I am going to Code Camp RDU tomorrow. Hosted by ECPI and Trinug. More information is available here. It looks like it should be an interesting day! There are 5 tracks to attend so as usual I am going to miss something I wanted to see... sigh...

Trinug has been around for quite awhile now, and I have attended rather sporadically at best. I hope to be able to begin to attend more frequently in the near future. User groups are always a great way to network and meet folks to exchange information, tips, gripes etc.

I will post about what I learn and see at Code Camp when I get back, it's 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM.

I have stumbled on, been emailed about, or otherwise notified of several interesting new resources of interest primarily for Microsoft Developers. So I thought I would share them here.

MSDN Code Gallery

The newest addition to the ever growing collection of MSDN resources is the MSDN Code Gallery. The code gallery contains code of course, along with video tutorials, sample applications and lots of other resources. It supports user uploads as well, so count on the gallery growing over time. From a rather quick look see on my part it does seem to contain some worthwhile resources.

MSDN Reader

If you have used or seen the New York Times reader then you will instantly recognize the new MSDN Reader. It is a WPF based application that allows you to read MSDN Magazine online. It appears that you do not have to have a subscription to use this, however I am unsure if that will remain true. But it is certainly worth a look.

MSDN Windows Vista Developer Center

This site has recently been overhauled significantly and (to me) seems easier to navigate and find information on. The Windows Vista Developer Center is full of resources related to developing applications that run on Vista and take advantage of features available in Vista as well as the recently launched Windows Server 2008. Of interest on this site was the announcement that SP1 for Vista has been released to manufacturing. Most folks don't consider an operating system or application as truly viable until at least the first service pack. So if you have been waiting for SP1 to look at Vista, your wait is over.

Hopefully one or more of these resources will prove useful to you!

Cheers,

Robert Porter