27 March 2003

So, I have been waiting with great anticpation DM'er Fritz Onion's book as he is one of the crown princes of ASP.NET and I must say that Essential ASP.NET With Examples in C# just absolutely rocks! Right down into the architecture in Chapter 1, Bing! HTTP Pipeline in Chapter 4, Valifation, Data Binding, Custom Controls, etc. In other words, the real stuff. This is the one ASP.NET book to rule them all! Excuse my enthusiasm,[Sam Gentile's Blog] Well its about time I bought a new book. posted at: 9:34:54 PM   If people are interested in Web applications, they migh consider Runtime Revolution [runrev.com], a cheap ($300) cross-platform (Mac, Win, Linux, etc.) alternative with native support for sockets and other amazing tools, including multimedia support, that really allow you to accomplish what needs to be done. Apparently, not checked out. posted at: 9:32:08 PM   How to price (server) software - Thoughts from Tim Bray. posted at: 3:00:39 PM   Macromedia frees Flash from the browser. Macromedia hopes to make its animation player a "first-class citizen" on PCs with a new addition that allows the software to operate outside a Web browser. [CNET News.com] Along with providing the client software--a free addition to the free Flash player--Macromedia plans to sell a wealth of downloadable Flash applications created by third-party developers. Macromedia will take 20 percent of any software sales, with the rest going to developers And yet another way of doing things, cross-platform, small(ish), but what I don't get is how it is tied into Central: Macromedia Central will create an environment where Flash applications can run independent of the browser. posted at: 2:50:27 PM

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