I remain behind the curve when it comes from the latest from Redmond, specifically Vista and the ".NET Framework 3.0" (the latter being a choice of name I'm still not sure I understand). I have not even seen Vista in person yet, and I'm only just now having some real fun with "old fashioned" Windows Forms coding in C# 2005, and Windows XP works pretty damn well, so...

Not that I'm resisting--merely lagging. One of the things I like about my job is that it won't be long before our clients expect us to use this stuff.

For those who are not lagging as far behind as I, Charles Petzold does us a service with this collection of links to get going with ".NET Framework 3.0" [1]. When it comes time to get down with some XAML, it looks like Petzold's book will be the one to get (though based on my recent experiences with giganitc the XML files used by SQL Server Integration Services, I'm skeptical about--though admittedly ignorant of--more giant XML files to contend with in my day-to-day development).

Thanks for reading,
Dan