2. Scott Howlett & Jim Schwartz Imason inc Scott.Howlett@imason.com Jim.Schwartz@imason.com http://blogs.imason.com/scott.howlett http://blogs.imason.com/jim.schwartz Jean-Luc David & Christian Beauclair Microsoft Canada jeanlucd@microsoft.com christbe@microsoft.com blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs

3. Introduction Gadgets we’ve built Inside the code Challenges Gadget Tips and tricks Summary

4.  Scott Howlett is a Principal with imason inc. in Toronto, Canada. Scott is also a Microsoft Regional Director.  Jim Schwartz is an Internet Architect @ imason inc and has been involved in multiple Vista Gadget development projects. Jim is also a SharePoint specialist.

5. Workopolis gadget displays number of jobs and resumes for a particular industry in a particular city. Savings and event calendar mini-app gadget built for a large Canadian financial institution.

6. Demo: Watch the Gadgets in Action!

7. Flyouts Docked / undocked views Gadget timeouts Exception and Trace Logging Storing local gadget XML data Signed gadgets Debugging gadgets in Visual Studio 2005 Integrating 3 rd party controls

8. Lack of IntelliSense Debugging is tricky Gadgets aren’t meant to be full-blown applications Writing data access code can be tedious Gadgets don’t integrate easily with ASP.NET AJAX currently

9. 10 Gadget Tips

10. 10. Catch exceptions properly 9. Use caution with flyout timeouts 8. Flyout objects can be referenced from the gadget 7. Use Docked/undocked views 6. For overflow, use Div tags with scrollbars

11. 5. Use caution when displaying dates 4. Do not store persistent data in gadget folder 3. Use a clean folder structure and naming convention 2. Sign your gadget with a digital id 1. Do not try to build too much functionality into a gadget

12. Gadgets should be mini-applications Gadgets can be tricky to debug Gadgets are still evolving

13. Gadget Links: Sidebar Gadget Development Overview: http://microsoftgadgets.com/Sidebar/DevelopmentOverview.aspx 10 Vista Sidebar Gadget Development Tips: http://blogs.imason.com/jim.schwartz/archive/2007/03/20/10782.aspx Gadget Corner: Sidebar Security: http://blogs.msdn.com/sidebar/archive/2006/08/31/733880.aspx Gadget Development Overview: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723694.aspx Gadget Object Reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965852.aspx Windows RSS Platform: FeedsManager Object: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684749.aspx

14. Scott Howlett – Principal – imason inc. Scott.howlett@imason.com http://blogs.imason.com/scott.howlett Jim Schwartz – Internet Architect – imason inc. Jim.schwartz@imason.com http://blogs.imason.com/jim.schwartz 10 Vista Sidebar Gadget Development Tips: http://blogs.imason.com/jim.schwartz/archive/2007/03/20/10782.aspx