi
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Touch software and hardware combination
technology

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Allows a user (or multiple) to manipulate digital content via
use of gesture recognition

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Features

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360
-
degree UI

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30
-
inch reflective surface

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XGA DLP projector underneath

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4 cameras record infrared light reflections

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Capable of object recognition

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Up to 52 touches at a time

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Supports object recognition via Surface Tags

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www.microsoft.com/surface

Don’t miss

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www.codeplex.com

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www.msdn.com

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www.dotnetzone.gr

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www.studentguru.gr

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msdn.microsoft.com/en
-
us/beginner/default.aspx

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www.dreamspark.com

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www.dotnet
-
u.com

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www.msdev.com

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msdn.microsoft.com/en
-
us/
netframework
/default.aspx

Thanx
!

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