First things first, I promise the next entry in my 4C's series is coming soon. The problem is that once I got to writing about it, a bunch of content just started flowing out of my brain and onto my hard drive (I use Windows Live Writer...something I HIGHLY recommend for anyone writing a blog). The first entry was supposed to be about using the Window as the simplest of custom controls. Well, I got to talking about the Application class and XAML and code-behinds, and the next thing you know I have a full introduction to WPF programming going. Besides, Charlie hasn't done his second entry for his Code Climber series , so I'm pretty much ahead of the game. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about what I REALLY love about the new "Orcas" CTP (besides the fact that it's the first pre-release that combines Cider, the LINQ to SQL designer, the WCF service wizards, and the Workflow Designer in one handy dandy interface). This is what I really love about orcas: You are looking at an instance
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