Expression BLEND - Another Cool

3 post have been posted today. Cool. Much interesting topics found today, he2.
Another cool topic today is Expression Blend.

Expression Blend is Microsoft's user interface design tool for creating rich graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications. Expression Blend is itself written using the .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Expression Blend is effectively an interactive, WYSIWYG front-end for designing XAML-based interfaces for WPF and Silverlight (Blend version 2.0 onwards).

What cool about BLEND is It supports the WPF text engine with advanced OpenType typography and ClearType, vector-based 2D widgets, and 3D widgets with hardware acceleration via DirectX. It is completely written using WPF, as opposed to Windows' older GDI or GDI+ graphics technologies.

Have to try this. Anyway after download the trial program i'll let you know what blend looks like and feels.

LINQ - Cool

After searching in internet to learn about WPF and WWF, i found an interesting topic that feels cool to me. LINQ or Language Integrated Query is a language that programmer can use inside their code like they do in SQL query syntax. If you feel quite comfort to this syntax
" SELECT * from Books WHERE QuatityInStock > 50 AND Price > 50.00" as daily programmer you will see this syntax in you code as example below

var result =
from b Books
where b.QuatityInStock > 50 AND Price > 50.00
select b

Seems cool ha, :d.

LINQ are categorized into 3 part base on the specific technology they used.

• LINQ: Language Integrated Query for in memory objects (LINQ to Objects)
• DINQ: Language Integrated Query for databases (LINQ to ADO NET)
• XLINQ: Language Integrated Query for XML (LINQ to XML)

For more reading these can be a reference to you if you have an interest with it.
LINQ1
LINQ2 (DLINQ)
LINQ3 (XLINQ)

3 weeks

It's been 3 weeks i am not touching my laptop. My laptop is still repaired because of bluetooth problem. Did you know what they said when i asked them about my laptop status? they have to change the mainboard and are still waiting the new mainboard. Gosh, this will make me waiting for another weeks.

Jobless a whole month

It feels not good when you go to office and just do the browsing thing or worse do chatting. Almost one month i don't get involved in projects. Yes I sometime still get a little job from CCBI RED for warranty, but it just a few. I guess next month my RDA will approach zero, weleh2.

Actually this can be a good time for me because i have a lot of time but since my laptop is still repaired because of bluetooth problem, i can't optimize my time to do what i've always dreamed to be done. Yes, I always dreams to have a shareware products for a start and my own company the next. FYI, I have a friend that do business in shareware software just guess how much he earns each month, it's 80 millions a month. Wow, it's a big number not for me but it might be for you.

I have some ideas to be realized but because of limited time and less of fortune i can't make it done.
Hope this week I can get back my laptop.