Of course, this is so much more than a Service Pack with the release now of ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) and the Entity Framework among others. In my area of interest, CSD, there are some significant changes for REST programming (1st class citizen now) as well as some other additions: There were several enhancements to WCF in .NET Framework SP1 that make it easier for developers to build and deploy a broader, more scalable set of Web Services: Improvements in writing REST based services ranging

Thank you Code Campers! I had 120 out of 400 of you (ASP.NET MVC was at same time) and you were a great group. I had a great time with a new talk. Remember - just say no to RPC and Request/Reply - embrace the diversity of Asynchronous Messaging and Event Driven Architectures! The slides are here and the code is here . Remember, the code requires Visual Studio 2008. I also had a great conversation with Dave Laribee and Brian Donahue who approached me about coming back to ALT.NET and providing leadership.

Finally! Its taken me like 5 years to get to 200. I sometimes I wish I was prolific like Mike Gunderloy. The really sad part is the first 3+ years of my blogs are not even up on the net right now as they are buried in a SQL Server database on an old host and in .TEXT format. Windows Workflow Windows Workflow Foundation Web Workflows Starter Kit - A starter kit Web application that includes task-oriented workflow using Windows Workflow Foundation. Simple Human Workflow QuickStart Sample Code - for