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The ASP.NET Podcast show #4 is up and available for download from here. (direct download link)

Check out the ASP.NET podcast that has been put together. Its early days for this particular podcast but it starts off big with an interview with Scott Guthrie.

Interesting little tidbit passed through my email today (well actually a day or two ago so I apologise if its already been mentioned). Microsoft has recently been granted a patent for the conversion of objects into XML files. See this tech article regarding the story. The patent itself is here. (Note: The patent listed in the article points to the wrong patent, use the one I have quoted here).

I have been working more and more with the Asynchronous client script callbacks within ASP.NET 2.0, and will soon be releasing an article on the subject. I know the technology has been around a little while now, but only recently is it gaining mainsteam support and avid use. Google is experimenting with it via Google suggest and Google maps, people are writing about it, its got a funky acronym which is AJAX  as well as a library to make it easier to use, and specifically a .Net version of the AJAX library is also available.

I have created and made available a control aimed at ASP.NET V2.0 (developed with Beta2) that simplifies the use of Asycnronous client script callbacks in ASP.NET V2.0. Currently, setting up async client scripting in ASP.NET V2.0 requires some fiddly server side code to get a callback event reference, wrap it in a function script, and register it.

For anyone who has downloaded an ASP.NET 2.0 control I developed called the 'WebPartPageModeSelector' (see my previous post), I have posted an important update that improves its stability and performance.

I particularly enjoyed the presentations from Joel Pobar and Dominic Cooney yesterday. Joel talked about all the "chunky bits" in the CLR and Dominic talked about managed performance. Dominic mentioned some interesting techniques to achieve some better managed memory performance (and therefore better overall performance). I found a couple of useful techniques he mentioned and shown some below.

I am currently sitting in the presentation room here at CodeCampOz in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. This is the first code camp in Australia and it has enjoyed a fantastic turnout. Approx 300 people, and we have already seen some great speakers such as Mitch Denny on the Base class library, Greg Low on SQL Server, and Adam Cogan showing some ASP.NET features such as Databinding, Caching and numerous other enhancements.